n-a

See also: Appendix:Variations of "na"

Irish

Determiner

n-a

  1. alternative form of a (“his, her, their”)

Particle

n-a

  1. alternative form of a (relative particle)

Usage notes

For both the determiner and the particle, this form is found in older texts after certain vowel-final prepositions, e.g. faoi n-a (“under/about his, under/about her, under/about their, under/about which”), i n-a (“in his, in her, in their, in which”), le n-a (“with his, with her, with their, with which”), ó n-a (“from his, from her, from their, from which”). In modern texts these forms are written as single words: faoina, ina, lena, óna.

Nǀuu

Pronoun

n-a

  1. alternative form of na (“I, me”)

References

  • Appel, Ariel (compiler). (2013). "We are Nǀuu hunters" "C-a ǀx'oa Nǀuu-ki".
  • Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena and Hirosi Nakagawa. “Linguistic Features and Typologies in Languages Commonly Referred to as ‘Khoisan’.” The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics (2019): n. pag.
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