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gani

See also: gañí and Gani

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish غنی (ganî), from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).[1]

Noun

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gani f

  1. (dated, regional) fertility, productivity

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gani”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 166

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compare Bikol Central ngani.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaniʔ/ [ˈɡa.n̪ɪʔ]

Adverb

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ganì (Badlit spelling ᜄᜈᜒ)

  1. anyway
  2. indeed
  3. rather; even

Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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gani

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of ganir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Kapingamarangi

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Noun

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gani

  1. (anatomy) penis
    Synonym: (slang) belu

Latvian

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Noun

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gani m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of gans

Noun

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gani f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of gane

Loloda

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-North Halmahera *gani; compare Galela gani, Tabaru ga'ani (irregular), Ternate gani.

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Noun

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gani

  1. head louse

References

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  • M. J. van Baarda (1904) Het Lòda'sch, in vergelijking met het Galėla'sch dialect op Halmaheira

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: ga‧ni

Verb

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gani

  1. third-person singular present of ganić

Portuguese

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Verb

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gani

  1. inflection of ganir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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gani (invariable)

  1. what, (of) which

Derived terms

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  • habari gani (“how are you”, literally “what's the news”)
  • kiasi gani (“how much; what extent”)

Ternate

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gani

Etymology

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From Proto-North Halmahera *gani (“head louse”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gani

  1. head louse

Alternative forms

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  • gan (with vowel deletion)

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غنی (ganî),[1][2] from Arabic غَنِيّ (ḡaniyy).[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈniː/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ni

Adjective

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gani

  1. (dated) rich
    Synonyms: zengin, varlıklı, varsıl
    Antonyms: fakir, yoksul
  2. (dated) a lot, many, plentiful
    Synonyms: bol, çok

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غنی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1353
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “غنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 877
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gani”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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Volapük

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Noun

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gani

  1. accusative singular of gan

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gani

  1. Soft mutation of cani.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cani
radical soft nasal aspirate
cani gani nghani chani

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gani

  1. floor
    Synonym: bungbangi

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  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Yogad

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Pronoun

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ganí

  1. (interrogative) what
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