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Translingual

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Symbol

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imi

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anamgura.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Variant of im.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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imi

  1. mine
    Ky libër është imi.
    This book is mine.
    Këta libra janë të mitë.
    These books are mine.

Declension

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Declension of imi
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative imi imja të mitë të miat
accusative timin timen të mitë të miat
dative/ablative timit simes të mive të miave

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Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns
determiners pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
  • Rhymes: -imi
  • Syllabification(key): i‧mi
  • Hyphenation(key): imi

Verb

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imi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Hdi

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

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imi

  1. water

References

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  • Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, A Grammar of Hdi (2002, →ISBN

Igbo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Igboid *é-mî. Cognate with Ekpeye émì, Ogbah ímì, Ezaa ímí, Izi ímí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímí.[1] Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ímí

  1. (anatomy) nose

References

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  1. ^ Blench, Roger; Williamson, Kay; Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013), Comparative Igboid‎[1]

Ingrian

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Etymology

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Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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imi

  1. synonym of nimi (“name”)

Declension

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Declension of imi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative imi imet
genitive imen immiin, imilöin
partitive immiä imijä, imilöjä
illative immee immii, imilöihe
inessive imes imis, imilöis
elative imest imist, imilöist
allative imelle imille, imilöille
adessive imel imil, imilöil
ablative imelt imilt, imilöilt
translative imeks imiks, imilöiks
essive imennä, immeen iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
exessive1) iment imint, imilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈi.mi/
  • Rhymes: -imi
  • Hyphenation: ì‧mi

Adjective

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imi

  1. masculine plural of imo

Japanese

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Romanization

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imi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Kapampangan

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪˈmiʔ/ [ɪˈmiʔ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧mi

Noun

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imî

  1. urine; pee
    Synonym: i

Lamang

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

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imi

  1. water

References

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  • Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →ISBN, page 38
  • Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Latin

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Adjective

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īmī

  1. inflection of īmus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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imi̇̀

  1. second-person singular present of imti

Nakame

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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imi

  1. (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water

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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun

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imi

  1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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imi n

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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imi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
  2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen

Prasuni

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Etymology

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From earlier *yëmëy, from Proto-Nuristani *yāmātr̥ka, variant of *jāmātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Doublet of zëmi and zëmëy.

Pronunciation

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  • (Pashki) IPA(key): /iˈmi/
  • (Pronz) IPA(key): /iˈmi/ (tone class C)
  • (Shtive) IPA(key): /ˈimi/

Noun

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imi (Pashki, Pronz, Shtive)[1]

  1. brother-in-law

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “im′i, ′imi”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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imi

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima

Senhaja de Srair

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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imi m (plural imiwen, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉ)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    Imi a yezdan, kecman-as izan.
    The mouth which is open, flies enter into it (said to someone who speaks a lot to ask them to close their mouth).

Declension

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Inflection of imi
singular plural
free state imi imiwen
annexed state imi imiwen

References

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  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[3], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties : phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[4], Paris, France: HAL

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. cry of goats

Tashelhit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Berber *e-me, from earlier *a-măy ("mouth"). Compare Proto-Central Chadic *maj, Egyptian mtmt (“to discuss”).

Cognate with Zenaga ǝmmi (“mouth, door”), Awjila ām (“mouth”), Nefusa imî (“mouth”), Ghadames ame (“mouth”), Tetserret im (“mouth”), Tuareg imi, émm (“mouth”), Senhaja de Srair imi (“mouth”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵎⵉ (imi, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /imi/
  • Audio (Agadir):(file)

Noun

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imi m (plural imawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉ, Arabic spelling ايمي)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
    ايقّن يمي نّس. ― iqqn imi nns. ― he closed his mouth.
  2. (metonymic) voice
    آلّ يمي نّك. ― all imi nnk. ― raise your voice.
  3. mouthful, a bite
    ايمي ن وغروم. ― imi n uġrum. ― bite of bread.
  4. entrance, door
    Synonym: taggurt
    ايسكّيوس غ يمي ن تڭمّي. ― iskkiws ġ imi n tgmmi. ― he's sitting at the house door.

Inflection

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Inflection of imi
singular plural
free state imi imawn
annexed state imi, yimi imawn

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References

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  • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1102a

Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

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imi

  1. you

Votic

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Etymology

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Probably, like Ingrian imi, a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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imi

  1. synonym of nimi

Inflection

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Declension of imi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative imi imed
genitive ime imije, imii
partitive immiä imiite, imii
illative immese, imme imiise
inessive imez imiiz
elative imesse imiisse
allative imele imiile
adessive imelle imiille
ablative imelte imiilte
translative imessi imiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “imi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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imi

  1. (literary) first-person singular of i

West Makian

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Etymology

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Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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imi (possessive prefix mi)

  1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

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West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

Further reading

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[5], Pacific linguistics

Yanomam

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Noun

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imi (clitic meronym; singulative imi, dual imikipë, definite plural imikɨ, indefinite plural imipë)

  1. finger

References

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  • Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎[6], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe; to give life to”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí

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Noun

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imí

  1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
    Synonyms: agbára, okun
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Etymology 2

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Possibly euphemistic

Pronunciation

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Noun

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imí

  1. feces, excrement
    Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu
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Etymology 3

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From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mì (“to swallow”)

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Noun

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ìmì

  1. the act of swallowing

Etymology 4

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From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

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Noun

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ìmí

  1. the act of breathing
  2. respiration
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