nunate

English

Etymology

From nun +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

nunate (third-person singular simple present nunates, present participle nunating, simple past and past participle nunated)

1. (grammar, transitive) To add nunation to (a word).
   • 1995, Kees Versteegh, C. H. M. Versteegh, The Explanation of Linguistic Causes: Az-Za?????'s Theory of Grammar : Introduction, Translation, Commentary, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 169:

     You can only nunate the name in the case of the nominative and the genitive, […]

See also

• nunation