tn
tn - Translingual
Symbol
tn
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tswana.
tn - English
Noun
tn
- Abbreviation of trillion.
Alternative forms
- tn.
- tln / tln.
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
tn - Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA: /tɛn/
- Conventional anglicization: ten
Determiner
f sg proximal demonstrative determiner
Usage notes
This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.
It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative tf, in which tn is proximal.
Inflection
determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
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number | singular | dual | plural | unmarked | ||||
gender | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | unmarked | |
proximal to speaker | pn | tn, jtn | jpnj | jptnj | jpn | jptn | nn | — |
distal | pf | tf | jpfj | jptfj | jpf | jptf | nf | — |
proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, py, p | tj, tw, jtw | jpwj | jptwj | jpw | jptw | nw | — |
vocative | pꜣ | tꜣ | — | — | — | — | nꜣ | ꜥꜣ |
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masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | |||
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pronoun | pꜣw | dj | ||||
determiners and pronouns | pꜣj | tꜣj | nꜣj | |||
possessive determiners (used with suffix pronouns) | pꜣy | tꜣy | nꜣy | |||
relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ | t-nt, tꜣ | nꜣyw, nꜣ | |||
definite articles | pꜣ | tꜣ | nꜣ1 | |||
indefinite articles | wꜥ1 | nhꜣy1 | ||||
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Pronoun
pl or f sg 2. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- Variant spelling of ṯn