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Etymology 1
Ehret hypothesizes an origin in and compares 🇨🇬; as with other attempts at reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, academic consensus is lacking.

Noun

 * 1) place, location
 * 2)  position, location where someone or something is
 * 3) thing
 * 4)  ; -ness

Noun

 * 1)  item in a list

Etymology 2
Related to (and probably developed from) earlier. The spelling with may reflect a graphic phenomenon rather than a sound change. Compare the Late Egyptian development of from Earlier Egyptian.

Particle

 * 1)  not;
 * 2)  not yet
 * 3)  not;

Usage notes
The verb used with in forming the negative aorist is usually periphrastic, which is then followed by the main verb in the infinitive; however, when the main verb is  or when the text belongs to a high linguistic register, periphrastic  is often not used and the main verb is directly negated instead. In forming the ‘not yet’ construction, periphrastic is usually used, but especially with verbs of motion the main verb is sometimes directly negated instead. Periphrastic is not used in forming the negative preterite.