ndani

Chichewa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈⁿda.ní/

Pronoun

ndaní

who

Swahili

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “R:sw:Kraska-Szlenk:2023 claims: "the preposition ndani ‘in, within’ which historically developed from *nda ‘stomach’ combined with the locative suffix -ni." This claims appears to be from World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2019, 2nd ed) on page 71 but I don't see a reference there”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈⁿdɑ.ni/
Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

ndani (n class, plural ndani)

inside, interior

Adverb

ndani

inside; in

Antonyms

nje

Preposition

ndani

within, in
- 2021 December 23, “Utafiti: Omicron inaonekana kuwa dhaifu lakini wasiwasi bado upo”, in BBC News Swahili‎^[1]:
  Kwa mara kwanza, zaidi ya kesi 100,000 zimeripotiwa nchini Uingereza ndani ya siku moja.
  For the first time, more than 100,000 cases have been reported in the UK in one day.