n-

Prefix

 * 1)  normal-form of a functional group (or molecule), being the long-chain form (unbranched chain)

Coordinate terms

 * secondary form
 * tertiary form

Translations

 * French:

Alternative forms

 * n'

Etymology
Related to.

Prefix

 * 1)  my
 * 2)  I
 * 3)  I

Coordinate terms

 * nd-

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1)  on, to, at

Etymology
.

Prefix

 * 1)  ; normal-form

Prefix

 * 1) I used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun

Etymology 1
From. The use also for the first-person singular is found in Maghrebi Arabic dialects.

Usage notes

 * Used after a vowel and before the letter . For details on usage, see the main lemma.

Etymology
.

Prefix

 * 1) in

Usage notes
n- appears before stems that begin with the vowels oo and ii.

Prefix

 * 1) us

Etymology
From.

Usage notes
Foreign borrowings that cannot fit other classes morphologically usually behave as, but do not take this prefix.

Except for nouns where the stem is of one syllable, n can only be followed by g, d, j, y, and z in Swahili. As a result of this, when the stem starts with a vowel, n- changes to, when it starts with a b or v it changes to , and *nw-, *nl-, and *nr- becomes mb-, nd-, and nd- respectively. In front of any stems where these rules cannot be applied, it disappears.

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) I,

Etymology 1
Cognate to prefixes analyzed as object nominalizers, switching nominalized forms from nouns of action to nouns referring to the patient argument. The Caura River form has a rather different scope of use.

Usage notes
This prefix comes between the person marker and the verb stem.

Usage notes
The form is used with stems that start with a vowel;  is used with those that start with a consonant, in which case the initial consonant is also palatalized.

This person marker is used with all types of verbs when marked with originally nonderived tense/aspect/mood markers, excepting only the admonitive and prohibitive  negative command suffixes and the uncertain future marker, which require the transcategorical third person marker , and the distant past markers, which require the distance-specific person morpheme.

Though in all other circumstances Ye'kwana third-person prefixes also cover the first person dual exclusive, this prefix is not used when the patient of a transitive verb is first-person-dual-exclusive.

Etymology
From.

Usage notes
The variant form is used before stems beginning with a labial consonant (b, f, m, p, v).