kadangi
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an unattested *kadān + gi (“particle”), the former related to kadà (“when”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]kadángi
Usage notes
[edit]The main difference between kadangi and nes is that kadangi can begin the first or second clause of a compound sentence, whereas nes is only used in the second clause. Kadangi, however, is still mostly used in the first clause.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kadángi”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 242
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kada”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 216