-nan

Gothic

Romanization

-nan

  1. Romanization of -𐌽𐌰𐌽

Papiamentu

Etymology

The third person plural pronoun nan (“they”) and the overall plural noun suffix -nan are unique for Papiamentu and cannot be found in any other language. According to Clements and Parkvall the pronoun nan and it's derived suffix -nan were introduced into the language just in the 1700s because of the grown need for a plural marking. Apparently before the introduction the need for a plural marking was not felt, just like in many other languages.

Suffix

-nan

  1. Used to form regular plurals of nouns.
    kas (“house”) + ‎-nan → ‎kasnan (“houses”)
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