See -nai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Northern Ryukyuan:"
},
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"1": "kzg",
"2": "ねーん",
"3": "ねーらん",
"tr": "-nēn",
"tr2": "-nēran"
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"expansion": "Kikai: ねーん (-nēn), ねーらん (-nēran)",
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],
"text": "Kikai: ねーん (-nēn), ねーらん (-nēran)"
},
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"2": "ねー",
"3": "ぬ",
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"expansion": "Kunigami: ねー (-nē), ぬ (-nu)",
"name": "desc"
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],
"text": "Kunigami: ねー (-nē), ぬ (-nu)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ryn",
"2": "ねん",
"tr": "-nen"
},
"expansion": "Northern Amami Ōshima: ねん (-nen)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Amami Ōshima: ねん (-nen)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ryu",
"2": "ねーん",
"tr": "-nēn"
},
"expansion": "Okinawan: ねーん (-nēn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Okinawan: ねーん (-nēn)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "okn",
"2": "ん",
"tr": "-n"
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"expansion": "Okinoerabu: ん (-n)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Okinoerabu: ん (-n)"
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{
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"1": "ams",
"2": "ねむっ",
"3": "ねーむっ",
"tr": "-nem",
"tr2": "-nēm"
},
"expansion": "Southern Amami Ōshima: ねむっ (-nem), ねーむっ (-nēm)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Amami Ōshima: ねむっ (-nem), ねーむっ (-nēm)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"1": "yox",
"2": "ねん",
"3": "ねんぬ",
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"tr2": "-nennu"
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"expansion": "Yoron: ねん (-nen), ねんぬ (-nennu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yoron: ねん (-nen), ねんぬ (-nennu)"
},
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"templates": [],
"text": "Southern Ryukyuan:"
},
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "mvi",
"2": "なーん",
"tr": "-nān"
},
"expansion": "Miyako: なーん (-nān)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Miyako: なーん (-nān)"
},
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"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "rys",
"2": "ねーぬ",
"tr": "-nēnu"
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"expansion": "Yaeyama: ねーぬ (-nēnu)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Yaeyama: ねーぬ (-nēnu)"
},
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"1": "yoi",
"2": "みぬん",
"tr": "-minun"
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"expansion": "Yonaguni: みぬん (-minun)",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "Yonaguni: みぬん (-minun)"
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"name": "inh"
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"etymology_text": "From Proto-Japonic *-nu (verb negativizer).",
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"2": "suffix"
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"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/-nai",
"pos": "suffix",
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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"kind": "other",
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"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"Negativizes a verb in the irrealis stem."
],
"id": "en--nai-jpx-ryu-pro-suffix-PynTS8He",
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"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "-nai"
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"descendants": [
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Northern Ryukyuan:"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "kzg",
"2": "ねーん",
"3": "ねーらん",
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"tr2": "-nēran"
},
"expansion": "Kikai: ねーん (-nēn), ねーらん (-nēran)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kikai: ねーん (-nēn), ねーらん (-nēran)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "xug",
"2": "ねー",
"3": "ぬ",
"tr": "-nē",
"tr2": "-nu"
},
"expansion": "Kunigami: ねー (-nē), ぬ (-nu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Kunigami: ねー (-nē), ぬ (-nu)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ryn",
"2": "ねん",
"tr": "-nen"
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"expansion": "Northern Amami Ōshima: ねん (-nen)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Northern Amami Ōshima: ねん (-nen)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "ryu",
"2": "ねーん",
"tr": "-nēn"
},
"expansion": "Okinawan: ねーん (-nēn)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Okinawan: ねーん (-nēn)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"2": "ん",
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"text": "Okinoerabu: ん (-n)"
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"2": "ねむっ",
"3": "ねーむっ",
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"expansion": "Southern Amami Ōshima: ねむっ (-nem), ねーむっ (-nēm)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Southern Amami Ōshima: ねむっ (-nem), ねーむっ (-nēm)"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"2": "ねん",
"3": "ねんぬ",
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"tr2": "-nennu"
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yoron: ねん (-nen), ねんぬ (-nennu)"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Southern Ryukyuan:"
},
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"depth": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "mvi",
"2": "なーん",
"tr": "-nān"
},
"expansion": "Miyako: なーん (-nān)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Miyako: なーん (-nān)"
},
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"depth": 2,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "rys",
"2": "ねーぬ",
"tr": "-nēnu"
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"expansion": "Yaeyama: ねーぬ (-nēnu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yaeyama: ねーぬ (-nēnu)"
},
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"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "yoi",
"2": "みぬん",
"tr": "-minun"
},
"expansion": "Yonaguni: みぬん (-minun)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Yonaguni: みぬん (-minun)"
}
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"2": "jpx-pro",
"3": "*-nu",
"pos": "verb negativizer"
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"name": "inh"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Japonic *-nu (verb negativizer).",
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"2": "suffix"
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"name": "head"
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"Pages with entries",
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"Proto-Ryukyuan lemmas",
"Proto-Ryukyuan suffixes",
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"Negativizes a verb in the irrealis stem."
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "-nai"
}
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