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Albanian
Etymology
Variant of im.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
imi
- mine
Ky libër është imi.- This book is mine.
Këta libra janë të mitë.- These books are mine.
Declension
See also
Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns
Finnish
Pronunciation
Verb
imi
- third-person singular past indicative of imeä
Hdi
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
Noun
imi
- 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.[1] Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).
Pronunciation
Noun
ímí
- (anatomy) nose
References
- ^ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid
Ingrian
Etymology
Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).
Pronunciation
Noun
imi
- Synonym of nimi (“name”)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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imi
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imet
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genitive
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imen
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immiin, imilöin
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partitive
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immiä
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imijä, imilöjä
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illative
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immee
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immii, imilöihe
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inessive
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imes
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imis, imilöis
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elative
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imest
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imist, imilöist
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allative
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imelle
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imille, imilöille
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adessive
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imel
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imil, imilöil
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ablative
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imelt
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imilt, imilöilt
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translative
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imeks
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imiks, imilöiks
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essive
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imennä, immeen
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iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
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exessive1)
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iment
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imint, imilöint
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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.
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References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
imi
- masculine plural of imo
Japanese
Romanization
imi
- Rōmaji transcription of いみ
Kapampangan
Noun
imi
- urine, pee
Lamang
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
Noun
imi
- 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
- inflection of īmus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- genitive masculine/neuter singular
Nakame
Noun
imi
- (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water
References
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈimiː/
Noun
imi
- accusative/genitive singular of ipmi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
imi n
- (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im
Etymology 2
Adjective
imi
- (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
- (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen
Prasuni
Etymology
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
- (Pashki) IPA(key): /iˈmi/
- (Pronz) IPA(key): /iˈmi/ (tone class C)
- (Shtive) IPA(key): /ˈimi/
Noun
imi (Pashki, Pronz, Shtive)[1]
- brother-in-law
References
- ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “im′i, ′imi”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
imi
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)
- cry of goats
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.
Pronoun
imi
- you
Welsh
Pronunciation
Pronoun
imi
- (literary) first-person singular of i
West Makian
Etymology
Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
imi (possessive prefix mi)
- first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we
See also
West Makian personal pronouns
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independent
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possessive prefix
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1st person singular
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de
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ti
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2nd person singular
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ni
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ni
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3rd person singular
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me
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mVan., dVinan.
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1st person plural inclusive
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ene
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nV
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1st person plural exclusive
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imi
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mi
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2nd person plural
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ini
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fi
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3rd person plural
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eme
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di
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Further reading
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
Yanomam
Noun
imi (clitic meronym; singulative imi, dual imikipë, definite plural imikɨ, indefinite plural imipë)
- finger
References
- Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116
Yoruba
Etymology 1
From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mí (“to breathe; to give life to”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí
Pronunciation
Noun
imí
- (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
- Synonyms: agbára, okun
Derived terms
- Ifámímíkòmí (“Yoruba name meaning "Ifa bestowed me with strength"”)
Etymology 2
Possibly euphemistic
Pronunciation
Noun
imí
- feces, excrement
- Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mì (“to swallow”)
Pronunciation
Noun
ìmì
- the act of swallowing
Etymology 4
From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) + mí (“to breath”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí
Pronunciation
Noun
ìmí
- the act of breathing
- respiration
Derived terms