# nne
## Igbo
### Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *í-nẽ̀ẽ́. Cognate with Ekpeye íná, Ogbah ɔ̀ná, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ńné, Ika ńné.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ń̩né/

### Noun

ńné
* mother

## Northern Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

### Numeral

nne
* four; 4

#### Further reading

* Northern Sotho language
* https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194356/https://ioling.org/booklets/iol-2015-team-sol.en-gb.pdf

## Sotho
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

### Numeral

nne
* four

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Numeral

-nne (declinable)
* four

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | sifuri | -moja, mosi | -wili, pili | -tatu | -nne | -tano | sita | saba | -nane | tisa, kenda |
| 1— | kumi | kumi na moja, edashara | kumi na mbili, thenashara | kumi na tatu, thelatashara | kumi na nne, arobatashara | kumi na tano, hamstashara | kumi na sita, sitashara | kumi na saba, sabatashara | kumi na nane, themantashara | kumi na tisa, tisatashara |
| 2— | ishirini | ishirini na moja | ishirini na mbili | ishirini na tatu | ishirini na nne | ishirini na tano | ishirini na sita | ishirini na saba | ishirini na nane | ishirini na tisa |
| 3— | thelathini | thelathini na moja | thelathini na mbili | thelathini na tatu | thelathini na nne | thelathini na tano | thelathini na sita | thelathini na saba | thelathini na nane | thelathini na tisa |
| 4— | arobaini | arobaini na moja | arobaini na mbili | arobaini na tatu | arobaini na nne | arobaini na tano | arobaini na sita | arobaini na saba | arobaini na nane | arobaini na tisa |
| 5— | hamsini | hamsini na moja | hamsini na mbili | hamsini na tatu | hamsini na nne | hamsini na tano | hamsini na sita | hamsini na saba | hamsini na nane | hamsini na tisa |
| 6— | sitini | sitini na moja | sitini na mbili | sitini na tatu | sitini na nne | sitini na tano | sitini na sita | sitini na saba | sitini na nane | sitini na tisa |
| 7— | sabini | sabini na moja | sabini na mbili | sabini na tatu | sabini na nne | sabini na tano | sabini na sita | sabini na saba | sabini na nane | sabini na tisa |
| 8— | themanini | themanini na moja | themanini na mbili | themanini na tatu | themanini na nne | themanini na tano | themanini na sita | themanini na saba | themanini na nane | themanini na tisa |
| 9— | tisini | tisini na moja | tisini na mbili | tisini na tatu | tisini na nne | tisini na tano | tisini na sita | tisini na saba | tisini na nane | tisini na tisa |

### Noun

nne class IX (plural nne class X)
* (card games) four

### See also

Playing cards in Swahili · karata za kucheza (layout · text) :
| ree, rea, rei | mbili | tatu | nne | tano | sita | saba |
| nane | tisa | kumi | ghulamu, mzungu wa tatu | malkia, mzungu wa pili, bibi | mfalme, mzungu wa nne, basha | jokari |

## Tswana
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-nàì.

### Numeral

nne
* four

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nne]

### Noun

nne (obligatorily possessed; possessed nnedü, possessed plural nnakomo)
* child, offspring; son or daughter
* (in relation to a man) brother’s son or daughter, fraternal niece or nephew
* (in relation to a woman) sister’s son or daughter, sororal niece or nephew
* male parallel cousin’s child
** father’s brother’s son’s son or daughter
** mother’s sister’s son’s son or daughter
* female cross-cousin’s child
** father’s sister’s daughter’s son or daughter
** mother’s brother’s daughter’s son or daughter

#### Usage notes

Unlike other animate nouns (including kinship terms), this noun is never used with the plural possessive suffix -tomo; instead, the general plural suffix -komo is exceptionally used with its possessed form, with the noun itself also undergoing an irregular vowel change in the plural.

#### Derived terms

* enneka
* nnejenka

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “nne”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 117–118
* Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ännedö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “nnedü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288
* Hall, Katherine (2007) “nnedɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
* Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 70, 74: “ünnedü”