negu

See also: neĝu

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /neɡu/ [ne.ɣ̞u]
  • Rhymes: -eɡu
  • Hyphenation: ne‧gu

Noun

negu inan

  1. winter

Declension
Declension of negu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive negu negua neguak
ergative neguk neguak neguek
dative neguri neguari neguei
genitive neguren neguaren neguen
comitative negurekin neguarekin neguekin
causative negurengatik neguarengatik neguengatik
benefactive negurentzat neguarentzat neguentzat
instrumental neguz neguaz neguez
inessive negutan neguan neguetan
locative negutako neguko neguetako
allative negutara negura neguetara
terminative negutaraino neguraino neguetaraino
directive negutarantz negurantz neguetarantz
destinative negutarako negurako neguetarako
ablative negutatik negutik neguetatik
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. “negu” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading
  • "negu" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “negu” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Lithuanian

Etymology

Compare Czech než (“than”).[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

negù

  1. than

See also

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*neže”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 352

Further reading
  • “negu”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “negu”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
  • 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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