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Hen Linge

Etymology 1

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!

Source

Coined by Andrzej Sapkowski in the book Sword of Destiny.

Source Spelling

en

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɛn/

Orthographic Form

en

Particle

en

  1. (auxiliary) will, going to (postposed future tense auxiliary)

Etymology 2

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): /ˈɛn/

Orthographic Form

enn

Determiner

en

  1. any

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɛn/

Pronoun

en (objective/possessive first person plural, full form, singular me)

  1. us (first person plural objective pronoun)
  2. our (first person plural possessive pronoun)
Inflection

Sondiv

Etymology

Root Proto-Sondiv *a-m.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɛ̃/

Orthographic Form

a=/m

Stem

en (uninflected stem en; perfect agreement hen, imperfect agreement yen, gnomic agreement wen, plural ayan)

  1. (stem) mother, mom
Translations

Trigedasleng

Etymology 1

From English and.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɛn/

Rhymes: -ɛn

Conjunction

en

  1. and
    Em don kof raun gon biskova en swison.
    She traded for fur and a blade.
    -Nylah (The 100, Episode 301)

Etymology 2

From English everyone.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈɛn/

Rhymes: -ɛn

Pronoun

en

  1. everyone, everybody
    Shuda daun o en na wan op.
    Guns down or everyone dies.
    -Otan (The 100, Episode 212)
Related Terms

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *ʔjn.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈʔen/

Orthographic Form

en

Adjective

en

  1. new
  2. young
Comparison
Prenominal Postnominal
Positive en
Equative yu en en yu
Comparative dzok en en ghor
Superlative en ghor mem
Contrastive ung dzok en ung en ghor
Sublative ung en ghor mem

Verb

en (intransitive)

  1. to be new
  2. to be young