tn

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See also: TN, Tn, .tn, .Tn, t.n., ṯn, T.-N., and .ṯn

Translingual

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Symbol

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tn

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Tswana.

English

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Noun

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tn

  1. (chiefly UK, Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of trillion.

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Adverb

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tn (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of tonight.
    • 2014 October 15, @spanishgodess_, Twitter[1]:
      I'm just annoyed cuz you didn't text me tn and ugh fuck you

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Egyptian

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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t
n

 f sg proximal demonstrative determiner

  1. this, that

Usage notes

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This demonstrative was originally a determiner but could later be used alone, like a pronoun. When used as a determiner it follows the noun it describes.

It forms a contrastive pair with the demonstrative tf, in which tn is proximal.

Inflection

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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t
n
Z2

 pl and f sg 2. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

  1. Variant spelling of ṯn

References

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  • James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 51, 54–55.
  • Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
  • Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN

Estonian

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Noun

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tn

  1. Abbreviation of tänav.