në

në

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Albanian

Etymology 1

Nominative-accusative from accusative Proto-Albanian *nōs, stressed form of clitic Proto-Indo-European *nos, which is continued by the clitic na. Neve and nesh are innovated, but Gheg retains dative nahe (Old Albanian nae) from a genitive *nosōm.

Alternative forms

• na (Gheg)[1]
• ne

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnə] - Tosk (Albania, Italy, Greece (Arbëreshë/Arvanite))
• IPA^(key): [ˈna][2] - Gheg ((northern) Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro)

Pronoun

në (first-person plural pronoun)

1. we
2. us

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *ana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enō (“along a slanted surface, etc.”), from *h₂én (“on, upon, onto, up to”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upwards, along”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰 (ana, “on, in, against, because of, about”), English on, and Old Prussian no, na (“on (where), against, about there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnə] (Tosk, Gheg)
• IPA^(key): [ˈən] (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): [ˈn] (Gheg)

Preposition

në (+accusative)

1. at
2. in
3. to
4. on (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonym: mbi

References

1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder

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Alemannic German

Verb

në

1. (Uri) Alternative form of nää (“to take”)

Conjugation

    conjugation of në – Urner dialect

infinitive		në
past participle		gna, gno, gnu
		singular			plural
		1st person ich, i	2nd person du	3rd person er/si/es	1st person mir	2nd person ir	3rd person si
indicative	present	niime	nimsch	nimt	nëmme	nëmmet	nëmme
subjunctive	present	nëmm, nëmmi	nëmmesch	nëmm, nëmmi	nëmme	nëmmet	nëmme
	past	nëëmt, nëëmti	nëmmtesch	nëëmt, nëëmti	nëmmte	nëmmtet	nëmmte
imperative	affirmative	—	nimm	—	—	nëmmet	—

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.