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imi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "imi"

Albanian

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Etymology

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Variant of im.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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imi

  1. mine
    Ky libër është imi.
    This book is mine.
    Këta libra janë të mitë.
    These books are mine.

Declension

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declension of imi
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative imi imja të mitë të miat
accusative timin timen të mitë të miat
genitive/dative/ablative timit simes të mive të miave

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Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns
determiners pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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imi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Hdi

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

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imi

  1. water

References

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  • Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, A Grammar of Hdi (2002, →ISBN

Igbo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Igboid *é-mî. Cognate with Ekpeye émì, Ogbah ímì, Ezaa ímí, Izi ímí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímí.[1] Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).

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Noun

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ímí

  1. (anatomy) nose

References

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  1. ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎[1]

Ingrian

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Etymology

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Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

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Noun

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imi

  1. Synonym of nimi (“name”)

Declension

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Declension of imi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative imi imet
genitive imen immiin, imilöin
partitive immiä imijä, imilöjä
illative immee immii, imilöihe
inessive imes imis, imilöis
elative imest imist, imilöist
allative imelle imille, imilöille
adessive imel imil, imilöil
ablative imelt imilt, imilöilt
translative imeks imiks, imilöiks
essive imennä, immeen iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
exessive1) iment imint, imilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mi/
  • Rhymes: -imi
  • Hyphenation: ì‧mi

Adjective

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imi

  1. masculine plural of imo

Japanese

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Romanization

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imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Kapampangan

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Noun

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imi

  1. urine, pee

Lamang

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

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imi

  1. water

References

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  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
  • Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Latin

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Adjective

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īmī

  1. inflection of īmus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Nakame

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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imi

  1. (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water

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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun

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imi

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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imi n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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imi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
  2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen

Prasuni

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Etymology

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From earlier *yëmëy, from Proto-Nuristani *yāmātr̥ka, variant of *jāmātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Doublet of zëmi and zëmëy.

Pronunciation

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  • (Pashki) IPA(key): /iˈmi/
  • (Pronz) IPA(key): /iˈmi/ (tone class C)
  • (Shtive) IPA(key): /ˈimi/

Noun

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imi (Pashki, Pronz, Shtive)[1]

  1. brother-in-law

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “im′i, ′imi”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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imi

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima

Tagalog

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imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. cry of goats

Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

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imi

  1. you

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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imi

  1. (literary) first-person singular of i

West Makian

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Etymology

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Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

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Pronoun

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imi (possessive prefix mi)

  1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

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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

Further reading

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics

Yanomam

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Noun

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imi (clitic meronym; singulative imi, dual imikipë, definite plural imikɨ, indefinite plural imipë)

  1. finger

References

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  • Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎[4], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe; to give life to”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí

Pronunciation

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Noun

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imí

  1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
    Synonyms: agbára, okun
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Etymology 2

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Possibly euphemistic

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Noun

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imí

  1. feces, excrement
    Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu
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Etymology 3

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From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mì (“to swallow”)

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ìmì

  1. the act of swallowing

Etymology 4

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From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breath”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

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ìmí

  1. the act of breathing
  2. respiration
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