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English[edit]

A smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowing from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ni/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːni

Noun[edit]

ani (plural anis)

  1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. plural of anus

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “ani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

Akan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. eye, eyes
    M'ani agye
    My eyes are brightened (I am happy)
    ani den
    (having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  • Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “ani”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[3], Basel, pages 322–325
  • Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “àníwa”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)[4], Basel, page 332
  • Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996). A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner.
  • Gyekye, Kwame (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan.
  • Hollington, Andrea (2015). Traveling Conceptualization.

Aklanon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. harvest

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to tani (now, at present, then), from Proto-Albanian *nū, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (now) (cognate to Sanskrit नू (, now)).[1] Occurs in coordination with other particles, compare nani, nime.

Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αί (e, yes)[2] and (Standard) Albanian a (probably, whether; or, there).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

ani

  1. (conversational) then, later; later (on)
    Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti
  2. well, so, fine, now
    Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka
    Ani, në rregull.
    Well, all right.
    Gheg examples:
    Ani de?
    So what?
    Ani de...
    Well then...

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. even, as if; alas, oh look, ah (expressing laughter, irony, sarcasm, pity, concern, grief, annoyance, distrust)
    Synonym: kish (kishe Gheg), si, sikur, nesë
    Ani kush po qesh!
    As if someone (specific) should laugh! / Oh look who's laughing!
  2. (folklore, poetic) come on, hey; yes, well, alright; oh/ah (a vocative particle or/and complementary poetic tool)
    Synonyms: mori, more, ore, moj, (mar, mana Gheg); po, hej
    Ani mori nuse...
    Well, (oh) you bride...
    (traditional wedding song)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
  2. ^ [2] William Martin Leake (1814), RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1 (chapter romaico (greek) - arvanetic vocabulary), page 335 aí (yes)

Further reading[edit]

  • [5] adverb and particle ani / aní • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Baure[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. sky

Biloxi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (water).

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Paula Ferris Einaudi, A grammar of Biloxi (1976)
  • James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton, A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages (1912)

Brunei Malay[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ani

  1. this, these

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Aklanon ani.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. a harvest; the yield of harvesting
    1. a harvest of rice
  2. a gain; what is gained

Verb[edit]

ani

  1. to harvest
    1. to harvest rice
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From niani. Compare Tagalog ganito, Tagalog nito, Uneapa ani.

Adverb[edit]

ani

  1. like this

Chickasaw[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Choctaw ani, Alabama aɬi, Koasati athilaho̱. Compare also Timucua ule (fruit) or Tunica elu (to bear fruit).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ani (short verb)

  1. (stative, intransitive, nominal subject) to produce or bear fruit
  2. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stuff
  3. (active voice, ditransitive, tri-plural or mass object) to put in, to pour in

Inflection[edit]

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Choctaw[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ʋni (traditional)
  • ạni (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aní(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: ani'

Noun[edit]

ani (inalienable)

  1. berry
  2. nut
  3. fruit

Declension[edit]

possessive (inalienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") siani piani hapiani
second-person ("thy, your") chiani hachiani
third-person ("his, her, its, their") ani

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech ani, from Proto-Slavic *ani.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. neither, nor, or (in negative)
    Do Prahy nepojedu ani v sobotu ani v pátek.I will go to Prague neither on Saturday nor on Friday.
  2. even (with negative clause)
    Ani nevím, jestli to udělá.I don't even know if he will do it.
    Ani náhodou!No way!
    Ani nedutal.He stood still; He didn't even blink.

Further reading[edit]

  • ani in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ani in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. plural of anus

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ano +‎ -i.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ani (present anas, past anis, future anos, conditional anus, volitive anu)

  1. (intransitive) to be a member, belong (to an organization, group, etc.)
    • January 2011, Christian Declerck, Kontraŭmilita literaturo en Esperanto in La Gazeto 151
      La ĉefroluloj anas en du generacioj de unu familio
      The main characters belong to two generations of one family

Conjugation[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑni/, [ˈɑ̝ni]
  • Rhymes: -ɑni
  • Syllabification(key): a‧ni

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *ani (compare Karelian ani, Veps ańi).

Adverb[edit]

ani

  1. very, extremely
Usage notes[edit]

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (few), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, but this is deemed incorrect by language authorities, who decree that ani be spelled as a separate word.

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative ani anit
genitive anin anien
partitive ania aneja
illative aniin aneihin
singular plural
nominative ani anit
accusative nom. ani anit
gen. anin
genitive anin anien
partitive ania aneja
inessive anissa aneissa
elative anista aneista
illative aniin aneihin
adessive anilla aneilla
ablative anilta aneilta
allative anille aneille
essive anina aneina
translative aniksi aneiksi
abessive anitta aneitta
instructive anein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative anini anini
accusative nom. anini anini
gen. anini
genitive anini anieni
partitive aniani anejani
inessive anissani aneissani
elative anistani aneistani
illative aniini aneihini
adessive anillani aneillani
ablative aniltani aneiltani
allative anilleni aneilleni
essive aninani aneinani
translative anikseni aneikseni
abessive anittani aneittani
instructive
comitative aneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative anisi anisi
accusative nom. anisi anisi
gen. anisi
genitive anisi aniesi
partitive aniasi anejasi
inessive anissasi aneissasi
elative anistasi aneistasi
illative aniisi aneihisi
adessive anillasi aneillasi
ablative aniltasi aneiltasi
allative anillesi aneillesi
essive aninasi aneinasi
translative aniksesi aneiksesi
abessive anittasi aneittasi
instructive
comitative aneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative animme animme
accusative nom. animme animme
gen. animme
genitive animme aniemme
partitive aniamme anejamme
inessive anissamme aneissamme
elative anistamme aneistamme
illative aniimme aneihimme
adessive anillamme aneillamme
ablative aniltamme aneiltamme
allative anillemme aneillemme
essive aninamme aneinamme
translative aniksemme aneiksemme
abessive anittamme aneittamme
instructive
comitative aneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative aninne aninne
accusative nom. aninne aninne
gen. aninne
genitive aninne anienne
partitive anianne anejanne
inessive anissanne aneissanne
elative anistanne aneistanne
illative aniinne aneihinne
adessive anillanne aneillanne
ablative aniltanne aneiltanne
allative anillenne aneillenne
essive aninanne aneinanne
translative aniksenne aneiksenne
abessive anittanne aneittanne
instructive
comitative aneinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative aninsa aninsa
accusative nom. aninsa aninsa
gen. aninsa
genitive aninsa aniensa
partitive aniaan
aniansa
anejaan
anejansa
inessive anissaan
anissansa
aneissaan
aneissansa
elative anistaan
anistansa
aneistaan
aneistansa
illative aniinsa aneihinsa
adessive anillaan
anillansa
aneillaan
aneillansa
ablative aniltaan
aniltansa
aneiltaan
aneiltansa
allative anilleen
anillensa
aneilleen
aneillensa
essive aninaan
aninansa
aneinaan
aneinansa
translative anikseen
aniksensa
aneikseen
aneiksensa
abessive anittaan
anittansa
aneittaan
aneittansa
instructive
comitative aneineen
aneinensa
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani m (plural anis)

  1. ani (bird)

Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɛ.ni/

Noun[edit]

ani (plural anit)

  1. a girl's elder brother

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • ani in Katersat

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ani

  1. to blow softly (as a breeze)
  2. to beckon; wave

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: à‧ni

Noun[edit]

ani m

  1. plural of ano

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あに

Karao[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. rice harvest

Kashubian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲi/
  • Syllabification: a‧ni

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. neither, nor, or

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. not even

Further reading[edit]

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ani”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi, volume 1, page 26
  • ani”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Kriol[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from English honey.

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. honey

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from English only.

Adverb[edit]

ani

  1. only

Ladin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. plural of an

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

ānī

  1. inflection of ānus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

References[edit]

Masurian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɲi]
  • Syllabification: a‧ni

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. (sometimes repeated) neither, nor, or

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. (with other negation) even; not even; not at all

Further reading[edit]

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), “ani”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 124-125

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English ǣniġ, āniġ (any), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaniː/, /ˈɛniː/, /ˈɔniː/
  • (early) IPA(key): /ˈɑːniː/, /ˈɛːniː/

Determiner[edit]

ani

  1. any

Descendants[edit]

  • English: any
  • Geordie English: ony
  • Scots: ony, onie
  • Yola: aany, any

References[edit]

Nupe[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

aní

  1. already
    Mi jin u aní.I've done it already.
    A gí yangíci kpáátá aní, u á zo.They've eaten all the food already, it's finished.
    Ǹdá á bici aní.Father had run off.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used to form the present perfect tense, and can be used with á for emphasis or to express the pluperfect.

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. and not
  2. nor
  3. (repeated) neither … nor
  4. (comparative) than
  5. but neither

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ani

  1. Alternative spelling of aní

Old Polish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. First attested in 1386.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. connects negated elements; not, and not
  2. (reduplicated) neither … nor

Derived terms[edit]

conjunctions

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. not even

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. neither, nor, or
    Synonym: ni
    Antonyms: abo, albo, bądź, czy, i, lub, oraz
    Nie chce mi się ani jeść, ani pić.I feel neither like eating nor drinking.
  2. nary, not a, not even one
    Synonym: ni
    Nie było ani jednego ciasteczka.There wasn't even a single cookie.

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. (Middle Polish) not even
  2. (Middle Polish) not also; Further details are uncertain.
  3. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1501–1558, Zapiski i roty polskie[9]:
      Jakom ya slachathnegonego pawla segzowa nyeothbyla gwalthem oth kmyecza yego sbyeglego zvrzadem zyemskyem a nym gwalthv szwolala (a ny) y dalyey wedluk posw.

Derived terms[edit]

adverb
conjunctions
interjection
particles

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 42 times in essays, 117 times in fiction, and 116 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 333 times, making it the 151st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “ani”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 8

Further reading[edit]

  • ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • ani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • ANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.04.2011
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. plural of an

Romansch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
  • anel (Surmiran)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ānellus (finger ring).

Noun[edit]

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

Shona[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

aní (plural vanáaní)

  1. (interrogative) who

Sidamo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Afar anú, Hadiyya ane, Oromo ani and Somali aniga, furthermore Amharic እኔ (ʾəne).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈani/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni

Pronoun[edit]

ani

  1. I

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: a‧ni

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. neither, nor, or

Particle[edit]

ani

  1. not even

Further reading[edit]

  • ani in silling.org

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

ani

  1. neither
  2. nor
    Nechce sa mi ani jesť ani piť.I feel neither like eating nor drinking.
  3. even (with negative clause)
    Ani neviem.I don't even know.

Further reading[edit]

  • ani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (harvest), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (harvest). Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔani/, [ˈʔa.nɪ]

Noun[edit]

ani (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

  1. harvest; crop
  2. act of harvesting
  3. (figurative) outcome of one's work; consequence of one's effort
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Univerbation of clipping of wika ni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Adverb[edit]

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

  1. said by; according to (used before names of persons)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Noun[edit]

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

  1. loathing; disgust
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qaniS”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Tausug[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. harvest

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic آنِيّ (ʔāniyy, timely, present).

Adjective[edit]

ani

  1. sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Derived terms[edit]

Uneapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(ia-)ni. Compare Cebuano ani.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ani

  1. this

Further reading[edit]

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 367

Venetian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. plural of ano

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *ani.

Adverb[edit]

ani

  1. quite, rather
  2. very, highly, extremely
  3. nearly, practically, just about
  4. absolutely, totally
  5. sufficiently, enough
  6. just, exactly
  7. generally, in general

References[edit]

Zaghawa[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ani

  1. ant-eater
  2. arrow

References[edit]