negu

See also: neĝu

Basque

Etymology

Unknown,[1] perhaps from Occitan nèu (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neɡu/ [ne.ɣ̞u]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡu, -u
  • Hyphenation: ne‧gu

Noun

negu inan

  1. winter

Declension

Declension of negu (inan V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive negu negua neguak neguok
ergative neguk neguak neguek neguok
dative neguri neguari neguei neguoi
genitive neguren neguaren neguen neguon
comitative negurekin neguarekin neguekin neguokin
causative negurengatik neguarengatik neguengatik neguongatik
benefactive negurentzat neguarentzat neguentzat neguontzat
instrumental neguz neguaz neguez neguotaz
innesive negutan neguan neguetan neguotan
locative negutako neguko neguetako neguotako
allative negutara negura neguetara neguotara
terminative negutaraino neguraino neguetaraino neguotaraino
directive negutarantz negurantz neguetarantz neguotarantz
destinative negutarako negurako neguetarako neguotarako
ablative negutatik negutik neguetatik neguotatik
partitive negurik — — —
prolative negutzat — — —

Derived terms

  • negu beltz
  • negu gorri
  • negu min
  • negu-parte
  • negu-txori
  • negualde
  • negualdi
  • neguantz (“autumn, fall”)
  • neguburu
  • neguero (“every winter”)
  • neguta
  • negutar
  • negute
  • negutegi
  • negutu

See also

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “negu”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 296

Further reading

  • “negu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “negu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Lithuanian

Etymology

From nè (“no”) +‎ -gu (“emphatic particle”). Compare jéigu (“if”),[1] Czech než (“than”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʲɛˈɡʊ/

Conjunction

negù

  1. than

See also

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “negù”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 419,
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*neže”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352

Further reading

  • “negu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
  • “negu”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026
  • Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, pages 681, 751

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

negu (Cyrillic spelling негу)

  1. accusative singular of nega
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