nne

See also: NNE, -nne, nnê, nṋe, -nñe, and -ññe

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *í-nẽ̀ẽ́. Cognate with Ekpeye íná, Ogbah ɔ̀ná, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ńné, Ika ńné.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ń̩né/

Noun

ńné

1. mother

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

1. four; 4

Further reading

• Northern Sotho language
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194356/https://ioling.org/booklets/iol-2015-team-sol.en-gb.pdf

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

1. four

Swahili

Swahili numbers ^(edit)

	40
←  3	4	5  →
Cardinal: -nne     Ordinal: -a nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Numeral

-nne (declinable)

1. four

Inflection

Inflected forms of -nne (plural only)

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	—	wanne
m-mi class(III/IV)	—	minne
ji-ma class(V/VI)	—	manne
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	—	vinne
n class(IX/X)	—	nne
u class(XI)	—	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	panne
ku class(XVII)	kunne
mu class(XVIII)	munne

Coordinate terms

Swahili cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	sifuri	-moja, mosi	-wili, pili	-tatu	-nne	-tano	sita	saba	-nane	tisa, kenda
1—	kumi	kumi na moja, edashara	kumi na mbili, thenashara	kumi na tatu, thelatashara	kumi na nne, arobatashara	kumi na tano, hamstashara	kumi na sita, sitashara	kumi na saba, sabatashara	kumi na nane, themantashara	kumi na tisa, tisatashara
2—	ishirini	ishirini na moja	ishirini na mbili	ishirini na tatu	ishirini na nne	ishirini na tano	ishirini na sita	ishirini na saba	ishirini na nane	ishirini na tisa
3—	thelathini	thelathini na moja	thelathini na mbili	thelathini na tatu	thelathini na nne	thelathini na tano	thelathini na sita	thelathini na saba	thelathini na nane	thelathini na tisa
4—	arobaini	arobaini na moja	arobaini na mbili	arobaini na tatu	arobaini na nne	arobaini na tano	arobaini na sita	arobaini na saba	arobaini na nane	arobaini na tisa
5—	hamsini	hamsini na moja	hamsini na mbili	hamsini na tatu	hamsini na nne	hamsini na tano	hamsini na sita	hamsini na saba	hamsini na nane	hamsini na tisa
6—	sitini	sitini na moja	sitini na mbili	sitini na tatu	sitini na nne	sitini na tano	sitini na sita	sitini na saba	sitini na nane	sitini na tisa
7—	sabini	sabini na moja	sabini na mbili	sabini na tatu	sabini na nne	sabini na tano	sabini na sita	sabini na saba	sabini na nane	sabini na tisa
8—	themanini	themanini na moja	themanini na mbili	themanini na tatu	themanini na nne	themanini na tano	themanini na sita	themanini na saba	themanini na nane	themanini na tisa
9—	tisini	tisini na moja	tisini na mbili	tisini na tatu	tisini na nne	tisini na tano	tisini na sita	tisini na saba	tisini na nane	tisini na tisa

Noun

nne (n class, plural nne)

1. (card games) four

Tswana

Tswana cardinal numbers

<  3	4	5  >
Cardinal : nne

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

Numeral

nne

1. four

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nne]

Noun

nne (obligatorily possessed; possessed nnedü, possessed plural nnakomo)

1. child, offspring; son or daughter
2. (in relation to a man) brother’s son or daughter, fraternal niece or nephew
3. (in relation to a woman) sister’s son or daughter, sororal niece or nephew
4. male parallel cousin’s child
   1. father’s brother’s son’s son or daughter
   2. mother’s sister’s son’s son or daughter
5. female cross-cousin’s child
   1. father’s sister’s daughter’s son or daughter
   2. mother’s brother’s daughter’s son or daughter

Usage notes

Unlike other animate nouns (including kinship terms), this noun is never used with the plural possessive suffix -tomo; instead, the general plural suffix -komo is exceptionally used with its possessed form, with the noun itself also undergoing an irregular vowel change in the plural.

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nne”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon, pages 117–118
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “nnedü”, 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) “nnedɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎^[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 70, 74