kun-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kun"

Esperanto

Etymology

From kun (“with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Prefix

kun-

1. together

   ‎kun- + ‎ekzisti (“to exist”) → ‎kunekzisti (“to coexist”)

   ‎kun- + ‎kudri (“to sew”) → ‎kunkudri (“to sew together”)

   ‎kun- + ‎labori (“to work”) → ‎kunlabori (“to collaborate”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with kun-

Ido

Etymology

From kun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Prefix

kun-

1. with, together

   Antonym: sen-

   ‎kun- + ‎laborar (“to work”) → ‎kunlaborar (“to collaborate”)

   ‎kun- + ‎existar (“to exist”) → ‎kunexistar (“to coexist”)

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with kun-

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuŋ-]

Prefix

kun-

1. Allomorph of kün- (distant past third-person prefix) used for stems that begin with anything but j or y and have a first vowel u.

Inflection

Ye'kwana personal markers

	pronoun	noun possessor/ series II verb argument		postposition object		series I verb argument
						transitive patient	intransitive patient-like		intransitive agent-like	transitive agent
first person	ewü	y-, ∅-, ü-, u-1						w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive	küwü	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-								k-, kii-, ki-1
second person	amödö	ö-, öy-/ödh-, o-, oy-/odh-, a-, ay-/adh-							m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive	nña	y-/dh-, ch-, ∅-, i-1			chö-	∅-	n-, ni-
third person	tüwü					n-, ni-
distant past third person		—				kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive	—	t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te-				—
reciprocal	—	—	öö-
With following vowel lengthened if in an unreduced open syllable.

	series I verb argument: transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person	mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person	k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person	see person X in the chart above