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nunate

nunate verb: to add nunation to (a word).

Verb

nunate (third-person singular simple present nunates, present participle nunating, simple past and past participle nunated)

  1. (transitive) To add nunation to (a word).
    • You can only nunate the name in the case of the nominative and the genitive,[…]1995, Kees Versteegh, C. H. M. Versteegh, The Explanation of Linguistic Causes: Az-Zaǧǧāǧī's Theory of Grammar : Introduction, Translation, Commentary, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 169

Forms of nunate

third-person singular presentnunates
present participlenunating
past participlenunated
pastnunated

Origin of nunate

From nun + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about nunate

What does nunate mean?
Nunate means to add nunation to (a word).
What part of speech is nunate?
Nunate is a verb.
What is the past tense of nunate?
The past tense of nunate is nunated.

Words near nunate in the dictionary

  1. nunatak
  2. nunataker
  3. nunataks
  4. nunataq
  5. nunataqs
  6. nunate
  7. nunated
  8. nunates
  9. nunating
  10. nunation
  11. nunations

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