nani
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nani"
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).
Interjection edit
nani
Anagrams edit
Choctaw edit
Alternative forms edit
- nʋni (traditional)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nani (alienable)
- 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
Inupiaq edit
Pronoun edit
nani
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nani
Noun edit
nani m pl
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
nani
Krio edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nàní
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.niː/, [ˈnäːniː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈna.ni/, [ˈnäːni]
Noun edit
nānī
Lele (Guinea) edit
Numeral edit
nani
Mauritian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nani
- maternal grandmother
- Synonym: granmer
Miskito edit
Particle edit
nani
- Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.
Mwani edit
Pronoun edit
nani
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
Noun edit
nani
See also edit
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Adjective edit
-a nani (invariable)
- whose (belonging to whom, of whom)
Pronoun edit
nani
Derived terms edit
Tetum edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.
Verb edit
nani
- to swim
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