impi
English edit
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Noun edit
impi (plural impis)
- A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 212:
- And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 26:
- But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.
Translations edit
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Catawba edit
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impi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *impi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
impi (literary)
Declension edit
Inflection of impi (Kotus type 7*H/ovi, mp-mm gradation) | ||||
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nominative | impi | immet | ||
genitive | immen | impien | ||
partitive | impeä | impiä | ||
illative | impeen | impiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | impi | immet | ||
accusative | nom. | impi | immet | |
gen. | immen | |||
genitive | immen | impien | ||
partitive | impeä | impiä | ||
inessive | immessä | immissä | ||
elative | immestä | immistä | ||
illative | impeen | impiin | ||
adessive | immellä | immillä | ||
ablative | immeltä | immiltä | ||
allative | immelle | immille | ||
essive | impenä | impinä | ||
translative | immeksi | immiksi | ||
abessive | immettä | immittä | ||
instructive | — | immin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading edit
- “impi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay impi, from Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi. Doublet of mimpi.
Verb edit
impi
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- mengimpikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- terimpi-impi [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
- impian (“dream”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
Further reading edit
- “impi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
impi (Jawi spelling ايمڤي)
Derived terms edit
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- impikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- mengimpi [agent focus] (meN-)
- mengimpikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diimpi [patient focus] (di-)
- diimpikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- impian (“dream”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
Descendants edit
- Indonesian: impi
Further reading edit
- “impi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "impi" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ímpí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
împí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)
Inflection edit
Class 9/10 | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | impi | izimpi | ||
Locative | empini | ezimpini | ||
Singular | Plural | |||
Full form | impi | izimpi | ||
Simple form | mpi | zimpi | ||
Locative | empini | ezimpini | ||
Copulative | yimpi | yizimpi | ||
Possessive forms | ||||
Singular | Plural | |||
Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
Class 1 | wempi | owempi | wezimpi | owezimpi |
Class 2 | bempi | abempi | bezimpi | abezimpi |
Class 3 | wempi | owempi | wezimpi | owezimpi |
Class 4 | yempi | eyempi | yezimpi | eyezimpi |
Class 5 | lempi | elempi | lezimpi | elezimpi |
Class 6 | empi | awempi | ezimpi | awezimpi |
Class 7 | sempi | esempi | sezimpi | esezimpi |
Class 8 | zempi | ezempi | zezimpi | ezezimpi |
Class 9 | yempi | eyempi | yezimpi | eyezimpi |
Class 10 | zempi | ezempi | zezimpi | ezezimpi |
Class 11 | lwempi | olwempi | lwezimpi | olwezimpi |
Class 14 | bempi | obempi | bezimpi | obezimpi |
Class 15 | kwempi | okwempi | kwezimpi | okwezimpi |
Class 17 | kwempi | okwempi | kwezimpi | okwezimpi |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mpi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpi (2-8.3)”