ndu

See also: nɖú and ndʉ́'

Fula

Suffix

ndu

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including hollow, round or inflated things
  2. Noun class indicator for super-augmentative nouns (singular)

Usage notes

Article

ndu

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Fowru ndu ― the hyena

Usage notes

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n͈du/

Preposition

ndu

  1. 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-)

  1. island

Inflection
Possessive inflection of ndu (-ndué)
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)

Possessive inflection of ndu (-nduú)
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
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