nima

'Are'are

Noun

nima

1. house

Numeral

nima

1. five

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

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Jamamadí

Verb

nima

1. (Banawá) to appear as

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲima/

Pronoun

nima (only after a preposition)

1. dative/instrumental/locative dual of wón

Related terms

• (dative): jima

Adjective

nima

1. nominative singular feminine of nimy

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• nema

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną. Compare Old English niman, Old Saxon niman, Old High German neman, Old Norse nema.

Verb

nima

1. to take

Inflection

Conjugation of nima (strong class 4)

infinitive	nima
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	nime	nom
2nd person singular	nimest, nimst	nomest, nomst
3rd person singular	nimeth, nimth	nom
plural	nimath	nōmen
subjunctive	present	past
singular	nime	nōme
plural	nime, nimen	nōme, nōmen
imperative	present
singular	nim
plural	nimeth
participle	present	past
	nimande	enimen, nimen

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: nem

  Mooring: naame

• West Frisian: nimme

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Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• nimma

Etymology

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

Verb

nima

1. to take
2. to learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of nima (strong)

	present			past
infinitive	nima			—
participle	nimandi, nimande			numin
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	nimer	nimi, nime	—	nam	nāmi, nāme
þū	nimer	nimi, nime	nim	namt	nāmi, nāme
han	nimer	nimi, nime	—	nam	nāmi, nāme
vīr	nimum, nimom	nimum, nimom	nimum, nimom	nāmum, nāmom	nāmum, nāmom
īr	nimin	nimin	nimin	nāmin	nāmin
þēr	nima	nimin	—	nāmu, nāmo	nāmin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	nims	nimis, nimes	—	nams	nāmis, nāmes
þū	nims	nimis, nimes	—	namts	nāmis, nāmes
han	nims	nimis, nimes	—	nams	nāmis, nāmes
vīr	nimums, -oms	nimums, nimoms	—	nāmums, nāmoms	nāmums, nāmoms
īr	nimins	nimins	—	nāmins	nāmins
þēr	nimas	nimins	—	nāmus, nāmos	nāmins

Descendants

• Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)

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Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers

<  4	5	6  >
Cardinal : nima

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ma/

Numeral

nima

1. five

Noun

nima

1. hand

   Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:

   Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—

   1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

   There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—

   1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

nima

1. silt, sludge

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ил”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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Volapük

Noun

nima

1. genitive singular of nim

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Whitesands

Noun

nima

1. house

References

• Jeremy Hammond (2009). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu, p. 101.