nig

See also: Nig and NIG

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Ngalakgan with i as a placeholder.

Symbol

nig

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngalakan terms

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English nig, probably of Scandinavian origin; see niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (archaic) Niggard.

Etymology 2

Clipping of nigger. In the verb sense, a reinterpretation as if the word contained the suffix -er.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger.
   • 1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries, Traditionalmusic.co.uk, pages 69–70:

     Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
     He was de nig dat sarved me so,…

   • 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 216:

     ‘When a few wild nigs come in he must ‘educate’ the most intelligent looking; they will come in handy.’

   • 1959, Don Robertson, The three days:

     He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.

   • 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War:

     In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.

   • 1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll:

     What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?

2. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”).
   • 2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 252:

     Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.

Verb

nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)

1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur, intransitive) To behave as a stereotypical black person.

See also

• nig-nog

Anagrams

• -ïng, Ing, IGN, Gin, @ing, gin, ing, NGI, -ing, GNI

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪɡ/

Noun

nig m (Arabic spelling نگ)

1. alternative form of ling (“foot”)

Declension

Declension of nig

definite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	nig	nig
construct	nigê	nigên
oblique	nigî	nigan
demonstrative oblique	wî nigî	wan nigan
vocative	nigo	nigino
indefinite masculine gender
case	singular	plural
nominative	nigek	nigin
construct	nigekî	nigine
oblique	nigekî	niginan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “nig”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 74

Swedish

Verb

nig

1. imperative of niga

Volapük

Noun

nig (genitive niga, plural nigs)

1. ink

Declension

Declension of nig

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nig	nigs
Genitive	niga	nigas
Dative	nige	niges
Accusative	nigi	nigis
Predicative1	nigu	nigus
Vocative	o nig	o nigs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• nigiär

Further reading

• “nig”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Yapese

Noun

nig

1. fish