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Ewe
Etymology 1
From Proto-Gbe *ayĩ́ (“earth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ànyí (definite singular ànyí lá or ànyíá, collective plural ànyíwó, definite collective plural ànyíáwó)
- clay
- earth, soil
Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
Noun
ànyí (definite singular ànyí lá or ànyíá, plural ànyíwó, definite plural ànyíáwó)
- bee (insect)
References
- ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 215
- Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “anyi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 386
- Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “anyi”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 25
Franco-Provençal
Noun
anyi (Fribourgeois)
- Alternative form of agnél (“lamb”)
Narua
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s (“two”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခံ (khee), Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Nuosu ꑍ (nyip), Burmese နှစ် (hnac).
Numeral
anyi
- two
Nyishi
Pronunciation
Numeral
anyi
- two