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English

A smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ani (plural anis)

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

ani

  1. (deprecated template usage) plural of anus

References

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

Anagrams

Akan

Pronunciation

Noun

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

References

  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

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun

ani

  1. harvest

Albanian

Etymology

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

Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αι (aí, “yes”)[2] and (Standard) Albanian a (“probably, whether; or, there”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

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

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)

Further reading

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

References

  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)

Baure

Pronunciation

Noun

ani

  1. sky

Biloxi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”).

Noun

ani

  1. water

References

  • 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

Pronoun

ani

  1. this, these

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni

Noun

ani

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

Verb

ani

  1. to harvest
    1. to harvest rice
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

ani

  1. like this

Chickasaw

Verb

ani

  1. to produce

Choctaw

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ani (inalienable)

  1. berry
  2. nut
  3. fruit

Declension

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ani

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of anus

Esperanto

Etymology

From ano +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Conjugation of ani
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense anas anis anos
active participle ananta anantaj aninta anintaj anonta anontaj
acc. anantan anantajn anintan anintajn anontan anontajn
nominal active participle ananto anantoj aninto anintoj anonto anontoj
acc. ananton anantojn aninton anintojn anonton anontojn
adverbial active participle anante aninte anonte
infinitive ani imperative anu conditional anus

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Adverb

ani

  1. very, extremely
Usage notes

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (in the sense few), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, although separate writing is regarded as correct.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ani

  1. ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)
Declension
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
Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Noun

ani m (plural anis)

  1. ani (bird)

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɛ.ni/

Noun

ani (plural anit)

  1. a girl's elder brother

Declension

Declension of ani
singular plural
absolutive ani anit
ergative anip anit
allative animut aninut
ablative animit aninit
prosecutive anikkut anitigut
locative animi anini
instrumental animik aninik
equative anitut anitut

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

Template:haw-verb

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

Derived terms

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ani m

  1. plural of ano

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

ani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あに

Karao

Noun

ani

  1. rice harvest

Kashubian

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither

Kriol

Etymology 1

Inherited from English honey.

Noun

ani

  1. honey

Etymology 2

Inherited from English only.

Adverb

ani

  1. only

Ladin

Noun

ani

  1. plural of an

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ānī

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

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

ani

  1. any

Descendants

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

References

Old Irish

Pronoun

ani

  1. Alternative spelling of aní

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Template:pl-p

Conjunction

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.

Derived terms

adverb
conjunctions
interjection
particle

Further reading

  • ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

ani

  1. plural of an

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

Noun

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

Shona

Pronoun

aní (plural vanáaní)

  1. (interrogative) who

Sidamo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ani

  1. I

See also

Sidamo personal pronouns
1st person 2nd person 3rd person m 3rd person f
Nominative sg. ani ati isi ise
pl. ninke kiʼne insa
Genitive sg. ane*) ate*) isi*) ise*)
pl. ninke*) kiʼne*) insa*)
Accusative sg. ane*) ate*) iso*) ise*)
pl. ninke*) kiʼne*) insa*)
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither
  2. nor
    Nechce sa mi ani jesť ani piť. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.

Further reading

  • “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

Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ani

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

Etymology 2

Possibly short for wika ni.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

aní

  1. said by; according to (used before names of persons)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aní

  1. loathing; disgust
Derived terms

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun

ani

  1. harvest

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آنِيّ (ʔāniyy, “timely, present”).

Adjective

ani

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

Derived terms

Venetian

Noun

ani

  1. plural of ano

Uneapa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ani

  1. this

Further reading

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

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

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

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