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36 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.

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    117 published entries

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    60 published entries

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    55 published entries

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    54 published entries

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    50 published entries

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    48 published entries

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    42 published entries

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    40 published entries

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    39 published entries

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    33 published entries

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    24 published entries

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    9 published entries

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    7 published entries

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Latin

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Latin
nōn[ˈnoːn]
particle
A word used to make a sentence or thought negative. It is placed before the word it modifies.

“Lingua Graeca est; potest nōn legī.”

It's Greek; it can not be read.

Also means
  1. not

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
nōne[ˈnoː.nɛ]
num
This is the vocative masculine singular form of the ordinal number nōnus, meaning ninth.

“O nōne, venī ad cēnam.”

O ninth one, come to dinner.

Also means
  1. vocative masculine singular of nōnus
  2. ninth

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
vōx barbara[ˈwoːks ˈbar.ba.ra]Means nōn
noun
A term for a word that is pronounced incorrectly or uses non-standard language.

“Haec vōx barbara in scriptīs nōn invenītur.”

This barbarous word is not found in writing.

Also means
  1. a barbarous word; a word which is said incorrectly
  2. a barbarous word

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
nī[ˈniː]Appears in an example
adv
A negative particle used in specific grammatical combinations to mean if not or unless.

“Nī tū veniās, dōnum nōn accipiam.”

Unless you come, I will not accept the gift.

Also means
  1. not, if...not, unless- an absolutely negative particle like ne so only in combinations
  2. unless

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
hem[ˈhẽː]Appears in an example
intj
An interjection used to express surprise, skepticism, or to prompt someone to look at something. It is similar to saying 'well!' or 'really?' in English.

“Nōn? Hem?”

You don't? Really?

Also means
  1. eh?, really?, well, well!, just look! (expressing surprise)
  2. eh?

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
sīc[ˈsiːk]Appears in an example
adv
An adverb used to describe how something is done or to agree with a previous statement. It means in this manner or yes.

“Ut ager, quamvīs fertilis, sine cultūrā frūctuōsus esse nōn potest, sīc sine doctrīnā animus.”

Just as the field, however fertile, without cultivation cannot be fruitful, likewise the soul without education.

Also means
  1. yes, indeed (If answering a question)
  2. thus, so, like this, in this way
  3. thus

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
larvā[ˈɫaːr.wa]Appears in an example
verb
This is a command directed at one person to cast a spell or enchant someone.

“Nōn mē larvā!”

Do not enchant me!

Also means
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of larvō (enchant)
  2. enchant

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
taurus[ˈtau̯.rʊs]Appears in an example
noun
A large male bovine animal used for breeding or labor. It can also refer to the constellation Taurus.

“Vacca sit an taurus, nōn est cognōscere prōmptum.”

Whether it is a cow or a bull is not easy to know.

Also means
  1. a bull, steer
  2. the constellation Taurus the bull
  3. an instrument of torture, in the shape of a bull
  4. a (dialectal, Gaul) small bird that sounds like the lowing of oxen, possibly the bittern
  5. a kind of beetle
  6. the perineum
  7. a bull

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
ventus[ˈwɛn.tʊs]Appears in an example
noun
The movement of air in the atmosphere.

“Homō sapiēns nōn ūrīnat in ventum.”

A wise man pisseth not against the wind.

Also means
  1. a wind

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Latin
abnegātor[ab.nɛˈɡaː.tɔr]Appears in an example
noun
A person who denies or rejects a claim, fact, or belief.

“Ille abnegātor veritātem nōn crēdit.”

That denier does not believe the truth.

Also means
  1. a denier
  2. denier

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 4 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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