nye
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English
Etymology
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
Pronunciation
Noun
nye (plural nyes)
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
nye m (plural neje, definite neni, definite plural nejet)
Danish
Adjective
nye
Dumbea
Pronunciation
Noun
nye
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Ewe
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nye
Verb
nye
Igbo
Verb
nyè
Japanese
Romanization
nye
Middle English
Noun
nye
- Alternative form of noy
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
Adjective concord, tone L | ||
---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | engimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | umunye |
1st plural | esibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | elibanye | libanye |
Class 1 | omunye | munye |
Class 2 | abanye | banye |
Class 3 | omunye | munye |
Class 4 | eminye | minye |
Class 5 | elinye | linye |
Class 6 | amanye | manye |
Class 7 | esinye | sinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | zinye |
Class 9 | enye | inye |
Class 10 | ezinye | zinye |
Class 11 | olunye | lunye |
Class 14 | obunye | bunye |
Class 15 | okunye | kunye |
Class 17 | okunye | kunye |
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
nye
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
nye
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
Adjective concord, tone L | ||
---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | legimunye | gimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lelibanye | libanye |
Class 1 | lamunye | mhunye |
Class 2 | labanye | bhanye |
Class 3 | lomunye | mhunye |
Class 4 | leminye | mhinye |
Class 5 | lelinye | lhinye |
Class 6 | lamanye | mhanye |
Class 7 | lesinye | ssinye |
Class 8 | letinye | ttinye |
Class 9 | lenye | yhinye |
Class 10 | letinye | ttinye |
Class 14 | lobunye | bhunye |
Class 15 | lokunye | kkunye |
Class 17 | lokunye | kkunye |
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Prepositional phrase
nye
- Alternative form of naye
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nyé
Inflection
Adjective concord, tone H | ||
---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |
1st singular | lengimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lenibanye | nibanye |
Class 1 | lomunye | munye |
Class 2 | labanye | banye |
Class 3 | lomunye | munye |
Class 4 | leminye | minye |
Class 5 | lelinye | linye |
Class 6 | lamanye | manye |
Class 7 | lesinye | sinye |
Class 8 | letinye | tinye |
Class 9 | lenye | inye |
Class 10 | letinye | tinye |
Class 11 | lolunye | lunye |
Class 14 | lobunye | bunye |
Class 15 | lokunye | kunye |
Class 17 | lokunye | kunye |
Swedish
Adjective
nye
Tooro
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nye
Usage notes
See also
Tooro personal pronouns
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | endimnye | endingemnye | ndimnye | andimnye |
2nd singular | omnye | ongemnye | umnye | awumnye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
Class 1 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | akamnye |
Class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
Class 3 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | awumnye |
Class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
Class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
Class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
Class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 9 | enye | engenye | inye | ayiyinye |
Class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
Class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
Class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
- (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one
- Sibone muntu munye kuphela.
- We saw only one person.
- Ihhashi linye.
- The horse is one (in number).
- some
- Abantu abanye bavumelana nawe.
- Some people agree with you.
- another
- Ngibona inja enye.
- I see another dog.
- additional, more
- Ngicela amanzi amanye.
- Could I have some more water?
Usage notes
- This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
- The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".
Inflection
Enumerative concord, tone L | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | ||||
Class 1 | munye | |||
Class 2 | banye | |||
Class 3 | munye | |||
Class 4 | minye | |||
Class 5 | linye | |||
Class 6 | manye | |||
Class 7 | sinye | |||
Class 8 | zinye | |||
Class 9 | yinye | |||
Class 10 | zinye | |||
Class 11 | lunye | |||
Class 14 | bunye | |||
Class 15 | kunye | |||
Class 17 | kunye |
Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Modifier | Copulative | |||
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | engimunye | engingemunye | ngimunye | angimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | ongemunye | umunye | awumunye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
Class 1 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | akamunye |
Class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
Class 3 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | awumunye |
Class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
Class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
Class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
Class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
Class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 9 | enye | engenye, engeyinye | inye, yinye | ayiyinye |
Class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
Class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
Class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
Class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Derived terms
See also
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”
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