nta
Sotho
Ye'kwana
Etymology
From Proto-Cariban *mɨta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nta]
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “önta”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “ənta”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Yoruba
Etymology
Contraction of níta (“outside”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋ́.tā/
Usage notes
- used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.
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