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Coastal Kadazan
Noun
lani
- queen
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
lani f
- dative/vocative/locative singular of laň
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC. Compare Malagasy lanitra, Malay langit, Maori rangi.
Pronunciation
Noun
lani
- sky, heavens, firmament
uhi mai ka lani pō- the night sky spreads forth; said of ignorance
- heaven
mai ka lani nō ā ka honua- from heaven to earth; said of something done quickly, without rhyme or reason
- air
māewa lani- swinging in the air
- majesty, very high chief, king
ua kapauʻu ka lani- the high chief is greatly disturbed
- host
Descendants
Verb
lani
- (stative) to be heavenly, celestial
palapala mahola lani- celestial projection map
- (stative) to be divine
mana weu lani- branch with divine foliage; said of a chief
- (stative) to be spiritual
- (stative) to be royal, exalted, highborn, noble, aristocratic
e lulu hiwa lani ana ʻoe- you are sheltering the royal favorite
Ido
Noun
lani
- plural of lano
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.ɲi/
- Rhymes: -aɲi
- Syllabification: la‧ni
Participle
lani
- virile nominative/vocative plural of lany
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *olni, from Proto-Indo-European *ol-ney, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognate with Slovene láni, Czech loni, vloni, Slovak vlani, Russian лони́ (loní), and Latin ōlim (“once”).
Adverb
lȃni (Cyrillic spelling ла̑ни)
- last year
Derived terms
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *olni, from Proto-Indo-European *ol-ney, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian lȃni, Czech loni, vloni, Russian лони́ (loní), and Latin ōlim (“once”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
láni
- last year
Further reading
- “lani”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “lani”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references