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Old Irish
Pronoun
níi
- Alternative spelling of ní (“something, anything”)
Osage
Etymology
From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”).
Noun
níi
- water
References
- Carolyn Quintero, Osage Dictionary
Phalura
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Pronoun
níi (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نی)
- third-person singular genderless subject pronoun: he, she, it
- here (prox obl)
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “níi”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN