S. niben adj. “petty” (Category: Shame)

S. niben, adj. “petty, *small” (Category: Shame)

References ✧ UT/100; VT48/6, 18; WJ/388

Glosses

• “petty” ✧ VT48/18; WJ/388

Variations

• niben ✧ VT48/6; VT48/18; WJ/388

Inflections

Nibin

plural

✧ UT/100

Element In

• S. Niben-nog “Petty Dwarf” ✧ UT/100 (Nibin-noeg)
• S. Nogoth Niben “Petty Dwarf” ✧ WJ/388

Derivations

• < √NIP “small (usually with connotation of weakness)” ✧ VT48/18
  • < nipinā < nip ✧ VT48/18

Phonetic Developments

√nip > nipinā > niben

[nipinā] > [nipina] > [nipena] > [nipen] > [niben]

✧ VT48/18