engi
Aiwoo edit
Verb edit
engi
- to cry
References edit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
engi n (genitive singular engis, nominative plural engi)
- meadow (field or pasture)
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engi
Mimi of Decorse edit
Etymology edit
The term is superficially similar to Maba(n) *anǯi, but Starostin notes that "the attested isogloss is between Mimi-D and Maba, as opposed to Mimi-D and Maban in general", so it might be a loan; similar terms are used for "rain" in a number of other nearby languages.
Noun edit
engi
References edit
- George Starostin, On Mimi
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
engi f
Old High German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *angī, whence also Old English enge, Old Norse ǫngr.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
engi
Derived terms edit
- engī
Descendants edit
- Middle High German: enge
Etymology 2 edit
From the adjective engi: engi + -ī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
engī f
Declension edit
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | engī | — |
accusative | engī | — |
genitive | engī | — |
dative | engī | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer
Old Norse edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From einn (“one”) + -gi (“not”), literally "not one".
Pronoun edit
engi (neuter ekki)
Determiner edit
engi (neuter ekki)
- no, not any
- (after negative or comparative) any
- aldri fyrr fekk hann þvílíkan sigr í engri herferð
- he had never before had such a victory in any campaign
- þessir dvergar kunnu betr smíða af járni en engir aðrir
- these dwarves could smith from iron better than anyone else
Usage notes edit
Note the function after a negative or a comparative. This ties in with Old Norse use of double negatives.
Declension edit
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “engi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *angī, whence also Old High German engi, Old English enge, Old Norse ǫngr.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
engi
Declension edit