ndu
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ndu"
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of English Dugun with du and n interchanged.
Symbol
ndu
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Dugun terms
Fula
Suffix
ndu
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including hollow, round or inflated things
- Noun class indicator for super-augmentative nouns (singular)
Usage notes
Article
ndu
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
- Fowru ndu ― the hyena
Usage notes
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̪d̪o/
Preposition
ndu
- eclipsed form of du
South Slavey
Alternative forms
- nu (Fort Liard)
Etymology
From Proto-Athabaskan *nuˑ. Cognates include Ahtna nuu and Dogrib di.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ⁿtù(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: ndu
Noun
ndu (stem -ndu-)
Inflection
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | sendué | naxendué | |
| 2nd person | nendué | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | gindué |
| 2) | mendué | gondué | |
| 4th person | yendué | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedendué | kedendué |
| unsp. | dendué | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełendué | |
| indefinite | ɂendué | ||
| areal | gondué | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.
(rare)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | senduú | naxenduú | |
| 2nd person | nenduú | ||
| 3rd person | 1) | — | ginduú |
| 2) | menduú | gonduú | |
| 4th person | yenduú | ||
| reflexive | sp. | ɂedenduú | kedenduú |
| unsp. | denduú | ||
| reciprocal | — | ɂełenduú | |
| indefinite | ɂenduú | ||
| areal | gonduú | ||
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.
References
- Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11