emi

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
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• Rhymes: -emi
• Hyphenation: e‧mi

Verb

emi (present emas, past emis, future emos, conditional emus, volitive emu)

1. (intransitive) to have a tendency; tend (to)

   Synonym: inklini

Conjugation

Conjugation of emi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense emas emis emos active participle emanta emantaj eminta emintaj emonta emontaj acc. emantan emantajn emintan emintajn emontan emontajn nominal active participle emanto emantoj eminto emintoj emonto emontoj acc. emanton emantojn eminton emintojn emonton emontojn adverbial active participle emante eminte emonte infinitive emi imperative emu conditional emus

Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

emä +‎ -i. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1859; a similar form was found in dialects, referring to a part of a plough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemi/,
• Rhymes: -emi
• Syllabification^(key): e‧mi

Noun

emi

1. (botany) pistil

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• hede
• luotti
• vartalo
• sikiäin

Further reading

• “emi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• ime, mie

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

Verb

emi

1. (intransitive) to diminish, to reduce, to decrease, to become smaller

Etymology 2

Verb

emi

1. (stative) cheap, inexpensive

Etymology 3

Noun

emi

1. (music) flat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.mi/
• Rhymes: -ɛmi
• Hyphenation: è‧mi

Noun

emi m

1. plural of eme

Anagrams

• -ime, ime, mei, mie

Latin

Verb

ēmī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of emō

Verb

emī

1. present passive infinitive of emō

Nupe

Etymology 1

Cognate with Gbari emi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.mĩ́/

Noun

emí

1. fat; oil; grease

Derived terms

• emí dzúrú (“palm oil”)
• emí guzhiya (“groundnut oil”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.mĩ̀/

Noun

èmì (plural èmìzhì)

1. compound (in particular) a complex of houses and courtyards in Nupe vernacular architecture, typically walled and multigenerational.
2. house; home

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.mĩ̄/

Noun

emi (plural emizhì)

1. mouth
2. opening
3. edge
4. voice; speech

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

emi

1. first-person singular present/imperative active of eti (“to come”)

Tetum

Etymology

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

Pronoun

emi

1. you

Further reading

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

Contraction

emi

1. Contraction of em i.

Tsou

Noun

emi

1. wine

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.mĩ̄/

Pronoun

èmi

1. I (emphatic first-person singular personal pronoun)

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.mĩ̄/

Pronoun

emi

1. what

   Synonym: kí

   Emi l'ẹ̀ ń ṣe t'ẹ́ ẹ fi pọ̀ báyìí

   What are you doing that you gather together in this large group?

Usage notes

• It occurs only in focus structures