nij
Dutch Low Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.
Adjective edit
nij (Gronings)
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian nī, nīe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nij
Inflection edit
Inflection of nij | ||||
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uninflected | nij | |||
inflected | nije | |||
comparative | nijer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | it nijst it nijste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
partitive | nijs | nijers | — |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “nij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zhuang edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *ʰniːꟲ (“debt”). Cognate with Thai หนี้ (nîi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩦ᩶, Lao ໜີ້ (nī), Lü ᦐᦲᧉ (ṅii²), Shan ၼီႈ (nīi), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥲ (lì), Phake ꩫီ (nī), Ahom 𑜃𑜣 (nī), Nong Zhuang nij, Zuojiang Zhuang nij.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ni˥/
- Tone numbers: ni3
- Hyphenation: nij