imi

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Albanian

Etymology

Variant of im.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

imi

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

Declension

See also

Finnish

Pronunciation

Verb

imi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Hdi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

imi

  1. water

References

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

Igbo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ímí

  1. (anatomy) nose

References

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

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

imi

  1. Synonym of nimi (name)

Declension

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

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

imi

  1. masculine plural of imo

Japanese

Romanization

imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Kapampangan

Noun

imi

  1. urine, pee

Lamang

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

imi

  1. water

References

  • 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

Adjective

īmī

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

Nakame

Alternative forms

Noun

imi

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

References

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun

imi

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

imi n

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

Etymology 2

Adjective

imi

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

Okinawan

Romanization

imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Romanian

Pronunciation

Verb

imi

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: i‧mi
  • IPA(key): /ʔiˈmiʔ/,

Noun

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. cry of goats

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

imi

  1. you

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

imi

  1. (literary) first-person singular of i

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

imi (possessive prefix mi)

  1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

See also

Further reading

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

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

imí

  1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
    Synonyms: agbára, okun
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly euphemistic

Pronunciation

Noun

imí

  1. feces, excrement
    Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From ì- (nominalizing prefix) +‎ (to swallow)

Pronunciation

Noun

ìmì

  1. the act of swallowing

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ìmí

  1. the act of breathing
  2. respiration
Derived terms