nia

See also: nĩa

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Penobscot nis (“I”).

Pronoun

nia

1. I (the singular first person pronoun)

References

• 1884, Jos. Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues
• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4

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Esperanto

Determiner

nia (plural niaj, accusative singular nian, accusative plural niajn)

1. our

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French

Verb

nia

1. third-person singular past historic of nier

Anagrams

• n'ai

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Ido

Pronoun

nia

1. our

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nïa, in turn from Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta) (genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸāt- (nominative Proto-Celtic *neɸūss, compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsios), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.

Noun

nia m (genitive nia, nominative plural nianna)

1. nephew

Coordinate terms

• (gender): neacht
• (age): uncail
• (gender, age): aint, aintín

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Ladin

Adjective

nia

1. no, not (after a negative) any

Adverb

nia

1. nothing, anything
2. at all

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta) (genitive), from Proto-Celtic *neɸāt- (nominative Proto-Celtic *neɸūss, compare Welsh nai), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsios), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.

Noun

nïa m (dental stem, genitive nïad or nïeth)

1. nephew, sister's son.

References

• Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin [1] s.v. 2 nia

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Penobscot

Etymology

Cognate to Abenaki nis (“I”).

Pronoun

nia

1. I (the singular first person pronoun)

References

• 1902, J. Dyneley Prince, The Differentiation Between the Penobscot and the Canadian Abenaki Dialects, in the American Anthropologist, volume 4
• 1918, Frank G. Speck, Newell Lion, Penobscot Transformer Tales, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 1, number 3 (August 1918)

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Swahili

Noun

nia (needs class)

1. intention (course intended to follow)

This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at intention. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see nia in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From the digit nio (“nine”)

Noun

nia c

1. nine; the digit "9"
2. ninth-grader; pupil in the ninth and last year of compulsory school
3. a class of ninth-graders
4. (uncountable, mainly used in the definite) the ninth year in school

   De barnen går i nian.

   Those children are in ninth grade.

5. a person who finish a competition as number nine

Declension

Declension of nia

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nia	nian	nior	niorna
genitive	nias	nians	niors	niornas

See also

• nolla, etta, tvåa, trea, fyra, femma, sexa, sjua, åtta, nia, tia, elva, tolva

Etymology 2

ni (“you”) +‎ -a

Verb

nia

1. to choose to use the more formal word ni (Ni) as the second person, singular nominative pronoun to someone

Antonyms

• dua

Usage notes

• The usage of the word ni has varied considerably over time and location. After the 1960s and 1970s, the word du has in Sweden been used almost exclusively as second person personal pronoun, with a slight change in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when, for example, staff in restaurants and shops began to use ni towards the customers. Before the 1960s, however, there was a difference in use between Sweden and Finland: in both cases du was mainly used within family, among close friends, and when speaking to children. In Sweden, people with higher social statuses usually were addressed with surname and/or title, or if those were unknown, by reconstructing the sentence to use the passive voice or by using herr (Mr.), fru (Mrs.), or fröken (Miss), whereas people with lower statuses were addressed using ni. In Finland, the difference in status was not as commonly taken into account, and instead ni was used as the polite choice of pronoun regardless of social status.