neni-

See also: néni and není

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Etymology

From the negative particle ne and by analogy with negative pronouns in Indo-European languages such as English never, none, German nie, Italian nessuno, Polish nikt, Portuguese nenhum, and Spanish ninguno. The i vowel is common to all correlatives.

Prefix

neni-

1. no- (negative/relative correlative prefix)

Derived terms

• nenia (“no kind of”)
• nenial (“for no reason”)
• neniam (“never”)
• nenie (“no place, nowhere”)
• neniel (“in no manner, to no degree, no how”)
• nenies (“nobody's”)
• neniigi (“to annihilate”)
• nenio (“nothing”)
• neniom (“none (of)”)
• neniu (“no one, nobody”)