ú-

prefix. un, bad-

Cognates

• ᴹQ. ú- “not, un-, in-” ✧ Ety/UGU

Derivations

• ᴹ✶gū̆- “no, not” ✧ Ety/UGU
  • ᴹ√GŪ “no, not” ✧ Ety/GŪ
  • ᴹ√UMU “negative stems” ✧ Ety/UGU
  • ᴹ√GŪ “no, not” ✧ Ety/UGU; Ety/GŪ

Element in

• N. ubed “denial”
• N. uluithiad “unquenchable”
• N. uvan “*noone, nobody”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ✶ugu/gū > ú-	[ugu-] > [uɣu-] > [uɣu-] > [ū-]	✧ Ety/UGU