nimi

Catalan

Adjective

nimi (feminine nímia, masculine plural nimis, feminine plural nímies)

1. minute, minor, negligible

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Pronoun

nimi

1. instrumental plural of oni, ony, and ona (after a preposition)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime. May be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognates include Northern Sami namma and Hungarian név.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/

Noun

nimi (genitive nime, partitive nime)

1. name
2. (grammar) nominal

Declension

Derived terms

Farefare

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Arabic نِيم (nīm), from Hindi नीम (nīm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ní.mí/

Noun

nimi

1. neem (tree)

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime. May be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Cognates include Northern Sami namma, Erzya лем (ľem) and Hungarian név.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/,
• Rhymes: -imi
• Syllabification^(key): ni‧mi

Noun

nimi

1. name

   Hypernym: sana

   Hyponyms: yleisnimi (“common noun”), erisnimi (“proper name”), etunimi (“first name”), toinen nimi (“middle name”), sukunimi (“last name”)

   Mikä sinun nimesi on?

   What is your name?

Declension

Derived terms

Collocations

• vannoa nimeen ― to swear by
• antaa nimeksi ― to name
• nimeksi ― scarcely (any), hardly (any)
• (genitive +) nimessä ― in the name of
• (genitive +) nimissä ― owned by
• nimi on enne ― nomen est omen

References

Further reading

• “nimi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• imin, mini-

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime. Cognates include Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/,
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: ni‧mi

Noun

nimi

1. name
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 42:

     Mikä ono, arvatkaa? Senen nimi mainikaa.

     Guess, what is it? Remember its name.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 67:

     Sanan nominativa forma ono predmetan nimi.

     The nominative form of a word is the name of the object.

   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 99:

     A kuin siun nimi on?

     And what is your name?

Declension

Synonyms

• imi

Derived terms

References

• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎, →ISBN, page 79

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.mi/
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: nì‧mi

Adjective

nimi

1. masculine plural of nimio

Karelian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲimi/
• Hyphenation: ni‧mi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nimi. Cognates include Finnish nimi and Estonian nimi.

Noun

nimi (genitive nimen, partitive nimie)

1. name

Declension

Etymology 2

From ni- +‎ mi (“what”).

Pronoun

nimi

1. (+ negative) nothing, naught

Declension

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “nimi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “nimi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Livvi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/
• Hyphenation: ni‧mi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nimi. Cognates include Finnish nimi and Karelian nimi.

Noun

nimi (genitive nimen, partitive nimie)

1. name
2. good name

Etymology 2

From ni (“not”) +‎ mi (“what”). Akin to Karelian nimi.

Pronoun

nimi

1. (+ negative) nothing

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 118

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Pronoun

nimi (only after a preposition)

1. instrumental of wóni

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi.

Noun

nimi

1. name

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲi.mi/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -imi
• Syllabification: ni‧mi

Pronoun

nimi

1. instrumental of oni
2. instrumental of one

See also

• Appendix:Polish pronouns

Veps

Etymology 1

From ni- +‎ mi.

Pronoun

nimi (genitive nimin, partitive nimidä)

1. nothing

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Noun

nimi

1. name
2. title

Inflection

Derived terms

• alanimi
• arvnimi
• närituznimi
• peitnimi
• tatannimi
• nimikartaine
• nimikirjutuz
• nimipäiv
• nimenvajehtuz

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “заглавие, имя, кличка, название, наименование, ничто”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Noun

nimi

1. accusative singular of nim

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Noun

nimi (genitive nime, partitive nimme)

1. name
2. (grammar) nominal

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• tegonimi
• nimekäänüs
• nimisyna

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nimi, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnimi/,
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: ni‧mi

Noun

nimi

1. name

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn