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====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/an/|lang=munj}}
{{IPA|/an/|lang=munj}}
: {{rhymes|munj|an}}


====Preposition====
====Preposition====
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# {{lb|munj|ablative}} from
# {{lb|munj|ablative}} from
#: ''[[Hi]] [['in]] [[gaha]] [[an]] [[lia]]!''
#: {{ux|munj|''{{m-self|munj|Hi}} {{m-self|munj|'in}} {{m-self|munj|gaha}} {{m-self|munj|an}} {{m-self|munj|lia}}!''|Get away '''from''' her!|footer=-''Munja'kin Mother'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_101|Episode 101]])}}
#:: Get away '''from''' her!
#::: -''Munja'kin Mother'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_101|Episode 101]])
# {{lb|munj|ergative preposition}} co-occurs with displaced agents
# {{lb|munj|ergative preposition}} co-occurs with displaced agents
# {{lb|munj|inalienable inanimate possession/genitive}} of (uses a pronoun's possessive form)
# {{lb|munj|inalienable inanimate possession/genitive}} of (uses a pronoun's possessive form)
#: ''[[Mia]] [[koa]] [[niu]] [[vozoku]] [[an]] [[jalindri]] [[an]] [[Oza]].''
#: {{ux|munj|''{{m-self|munj|Mia}} {{m-self|munj|koa}} {{m-self|munj|niu}} {{m-self|munj|vozoku}} {{m-self|munj|an}} {{m-self|munj|jalindri}} {{m-self|munj|an}} {{m-self|munj|Oza}}.''|Magic has existed as long as Oz. (Lit. Magic has existed from the birth '''of''' Oz.)|footer=-''Nahara'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_109|Episode 109]])}}
#:: Magic has existed as long as Oz. (Lit. Magic has existed from the birth '''of''' Oz.)
#::: -''Nahara'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_109|Episode 109]])
# {{lb|munj|inferior animate relationship}} of (indicates a subordinate relationship, as an employee to a boss, or a daughter to a mother, uses a pronoun's possessive form)
# {{lb|munj|inferior animate relationship}} of (indicates a subordinate relationship, as an employee to a boss, or a daughter to a mother, uses a pronoun's possessive form)


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# {{lb|munj|relativizer}} that, who (uses the verb's nominal form)
# {{lb|munj|relativizer}} that, who (uses the verb's nominal form)
#: ''[[Nombu]] [[tun]] [[an]] [[hioi]] [[an]] [[ga]] [[ubauri]] [[angu]] [[niruri]] [[an-d-]][[lihuzri]] [[tun]] [[niu]].''
#: {{ux|munj|''{{m-self|munj|Nombu}} {{m-self|munj|tun}} {{m-self|munj|an}} {{m-self|munj|hioi}} {{m-self|munj|an}} {{m-self|munj|ga}} {{m-self|munj|ubauri}} {{m-self|munj|angu}} {{m-self|munj|niruri}} '''{{m-self|munj|an|an-d-}}'''{{m-self|munj|lihuzri}} {{m-self|munj|tun}} {{m-self|munj|niu}}.''|I have no words to waste on the mistake that got me here. (Lit. I lack words '''that''' may be wasted regarding the mistake '''that''' makes me float here.)|footer=-''Nahara'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_109|Episode 109]])}}
#:: I have no words to waste on the mistake that got me here. (Lit. I lack words '''that''' may be wasted regarding the mistake '''that''' makes me float here.)
#::: -''Nahara'' (''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Emerald_City_dialogue#Episode_109|Episode 109]])


====Notes====
====Notes====


An causes a following consonant (but not a following cluster) to voice, and becomes [[an-d-]] before z, l and r:
An causes a following consonant (but not a following cluster) to voice and is followed by an epenthetic -d- before z, l and r:


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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Effects of an
|+ Effects of ''an''
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|-
! Initial sound
! Initial sound
! +an
! + ''an''
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|-
| s
| s
| rowspan="2"|[[an-d-]]z
| rowspan="2"|an-d-z
|-
|-
| z
| z
|-
|-
| l
| l
| [[an-d-]]l
| an-d-l
|-
|-
| r
| r
| [[an-d-]]r
| an-d-r
|}
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====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/ən/|lang=noal}}
{{IPA|/ən/|lang=noal}}
: {{rhymes|noal|ən}}


====Article====
====Article====

Latest revision as of 03:20, 13 October 2024

Munja'kin

Etymology

From Proto-Munja'kin *ʔen.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /an/

Rhymes: -an

Preposition

an

  1. (ablative) from
    Hi 'in gaha an lia!
    Get away from her!
    -Munja'kin Mother (Emerald City, Episode 101)
  2. (ergative) co-occurs with displaced agents
  3. (inalienable inanimate possession/genitive) of (uses a pronoun's possessive form)
    Mia koa niu vozoku an jalindri an Oza.
    Magic has existed as long as Oz. (Lit. Magic has existed from the birth of Oz.)
    -Nahara (Emerald City, Episode 109)
  4. (inferior animate relationship) of (indicates a subordinate relationship, as an employee to a boss, or a daughter to a mother, uses a pronoun's possessive form)

Conjunction

an

  1. (relativizer) that, who (uses the verb's nominal form)
    Nombu tun an hioi an ga ubauri angu niruri an-d-lihuzri tun niu.
    I have no words to waste on the mistake that got me here. (Lit. I lack words that may be wasted regarding the mistake that makes me float here.)
    -Nahara (Emerald City, Episode 109)

Notes

An causes a following consonant (but not a following cluster) to voice and is followed by an epenthetic -d- before z, l and r:

Effects of an
Initial sound + an
p an b
t an d
ch an j
k an g
s an-d-z
z
l an-d-l
r an-d-r
Derived Terms
Related Terms

Noalath

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language. 
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ən/

Rhymes: -ən

Article

an (genitive; see also nominative u, objective ü, vocative e)

  1. of the; genitive definite article (commonly omitted; causes n-mutation)
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