ni-
Aromanian
Etymology
Prefix
ni-
Derived terms
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Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- n- (before vowels)
Prefix
ni-
- Subject prefix for verbs; indicates that the subject is first person singular: I.
Kamba
Alternative forms
Prefix
ni-
- I (used for conjugating verbs to the subjective or nominative case of the personal pronoun)
Navajo
Prefix
ni-
See also
Navajo possessive pronouns
- á-
- ał-
- ahił-
Pipil
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ni/
Prefix
ni-
- (personal) I, first-person singular subject marker.
- Niaw nimumachtia Nawat
- I'm going to learn Nawat
- Niaw nimumachtia Nawat
See also
Pipil verb subject markers
Serbo-Croatian
Prefix
ni- (Cyrillic spelling ни-)
- Prefix prepended to pronouns to denote a negative meaning, synonymous with ne- (“no, not”).
- igdje ili nigdje. ― anywhere or nowhere
- itko ili nitko. ― anyone or no one
- ikad ili nikad. ― anytime or never
- Prefix prepended to copula verb biti in present tense to denote a negative meaning, synonymous with ne- (“not”).
- Bio sam tu ali nisam bio tamo. ― I was here but I was not there.
Derived terms
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Swahili
Prefix
ni-
- Marks a verb's subject as 1st person singular
- ninakupenda
- I like you
- ninakupenda
Swazi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
Xhosa
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
Zulu
Etymology 1
From Proto-Nguni *ni-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural subject concord.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Nguni *ní-.
Prefix
ni-
- you, you all; second-person plural object concord.
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ni-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ni-”
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