Wiktionary

ni-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

AromanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Slavic ne-. Compare Romanian ne-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. un-; de- (used to negate)

Derived termsEdit

Aromanian terms prefixed with ni-

Classical NahuatlEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • n- (before vowels)

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. Subject prefix for verbs; indicates that the subject is first person singular: I.

GaroEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. look at

Derived termsEdit

KambaEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. I (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)

MaquiritariEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. Allomorph of n- (third-person prefix) used for stems that begin with a consonant.

InflectionEdit

Maquiritari personal markers (Ye’kwana dialect)
pronoun noun possessor/
series II verb argument 		postposition object series I verb argument
transitive patient intransitive patient-like intransitive agent-like transitive agent
first person ewü y-, ∅-, ü-, u- w-, wi-
first person dual inclusive küwü k-, kü-, ku-, ki- k-, kii-, ki-
second person amödö ö-, öy-, o-, oy-, a-, ay- m-, mi-
first person dual exclusive nña y-, ch-, ∅-, i- chö- ∅- n-, ni-
third person tüwü n-, ni-
distant past third person — kün-, kun-, kin-, ken-, küm-, kum-, kim-, kini-
coreferential/reflexive — t-, tü-, tu-, ti-, te- —
reciprocal — — öö-
series I verb argument:
transitive agent and transitive patient
first person > second person mön-, man-, mon-, möm-, möni-
first person dual exclusive > second person
second person > first person k-, kü-, ku-, ki-
second person > first person dual exclusive
third person > any person X …or… any person X > third person see person X in the chart above

MohawkEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. pronominal prefix for
    They both (m) ____

Alternative formsEdit

- Initial consonant
Environment t/s/h/k n/r/w/’ a e/en o/on i y
Word-Initial ni- ni- i- n- n- n- ni-

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. partitive prefix

ReferencesEdit

  • Gunther Michelson (1973) A thousand words of Mohawk, University of Ottawa Press, page 9
  • Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976) Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 147, 172

NavajoEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. your, you

See alsoEdit

Navajo possessive pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person shi- nihi- danihi-
2nd person ni- nihi- danihi-
3rd person bi-
4th person (3o) yi-
4th person (3a) ha-, hw-
Indefinite person (3i) a-

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

Same as the word nid, from Old Norse níð.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. uninterrupted, intensely
  2. very, a lot

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with ni-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

Doublet of nid. From Old Norse níð, from Proto-Germanic *nīþą.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. Used as an intensifier, especially in verbs

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with ni-

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

OjibweEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. A prefix denoting the first person

Usage notesEdit

ni- is the unmarked form, and appears before stems that begin with the consonants p, t, k, h, ch, m, n, s, sh, w, and y. In animate intransitive verbs (vai) and transitive inanimate verbs (vti) conjugations, ni- or one of its alternative forms can act as part of a pair of affixes, with the affix -min (or a variant) to form the first person plural exclusive . In transitive animate verbs (vta) - that is verbs where the subject and the object are both animate - ni- can indicate that either the subject or the object is first-person (singular or plural), according to the rules of topicality hierarchy.

Alternative formsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Ojibwe personal prefixes
stem begins with... 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
Consonants p t k h ch m n s sh w y ni- gi- o-
d g ' j z zh nin-
b nim-
Vowels o nindo- gido- odo-
a aa e i nind- gid- od-
oo n- g-
ii w-

PreverbEdit

ni-

  1. Alternative spelling of ani-

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From earlier *niwi-, before a regular sound change in which non-word-initial *w was lost before fully unstressed *i. The same sound change occurred to ǣ (“law”) ← *ǣi ← *āwi, sǣ (“sea”) ← *sǣi ← *sāwi, and glī (“joy”) ← *gliwi. It must have also occurred to nīewe (“new”) in the nominative singular, producing *nī ← *niwi, but its *w was restored by analogy with its inflected forms, which had a following *j instead of *i.

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

nī-

  1. new-, newly

Derived termsEdit

Old English terms prefixed with ni-

PipilEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. (personal) I, first-person singular subject marker.
    Niaw nimumachtia Nawat
    I'm going to learn Nawat

See alsoEdit

Pipil verb subject markers
singular plural
1st person ni- ti-
2nd person ti- (shi-) an- (shi-)
3rd person - -
  • naja (personal pronoun)
  • nech- (object marker)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PrefixEdit

ni- (Cyrillic spelling ни-)

  1. Prefix prepended to pronouns to denote a negative meaning, synonymous with ne- (“no, not”).
    igdje ili nigdje. ― anywhere or nowhere
    itko ili nitko. ― anyone or no one
    ikad ili nikad. ― anytime or never
  2. Prefix prepended to copula verb biti in present tense to denote a negative meaning, synonymous with ne- (“not”).
    Bio sam tu ali nisam bio tamo. ― I was here but I was not there.

Derived termsEdit

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with ni-

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. Marks a verb's subject as 1st person singular
    ninakupenda
    I like you

SwaziEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *mɪ̀-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ́-, via an intermediate form *mɪ́-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord.

TernateEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Cognate with Tehit n- (“second-person prefix”).

PronounEdit

ni- (Jawi ني-‎)

  1. second-person plural clitic, you all

Etymology 2Edit

PronounEdit

ni- (Jawi ني-‎)

  1. second-person singular possessive pronoun, your

See alsoEdit

Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

ReferencesEdit

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. Nasal mutation of di-.

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
di- ddi- ni- unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West MakianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Cognate with Ternate ni-.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ni-

  1. second-person singular possessive prefix, your

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ni-

  1. alternative form of na- (“our (inclusive)”) when preceded by a root-initial i

See alsoEdit

West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
1st person plural exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics

XhosaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *mɪ̀-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ́-, via an intermediate form *mɪ́-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord.

ZuluEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀-, via an intermediate form *mɪ̀-.

PrefixEdit

ni-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ́-, via an intermediate form *mɪ́-.

PrefixEdit

ní-

  1. you, you all; second-person plural object concord.

ReferencesEdit

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