nanti

Alternative forms

• nantee, nanty, nuntee, nunty

Etymology

Borrowing from Sabir nanti, from Italian niente, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem or ne inde.

Determiner

nanti

1. (Polari) No; not any.
   • 1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor‎, volume 3, published 1861, The Canvas Clown, page 126:

     There was no clown for the pantomime, for he had disappointed us, and of course they couldn't get on without one; so, to keep the concern going, old Johnson, who know I was a good tumbler, came up to me, and said 'he had nanti vampo, and your nabs must fake it;' which means,—We have no clown, and you must do it.

   • 2004, Baker, Paul, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang:

     She's with the trade your mother charvaed yesterday. Some omees have nanti taste!

   • 2012 January 10, Karis, “Gareth's bright blue outfit”, in Big Brother Forum (Digital Spy)‎:

     I can't see that over his heaving thews and bulging lallies!¶ Of course he's nanti riah, but with a basket like that, who cares about his eek?

Etymology

Past participle of nantir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ̃.ti/

Adjective

nanti (feminine singular nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)

1. paid, having received wages
2. rich, well-off, well-to-do

Noun

nanti m (plural nantis)

1. one who is wealthy and privileged

Verb

nanti m (feminine singular nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)

1. past participle of nantir

Further reading

• “nanti” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• niant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nan.ti/

Noun

nanti

1. later

Verb

nanti

1. to wait

Adjective

nanti

1. tired, exhausted