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==English== | |||
===Conjunction=== | |||
{{head|YXS-EN|conjunction|gloss=but}} | |||
# Used to set one word or clause against another, marking a contrast or an exception. | |||
====Translations==== | |||
{{Translations|gloss=used to set one word or clause against another | |||
|YCQ-BE=lavon | |||
}} | |||
==Proto-Andusian== | ==Proto-Andusian== | ||
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{{head|YCP-XX|adjective|head=but|gloss=near}} | {{head|YCP-XX|adjective|head=but|gloss=near}} | ||
# near, close | # {{d|near|YXS-EN}}, close | ||
# beside | # beside | ||
# {{lb|YCP-XX|by extension}} imminent | # {{lb|YCP-XX|by extension}} imminent | ||
====Related terms==== | |||
* Antonym: {{l|YCP-XX|boŋbɔ}} (“far”) | |||
====Descendants==== | |||
* {{desc|YCP-XA|but}} | |||
* {{desc|YCP-XB|buʔ}} | |||
* {{desc|YCP-XC|buti}} | |||
==Proto-North-Andusian== | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
From Proto-Andusian {{m|YCP-XX|but}} (“near”). | |||
===Adjective=== | |||
{{head|YCP-XA|adjective|head=but|gloss=near}} | |||
# {{d|near|YXS-EN}}, close | |||
# beside | |||
# {{lb|YCP-XA|by extension}} imminent | |||
Latest revision as of 10:30, 8 September 2026
English
Conjunction
but
- Used to set one word or clause against another, marking a contrast or an exception.
Translations
Proto-Andusian
Adjective
*but
- near, close
- beside
- (by extension) imminent
Related terms
- Antonym: *boŋbɔ (“far”)
Descendants
Proto-North-Andusian
Etymology
From Proto-Andusian *but (“near”).
Adjective
*but
- near, close
- beside
- (by extension) imminent