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Vietnamese
Etymology
From Cantonese 你 (nei5) (SV: nhĩ).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nị
- (Southern Vietnam, originally towards a Cantonese speaker, now humorous, especially in mimicking stereotypical "Chinese" speech) thou, you (second-person pronoun)
- Coordinate term: ngộ
See also
- moa/toa (towards a French speaker)
- hoá/lứ (towards a Teochew speaker)
Yoruba
Etymology
See more at èyinì, compare with Olukumi ẹnẹ̀, which may suggest a Proto-Yoruba origin. Vowel harmony when interacting with a close vowel converts nị̀ into nì, for example, when compounded with èyí.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nị̀
- (CY, NWY) that thing/person
- Synonyms: èyinì, ìyẹn, ghìn