neba

Basque

Noun

neba

  1. brother (of a female)

Declension

"neba"
(animate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutivenebanebanebak
ergativenebaknebaknebek
dativenebarinebarinebei
genitivenebarennebarenneben
comitativenebarekinnebarekinnebekin
causativenebarengatiknebarengatiknebengatik
benefactivenebarentzatnebarentzatnebentzat
instrumentalnebaznebaznebez
inessivenebarengannebarengannebengan
allativenebarengananebarengananebengana
terminativenebarenganainonebarenganainonebenganaino
directivenebarenganantznebarenganantznebenganantz
destinativenebarenganakonebarenganakonebenganako
ablativenebarengandiknebarengandiknebengandik
partitivenebarik
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-
prolativenebatzat
-
-

Usage notes

The dialect of Bizkaia distinguishes the brother of a female from the brother of a male, which is anaia. Other dialects use anaia for both.

Latvian

Etymology

From the negative conjunction ne (“neither, nor”), with an old particle ba found also at the end of the conjunction jeb.[1]

Conjunction

neba

  1. (dated, today usually nevis, ne, vai) not, not in order to, or else, lest
    cilvēka ķermenis radīts kustībai, neba bezmērķīgai zvilnēšanai ― the human body is designed to move, not to loll aimlessly
    jāiet jau būs (skolā), neba gribi izaugt kā slotas kāts? ― (you) will have to go (to school), or do you want to grow as a broomstick (= poor)?

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. →ISBN.

Molise Croatian

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian nebo.

Noun

neba f

  1. sky

Declension

References

  • Antonietta Marra (2012), “Contact phenomena in the Slavic of Molise: some remarks about nouns and prepositional phrases” in Morphologies in Contact.
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