nihi

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Choctaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *nixiłiCi.

Noun

nihi

  1. seed

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Noun

nihi

  1. Lānaʻi form of lihi (edge)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Malecite-Passamaquoddy numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: nihi, 'sis
    Ordinal: nuhuwewey
    Adverbial: nihikehs
    Adnominal: nuhuwok, nohonul

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *neʔθwi.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nihi (initial root 's-)

  1. three (in counting)

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