Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Variant of im.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

imi

  1. mine
    Ky libër është imi.
    This book is mine.
    Këta libra janë të mitë.
    These books are mine.

Declension edit

See also edit

Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
  • Rhymes: -imi
  • Syllabification(key): i‧mi

Verb edit

imi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Hdi edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun edit

imi

  1. water

References edit

  • Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, A Grammar of Hdi (2002, →ISBN

Igbo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Igboid *é-mî. Cognate with Ekpeye émì, Ogbah ímì, Ezaa ímí, Izi ímí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímí.[1] Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ímí

  1. (anatomy) nose

References edit

  1. ^ Blench, Roger; Williamson, Kay; Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid[1]

Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

imi

  1. Synonym of nimi (name)

Declension edit

Declension of imi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative imi imet
genitive imen immiin, imilöin
partitive immiä imijä, imilöjä
illative immee immii, imilöihe
inessive imes imis, imilöis
elative imest imist, imilöist
allative imelle imille, imilöille
adessive imel imil, imilöil
ablative imelt imilt, imilöilt
translative imeks imiks, imilöiks
essive imennä, immeen iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
exessive1) iment imint, imilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mi/
  • Rhymes: -imi
  • Hyphenation: ì‧mi

Adjective edit

imi

  1. masculine plural of imo

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Kapampangan edit

Noun edit

imi

  1. urine, pee

Lamang edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun edit

imi

  1. water

References edit

  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
  • Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Latin edit

Adjective edit

īmī

  1. inflection of īmus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Nakame edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

imi

  1. (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water

References edit

Northern Sami edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun edit

imi

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

imi n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

imi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
  2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen

Okinawan edit

Romanization edit

imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

imi

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: i‧mi
  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈmiʔ/, [ʔɪˈmiʔ]

Noun edit

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. cry of goats

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun edit

imi

  1. you

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

imi

  1. (literary) first-person singular of i

West Makian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

imi (possessive prefix mi)

  1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics

Yoruba edit

Etymology 1 edit

From i- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to breathe; to give life to). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

imí

  1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
    Synonyms: agbára, okun
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Possibly euphemistic

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

imí

  1. feces, excrement
    Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to swallow)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìmì

  1. the act of swallowing

Etymology 4 edit

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to breath). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ìmí

  1. the act of breathing
  2. respiration
Derived terms edit