nye
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nye (plural nyes)
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Noun edit
Danish edit
Adjective edit
nye
Dumbea edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nye
References edit
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Ewe edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nye
Verb edit
nye
Igbo edit
Verb edit
nyè
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
nye
Middle English edit
Noun edit
nye
- Alternative form of noy
Northern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nye
Inflection edit
Adjective concord, tone L | ||
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Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | engimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | umunye |
1st plural | esibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | elibanye | libanye |
Class 1 | omunye | munye |
Class 2 | abanye | banye |
Class 3 | omunye | munye |
Class 4 | eminye | minye |
Class 5 | elinye | linye |
Class 6 | amanye | manye |
Class 7 | esinye | sinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | zinye |
Class 9 | enye | inye |
Class 10 | ezinye | zinye |
Class 11 | olunye | lunye |
Class 14 | obunye | bunye |
Class 15 | okunye | kunye |
Class 17 | okunye | kunye |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
nye
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
nye
Phuthi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nye
Inflection edit
Adjective concord, tone L | ||
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Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | legimunye | gimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lelibanye | libanye |
Class 1 | lamunye | mhunye |
Class 2 | labanye | bhanye |
Class 3 | lomunye | mhunye |
Class 4 | leminye | mhinye |
Class 5 | lelinye | lhinye |
Class 6 | lamanye | mhanye |
Class 7 | lesinye | ssinye |
Class 8 | letinye | ttinye |
Class 9 | lenye | yhinye |
Class 10 | letinye | ttinye |
Class 14 | lobunye | bhunye |
Class 15 | lokunye | kkunye |
Class 17 | lokunye | kkunye |
Southern Ndebele edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nye
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Prepositional phrase edit
nye
- Alternative form of naye
Swazi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nyé
Inflection edit
Adjective concord, tone H | ||
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Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | lengimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lenibanye | nibanye |
Class 1 | lomunye | munye |
Class 2 | labanye | banye |
Class 3 | lomunye | munye |
Class 4 | leminye | minye |
Class 5 | lelinye | linye |
Class 6 | lamanye | manye |
Class 7 | lesinye | sinye |
Class 8 | letinye | tinye |
Class 9 | lenye | inye |
Class 10 | letinye | tinye |
Class 11 | lolunye | lunye |
Class 14 | lobunye | bunye |
Class 15 | lokunye | kunye |
Class 17 | lokunye | kunye |
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
nye
Tooro edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
nye
Usage notes edit
See also edit
Tooro personal pronouns
References edit
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nye
Inflection edit
Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
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Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | endimnye | endingemnye | ndimnye | andimnye |
2nd singular | omnye | ongemnye | umnye | awumnye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
Class 1 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | akamnye |
Class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
Class 3 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | awumnye |
Class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
Class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
Class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
Class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 9 | enye | engenye | inye | ayiyinye |
Class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
Class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
Class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective edit
-nye
- (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one
- Sibone muntu munye kuphela.
- We saw only one person.
- Ihhashi linye.
- The horse is one (in number).
- some
- Abantu abanye bavumelana nawe.
- Some people agree with you.
- another
- Ngibona inja enye.
- I see another dog.
- additional, more
- Ngicela amanzi amanye.
- Could I have some more water?
Usage notes edit
- This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
- The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".
Inflection edit
Enumerative concord, tone L | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | ||||
Class 1 | munye | |||
Class 2 | banye | |||
Class 3 | munye | |||
Class 4 | minye | |||
Class 5 | linye | |||
Class 6 | manye | |||
Class 7 | sinye | |||
Class 8 | zinye | |||
Class 9 | yinye | |||
Class 10 | zinye | |||
Class 11 | lunye | |||
Class 14 | bunye | |||
Class 15 | kunye | |||
Class 17 | kunye |
Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | engimunye | engingemunye | ngimunye | angimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | ongemunye | umunye | awumunye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
Class 1 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | akamunye |
Class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
Class 3 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | awumunye |
Class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
Class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
Class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
Class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 9 | enye | engenye, engeyinye | inye, yinye | ayiyinye |
Class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
Class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
Class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”
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