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nani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nani"

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).

Interjection edit

nani

  1. (slang, chiefly anime and manga) what

Choctaw edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nəní(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: naní'

Noun edit

nani (alienable)

  1. fish (animal)

Declension edit

possessive (alienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") a̱nani pi̱nani hapi̱nani
second-person ("thy, your") chi̱nani hachi̱nani
third-person ("his, her,
its, their") 		i̱nani

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

nani

  1. (stative) to be lovely, pretty, nice
    Hū, he lā nani kēia. ― Wow, this is a lovely day.

Inupiaq edit

Pronoun edit

nani

  1. where
    Synonyms: nani, naami, nauŋ
    Nani taimña itpa? ― Where is that thing?

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: nà‧ni

Adjective edit

nani

  1. masculine plural of nano

Noun edit

nani m pl

  1. plural of nano

Anagrams edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

nani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

Krio edit

Etymology edit

From English nanny.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nàní

  1. nanny

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.niː/, [ˈnäːniː]

Noun edit

nānī

  1. inflection of nānus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

Lele (Guinea) edit

Numeral edit

nani

  1. four

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Hindi नानी (nānī).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nani

  1. maternal grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Miskito edit

Particle edit

nani

  1. Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.

Mwani edit

Pronoun edit

nani

  1. who

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Probably an expressive or onomatopoetic creation, imitative of infantile sounds. Compare Greek νανι (nani), Bulgarian нани (nani), Italian ninnananna, Spanish nana, etc.

Interjection edit

nani

  1. sound used to lull babies to sleep, in a lullaby

Noun edit

nani

  1. (childish) sleep

See also edit

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective edit

-a nani (invariable)

  1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

Pronoun edit

nani

  1. Who?

Derived terms edit

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.

Verb edit

nani

  1. to swim
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