anyi

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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)

  1. clay
  2. earth, soil

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ànyí (definite singular ànyí lá or ànyíá, plural ànyíwó, definite plural ànyíáwó)

  1. bee (insect)

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. 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 (nyip), Burmese နှစ် (hnac).

Numeral

anyi

  1. two

Nyishi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

anyi

  1. two