në

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enō (“along a slanted surface, etc.”), from *h₂én (“on, upon, onto, up to”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upwards, along”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana, “on, in, against, because of, about”), English on, and Old Prussian no, na (“on (where), against, about there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnə] (Tosk, Gheg)
• IPA^(key): [ˈən] (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): [ˈn] (Tosk, Gheg)

Preposition

në (+ accusative)

1. at
2. in
3. to
4. on (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonym: mbi

Conjunction

në

1. if

   në më do, mos më plas

   if you love me, don't exhaust me

Etymology 2

Nominative-accusative from accusative Proto-Albanian *nōs, stressed form of clitic Proto-Indo-European *nos, which is continued by the clitic na. Neve and nesh are innovated, but Gheg retains dative nahe (Old Albanian nae) from a genitive *nosōm.

Alternative forms

• na (Gheg)
• nê, nô — southern Gheg
• ne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnə] - Tosk (Albania, Italy, Greece (Arbëreshë/Arvanite))
• IPA^(key): [ˈna] - Gheg ((northern) Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro)

Pronoun

në (first-person plural pronoun)

1. we
2. us

Alemannic German

Verb

në (auxiliary haa)

1. (also Uri) alternative form of näh (“to take”)

Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nə]

Pronoun

në inan

1. that (inanimate)

See also

Unami demonstrative pronouns

	animate	inanimate	obviative
proximal singular (“this”)	wa, wàn, wàni	yu, yun, yuni	yul, yuli
distal singular (“that”)	na, nàn, nàni	në, nën, nëni
proximal plural (“these”)	yuki, yuk	yuli, yul	nèl
distal plural (“those”)	nèki, nèk	nèl
absentative1 distal singular	naka	nike
absentative1 distal plural	nèl	nikahke
absentative1 proximal singular	waka

¹ Inaccessible to speaker, deceased