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nu-
nu-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
Curripaco
Prefix
nu-
- first person singular agent marker
- nuiraka : I am drinking
Reference
- Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, ISBN 0199238383), page 398
Lithuanian
Etymology
From the preposition nuo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nʊ]
Prefix
nu-
- (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement downward
- (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement into the distance
- (with verbs) describes an improvement and advanced progress in the action
- (with verbs) describes achievement through some action or event
- (with verbs) describes an action or event's outspread over a surface
- (with verbs) describes a type of perfective aspect in solitary events or actions