nani

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nani"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).

Interjection

nani

  1. (slang, chiefly anime and manga) what

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəní(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: naní'

Noun

nani (alienable)

  1. fish (animal)

Declension

possessive (alienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") a̱nani pi̱nani hapi̱nani
second-person ("thy, your") chi̱nani hachi̱nani
third-person ("his, her,
its, their") 		i̱nani

Hawaiian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

nani

  1. (stative) to be lovely, pretty, nice
    Hū, he lā nani kēia. ― Wow, this is a lovely day.

Inupiaq

Pronoun

nani

  1. where
    Synonyms: nani, naami, nauŋ
    Nani taimña itpa? ― Where is that thing?

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: nà‧ni

Adjective

nani

  1. masculine plural of nano

Noun

nani m pl

  1. plural of nano

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

nani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

Krio

Etymology

From English nanny.

Pronunciation

Noun

nàní

  1. nanny

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.niː/,

Noun

nānī

  1. inflection of nānus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

Lele (Guinea)

Numeral

nani

  1. four

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi नानी (nānī).

Pronunciation

Noun

nani

  1. maternal grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Miskito

Particle

nani

  1. Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.

Mwani

Pronoun

nani

  1. who

Romanian

Etymology

Probably an expressive or onomatopoetic creation, imitative of infantile sounds. Compare Greek νανι (nani), Bulgarian нани (nani), Italian ninnananna, Spanish nana, etc.

Interjection

nani

  1. sound used to lull babies to sleep, in a lullaby

Noun

nani

  1. (childish) sleep

See also

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Adjective

-a nani (invariable)

  1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

Pronoun

nani

  1. Who?

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.

Verb

nani

  1. to swim
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