nihi

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Choctaw[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *nixiłiCi.

Noun[edit]

nihi

  1. seed

Hawaiian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nihi

  1. Lānaʻi form of lihi (edge)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy[edit]

Malecite-Passamaquoddy numbers (edit)
30
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: nihi, 'sis
    Ordinal: nuhuwewey
    Adverbial: nihikehs
    Adnominal: nuhuwok, nohonul

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Algonquian *neʔθwi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈni.hi/, [ˈni˧˦.hi]

Numeral[edit]

nihi (initial root 's-)

  1. three (in counting)

References[edit]