ndu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ndu"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Dugun with du and n interchanged.

Symbol

ndu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Dugun.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dugun terms

Fula

Suffix

ndu

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including hollow, round or inflated things
2. Noun class indicator for super-augmentative nouns (singular)

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Article

ndu

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   Fowru ndu ― the hyena

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪d̪o/

Preposition

ndu

1. eclipsed form of du

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• nu (Fort Liard)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *nuˑ. Cognates include Ahtna nuu and Dogrib di.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ⁿtù(ʔ)]
• Hyphenation: ndu

Noun

ndu (stem -ndu-)

1. island

Inflection

Possessive inflection of ndu (-ndué)

		singular	plural
1st person		sendué	naxendué
2nd person		nendué
3rd person	1)	—	gindué
	2)	mendué	gondué
4th person		yendué
reflexive	sp.	ɂedendué	kedendué
	unsp.	dendué
reciprocal		—	ɂełendué
indefinite		ɂendué
areal		gondué

¹⁾ Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
²⁾ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

(rare)

Possessive inflection of ndu (-nduú)

		singular	plural
1st person		senduú	naxenduú
2nd person		nenduú
3rd person	1)	—	ginduú
	2)	menduú	gonduú
4th person		yenduú
reflexive	sp.	ɂedenduú	kedenduú
	unsp.	denduú
reciprocal		—	ɂełenduú
indefinite		ɂenduú
areal		gonduú

¹⁾ Used when the subject is a group of human beings
and the object is singular.
²⁾ Used when the previous condition does not apply.

References

• Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11