ñaus

Laefevian

Etymology

From from Proto-Laenkean *ᵑgæbækæs. Cognate with Radestrian dzaus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaus/ [ˈŋau̯s]
• Rhyme: -aus ⁽²⁾
• Hyphenation: ña·us

Noun

ñaus (accusative singular ñauke, dative singular ñaukun, nominative dual ñaukund, nominative plural ñaukir)

1. horn (i.e. growth on the heads of certain animals)

Declension

Primary case declension of ñaus (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ñaus	ñaukund	ñaukir
accusative	ñauke	ñaukundi	ñauki
genitive	ñaukau	ñaukundas	ñaukas, ñaukiras†
dative	ñaukun	ñaukundon	ñaukirons, ñaukonc
locative	ñaukul	ñaukundos	ñaukiross, ñaukosc
instrumental	ñaukô	ñaukundêt	ñaukirêts, ñaukêtc

Secondary case declension of ñaus (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	ñaukere	ñaukundire	ñaukire
illative	ñaukele	ñaukundile	ñaukile
benefactive	ñaukear	ñaukundiar	ñaukiar
prolative	ñaukekwe	ñaukundikwe	ñaukikwe
causal-final	ñaukedis	ñaukundirris	ñaukirris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	ñaukôka	ñaukundirka	ñaukirka
elative	ñaukôtan	ñaukundirtan	ñaukirtan
ablative	ñaukaôn	ñaukundiruôn	ñaukiruôn
essive	ñaukôjøn	ñaukundirjøn	ñaukirjøn
abessive	ñaukôze	ñaukundirse	ñaukirse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	ñaukumas	ñaukundirmas	ñaukirmas
lative	ñaukunši	ñaukundirši	ñaukirši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	ñaukuneres, ñaukunerc	ñaukundirorres, ñaukundorrec	ñaukirorres, ñaukorrec
inessive	ñaukulle	ñaukundirolles, ñaukundollec	ñaukirolles, ñaukollec
exessive	ñaukunun	ñaukundirsun	ñaukirsun
perlative	ñaukuffêl	ñaukundirfêl	ñaukirfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	ñaukôske	ñaukundirêskes, ñaukundêskec	ñaukirêskes, ñaukêskec
comitative	ñaukôsôds, ñaukôdc	ñaukundirtôds, ñaukundôdc	ñaukirtôd

Derived terms

• biriñaus (“ibex”)
• ñaukwirs (“horn, keratin”)
• ñaušienže (“croissant”)

Translations

horn

Radestrian: dzaus