neba

== 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 === IPA(key): /neba/ [ne.β̞a] Rhymes: -eba, -a Hyphenation: ne‧ba === Noun === neba anim (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “neba”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “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. === Pronunciation === === Conjunction === neba (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 === == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === neba (Cyrillic spelling неба) genitive singular of nebo == Slavomolisano == === Etymology === From Serbo-Croatian nebo. === Noun === neba f sky ==== Declension ==== === 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 genitive singular of nebo