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However, the sound of eating “n” has another meaning – the meaning of negation. When a child or even an adult did not want to eat, he/she pressed tongue to the roof of the mouth, closing the passage for food, and shook his/her head to turn away from the nipple of breast or food brought to his/her mouth. Therefore, the “n” sound and the shaking of the head acquired the meaning of negation. In the modern Russian language, the sound “n” in combination with different vowels has generated a whole palette of meanings: “na” is an offer to accept (food), “no” (but) is objection or denial, “ne” (not) is evasion, “nu” (well) is coercion, etc. The sound “n” has the meaning of negation in many languages, including the Maya language deciphered by Yuri Valentinovich Knorozov.