nuhkwis

Laefevian

Etymology

From Proto-Laefevic *dr̥gʱkwéh, from Proto-Laenkean *dr̥gʱk(ʰ)wés (“tree-like”); the semantic shift probably went along the lines of “sturdy as a tree” → “healthy as a tree” → “tree-like” → “healthy”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuxkwis/, [ˈnuxku̯is]
• Hyphenation: nuh·kwis

Adjective

nuhkwis (nominative plural nuhkwir, comparative nuhkŵôin, relative superlative nuhkŵømi, absolute superlative nuhkŵêngwi, excessive fienuhkwis)

1. healthy

Declension

Primary case declension of nuhkwis (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	nuhkwis	nuhkwind	nuhkwir
accusative	nuhkwe	nuhkwindi	nuhkwi
genitive	nuhkwau	nuhkwindas	nuhkwas
dative	nuhkwin	nuhkwindon	nuhkwiron
locative	nuhkwil	nuhkwindos	nuhkwiros
instrumental	nuhkwô	nuhkwindêt	nuhkwirêt, nuhkwêt

Secondary case declension of nuhkwis (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	nuhkwere	nuhkwindire	nuhkwire
illative	nuhkwele	nuhkwindile	nuhkwile
benefactive	nuhkwear	nuhkwindiar	nuhkwiar
prolative	nuhkwekwe	nuhkwindikwe	nuhkwikwe
causal-final	nuhkwedis	nuhkwindirris	nuhkwirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	nuhkwôka	nuhkwindirka	nuhkwirka
elative	nuhkwôtan	nuhkwindirtan	nuhkwirtan
egressive	nuhkwaôn	nuhkwindiruôn	nuhkwiruôn
essive	nuhkwôjøn	nuhkwindirjøn	nuhkwirjøn
abessive	nuhkwôze	nuhkwindirse	nuhkwirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	nuhkwimas	nuhkwindirmas	nuhkwirmas
lative	nuhkwinši	nuhkwindirši	nuhkwirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	nuhkwinere, nuhkwiner	nuhkwindirorre, nuhkwindorre	nuhkwirorre, nuhkworre
inessive	nuhkwille	nuhkwindirolle, nuhkwindolle	nuhkwirolle, nuhkwolle
exessive	nuhkwinun	nuhkwindirsun	nuhkwirsun
perlative	nuhkwiffêl	nuhkwindirfêl	nuhkwirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	nuhkwôske	nuhkwindirêske, nuhkwindêske	nuhkwirêske, nuhkwêske
comitative	nuhkwôsôd, nuhkwôd	nuhkwindirtôd, nuhkwindôd	nuhkwirtôd

Derived terms

• nuhkwens (“health”)
• nuhkwirad (“to heal”)

Translations

healthy

Radestrian: gjedreval