nì

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Italian

Etymology

Blend of no (“no”) +‎ sì (“yes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: nì

Adverb

nì

1. (colloquial) yes and no

Anagrams

• in, in-

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• ni — nonstandard

Romanization

nì (ni⁴, Zhuyin ㄋㄧˋ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伱
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 倪
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匿
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 坣
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 堄
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嫟
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬺
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屰
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶷
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 惄
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愵
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 慒
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 昵
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 晰
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 暱 / 昵
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 殝
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 氼
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泤
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 溺
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 濖
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 灃 / 沣
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 痆
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 睨
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 糑
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 縌 / 𰬳
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胒
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膩 / 腻
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 衱
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 迡
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 逆
31. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷁 / 鹢
32. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷊 / 鹝
33. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹝
34. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鹢

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish do·gní.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niː/, (unstressed) /ni/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /nĩː/

Verb

nì

1. future indicative independent of dèan

Usage notes

• The dependent form is dèan.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish ní (“something, n of nech”) conflated with reanalysis of Old Irish aní (“that which”) as an nì (“the thing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲiː/

Noun

nì m (genitive singular nì, plural nithean or nithe)

1. thing

   Synonym: rud

Derived terms

• An Nì Math (“God”)
• neoni (“zero; nothing; nil”)
• nì-eigin (“something”)

 

Noun

nì m (genitive singular nith, no plural)

1. cattle

   Synonym: crodh

2. goods

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “nì”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN

Skou

Pronoun

nì

1. I/me

   Mè nì mè póeng ko pa nì ke.

   You told me to fetch some water.

References

• Donohue, Mark. A Grammar of the Skou Language of New Guinea (2004).