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Munja'kin

Etymology

From Proto-Munja'kin *ʔen.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈan/

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 becomes an-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

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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈən/

Article

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

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