neba

See also: nɛba

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *neba. Further derivation unknown, but it contains the kinship suffix -ba. Perhaps derived from anaia (“brother (of a male)”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /neba/, [ne̞.β̞a]

Noun

neba anim

1. (Biscayan) brother of a female

Usage notes

The Biscayan dialect distinguishes anaia, the brother of a male; from neba, the brother of a female. This distinction is also kept in the standard language. Other dialects use anaia for both.

Declension

Declension of neba (animate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	neba	neba	nebak
ergative	nebak	nebak	nebek
dative	nebari	nebari	nebei
genitive	nebaren	nebaren	neben
comitative	nebarekin	nebarekin	nebekin
causative	nebarengatik	nebarengatik	nebengatik
benefactive	nebarentzat	nebarentzat	nebentzat
instrumental	nebaz	nebaz	nebez
inessive	nebarengan	nebarengan	nebengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	nebarengana	nebarengana	nebengana
terminative	nebarenganaino	nebarenganaino	nebenganaino
directive	nebarenganantz	nebarenganantz	nebenganantz
destinative	nebarenganako	nebarenganako	nebenganako
ablative	nebarengandik	nebarengandik	nebengandik
partitive	nebarik	—	—
prolative	nebatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• neba-arreba (“siblings”)
• nebaorde (“step-brother of a female”)
• nebatzako (“step-brother of a female”)

Further reading

• “neba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “neba”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Latvian

Etymology

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

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)?

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

neba

1. genitive singular of nebo

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian nebo.

Noun

neba f

1. sky

Declension

    declension of neba (series-2b fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	neba	nebe
genitive	nebe	neb, nebi
dative	nebu	nebami, nebi
accusative	nebu	nebe
locative	nebu	nebe
instrumental	nebom	nebami, nebi

References

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

Slovak

Noun

neba

1. genitive singular of nebo