nani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nani"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæni/, /ˈnɑːni/
• Rhymes: -æni, -ɑːni

Interjection

nani

1. (slang, chiefly anime and manga) what

   Nani the hell?

Translations

Japanese slang

• Arabic: ناني (nānī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 納尼 / 纳尼 (nàní)

• Hindi: नानी (hi) (nānī), नानि (nāni)
• Japanese: 何 (ja) (nani)

Anagrams

• Inna, inna, Nain, nain, Nian, NINA, Nina, nina

Cafundó

Adjective

nani

1. small, little

   nhacorocotu nani

   (my) head is small

References

• Anna Jon-And, Laura Alvarez López, A Cupópia do Cafundó: uma análise morfossintática (November 2017), in Revista de Estudos da Linguagem 26(1):73-101

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• nʋni (traditional)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəní(ʔ)/
• Transcription: naní'

Noun

nani (alienable)

1. fish (animal)

Declension

possessive (alienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	a̱nani	pi̱nani	hapi̱nani
second-person ("thy, your")	chi̱nani	hachi̱nani
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	i̱nani

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ni/, [ˈnɐ.ni]

Verb

nani

1. (stative) to be lovely, pretty, nice

   Hū, he lā nani kēia. ― Wow, this is a lovely day.

Inupiaq

Pronoun

nani

1. where

   Synonyms: nani, naami, nauŋ

   Nani taimña itpa? ― Where is that thing?

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: nà‧ni

Adjective

nani

1. masculine plural of nano

Noun

nani m pl

1. plural of nano

Anagrams

• anni

Japanese

Romanization

nani

1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

Kongo

Pronoun

nani

1. who?

Krio

Etymology

From English nanny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nà.ní/

Noun

nàní

1. nanny (child's nurse)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.niː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.ni]

Noun

nānī

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

Lele (Guinea)

Numeral

nani

1. four

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo nani

Pronoun

nani

1. who?

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi नानी (nānī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nani/

Noun

nani

1. maternal grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 236
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 727

Miskito

Particle

nani

1. Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.

Mwani

Pronoun

nani

1. who

Romanian

Etymology

Probably an expressive or onomatopoetic creation, imitative of infantile sounds. Compare Greek νανι (nani), Bulgarian нани (nani), Italian ninnananna, Spanish nana, etc.

Interjection

nani

1. sound used to lull babies to sleep, in a lullaby

Noun

nani

1. (childish) sleep

See also

• nineri

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Adjective

-a nani (invariable)

1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

Pronoun

nani

1. who?

Derived terms

• ya nani

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.

Verb

nani

1. to swim