ndi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ndi"
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Noun edit
ndi
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Particle edit
ndi
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)
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Article edit
ndi
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun in ndi class)
- Lacciri ndi (the couscous)
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Determiner edit
ndi
- (used in indicating something in ndi class)
- Ndi lacciri (this/that couscous)
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Koshin edit
Noun edit
ndi
References edit
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
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Alternative forms edit
Conjunction edit
ndi
- but, even, though, even though
Tarifit edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
ndi (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴷⵉ)
- (transitive) to set a trap
- (transitive) to trap, entrap
- (intransitive) to be active, to be lively
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
- Verbal noun: anday (“trapping; ambush”)
- tisenditct (“trap”)
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Common Bantu *-ndí, variant of Proto-Bantu *-ngí (“other”).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
-ndi
- another (in the indefinite), the other (in the definite)
- Synonym: (rare) -ndiijo
- omuntu ondi ― another person; the other person
Inflection edit
Inflected forms of -ndi
| Noun class | indefinite | definite | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1/2 | ondi | bandi | ondi | abandi |
| 3/4 | gundi | endi | ogundi | endi |
| 5/6 | lindi | gandi | erindi | agandi |
| 7/8 | kindi | bindi | ekindi | ebindi |
| 9/10 | endi | zindi | endi | ezindi |
| 11/10 | rundi | orundi | ||
| 12/14 | kandi | bundi | akandi | obundi |
| 13 | tundi | otundi | ||
| 14/6 | bundi | gandi | obundi | agandi |
| 15/6 | kundi | okundi | ||
| 16 | handi | ahandi | ||
| 18 | ||||
References edit
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 436
- Entry 942 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3