Q. né adv. “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)” (Category: Past, Ago)

Q. né, adv. “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)” (Category: Past, Ago)

Q. auta “ago”

Q. engë “ago, in the past, [ᴹQ.] once (in past), †it was”

ᴱQ. ie “ago, †long ago”

ᴱQ. ielúmë “long ago”

ᴱQ. luin “ago”

ᴱQ. luina “ago”

ᴹQ. yá “formerly, ago, at that (distant) time, then (long ago)”

ᴱQ. yú- “ago”

ᴱQ. yúyë “long ago”

Reference ✧ VT49/31 ✧ nē “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)”

Element In

• Q. néya “once, at one time” ✧ VT49/31

Cognates

• T. né “ago, behind (earlier time); yes (it was so)” ✧ VT49/31 (nē)

Derivations

• < ✶-nē “past suffix” ✧ VT49/30

Phonetic Developments

✶nē > nē

[nē]

✧ VT49/31

ᴹQ. né adv. “ago” (Category: Again)

References ✧ PE22/96; PE23/109

Glosses

• “ago” ✧ PE22/96; PE23/109

Element In

• ᴹQ. á e·ndanne anda né “Oh! he went back long ago” ✧ PE22/96
• ᴹQ. anda né “long ago” ✧ PE23/109
• ᴹQ. uman né “some time ago” ✧ PE23/109
• ᴹQ. yanan né “in those days of yore” ✧ PE23/109

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶nē “was; then, ago” ✧ PE22/96 (nḗ)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶nḗ > né

[nē]

✧ PE22/96