impi

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From Zulu impi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpi/

impi (plural impis)

1. A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 212:

     And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 26:

     But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.

• MIPI

impi

1. fire

Unknown. Related to Karelian impi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈimpi/,
• Rhymes: -impi
• Hyphenation^(key): im‧pi

impi (literary)

1. virgin

• neitsyt
• immyt

• “impi”, 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

Inherited from Malay impi, from Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi. Doublet of mimpi.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈimpi/
• Rhymes: -impi
• Syllabification: im‧pi

impi

1. to dream (to hope; to wish)

• “impi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.

• IPA^(key): /impi/
• Rhymes: -impi, -pi, -i

impi (Jawi spelling ايمڤي)

1. to dream (to hope; to wish)

   Synonym: mimpi

• Indonesian: impi

• “impi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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• IPA^(key):

ímpí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)

1. army, regiment

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• IPA^(key): /îːmpí/

împí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)

1. war, battle
2. army, regiment

• ubumpi

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mpi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpi (2-8.3)”