ndi
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Dogrib
Noun
ndi
Fula
Particle
ndi
- Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)
Usage notes
Article
ndi
- (definite) the (when it follows the noun in ndi class)
- Lacciri ndi (the couscous)
Usage notes
Determiner
ndi
- (used in indicating something in ndi class)
- Ndi lacciri (this/that couscous)
Usage notes
Koshin
Noun
ndi
References
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
Alternative forms
Conjunction
ndi
- but, even, though, even though
Tarifit
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
ndi (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴷⵉ)
- (transitive) to set a trap
- (transitive) to trap, entrap
- (intransitive) to be active, to be lively
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Verbal noun: anday (“trapping; ambush”)
- tisenditct (“trap”)
Tooro
Etymology
Inherited from Common Bantu *-ndí, variant of Proto-Bantu *-ngí (“other”).
Pronunciation
Determiner
-ndi
- another (in the indefinite), the other (in the definite)
- Synonym: (rare) -ndiijo
- omuntu ondi ― another person; the other person
Inflection
Inflected forms of -ndi
| Noun class | indefinite | definite | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1/2 | ondi | bandi | ondi | abandi |
| 3/4 | gundi | endi | ogundi | endi |
| 5/6 | lindi | gandi | erindi | agandi |
| 7/8 | kindi | bindi | ekindi | ebindi |
| 9/10 | endi | zindi | endi | ezindi |
| 11/10 | rundi | orundi | ||
| 12/14 | kandi | bundi | akandi | obundi |
| 13 | tundi | otundi | ||
| 14/6 | bundi | gandi | obundi | agandi |
| 15/6 | kundi | okundi | ||
| 16 | handi | ahandi | ||
| 18 | ||||
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 436
- Entry 942 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3