nani

See also: Nani, nan'i, and na ní

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• nʋni (traditional)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”)

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

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Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Verb

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

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

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Italian

Adjective

nani

1. (deprecated template usage) Masculine plural of adjective nano.

Noun

nani m pl

1. plural of nano

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Japanese

Romanization

nani

1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.niː/, [ˈnäːniː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ni/, [ˈnäːni]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) nānī

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

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi नानी (nānī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nani/

Noun

nani

1. maternal grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

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Miskito

Particle

nani

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

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Mwani

Pronoun

nani

1. who

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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

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Swahili

Adjective

-a nani (invariable)

1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

Pronoun

nani

1. Who?

Derived terms

• ya nani

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Unami

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʌni]

Pronoun

nàni (an)

1. that one (animate), that person
2. he, she