nini

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nini"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪˈnaɪ/

Interjection

nini

1. (childish) Alternative form of night night.

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate with Malay nenek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nini/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ni

Noun

nini

1. grandparent; grandfather or grandmother

Eastern Ojibwa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe inini

Noun

nini

1. man

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 105

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *niŋi (“to pour out”).

Verb

nini(transitive)

1. to pour
2. to spill
3. to apply ointment

Derived terms

• hanini

Noun

nini

1. balm, ointment

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nini

1. fence, line of stones

Derived terms

• pānini (“prickly pear cactus”)

Further reading

• nini in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Hungarian

Etymology

ni +‎ ni

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnini]
• Hyphenation: ni‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Interjection

nini

1. (colloquial) lo!, look!

   Nini, egy madár! ― Look! A bird!

Further reading

• nini in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ni/
• Rhymes: -ini
• Hyphenation: nì‧ni

Noun

nini m

1. plural of nino

Anagrams

• inni

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili nini

Pronoun

nini

1. what

Navajo

Postposition

nini

1. second-person singular of bini

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ninni

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *snisni (compare Welsh nini).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̠ʲi.n̠ʲi/

Pronoun

nini (emphatic)

1. we

   Synonyms: sinni, sisni, snisni

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 43^d5

     Is nini fo·rálaig.

     It is we that it had prostrated.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 405, page 254; reprinted 2017
• Pedersen, Holger (1913), Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 481, page 139

Ottawa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe inini

Noun

nini anim (plural ninwag, obviative ninwan)

1. man

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 105

Spanish

Etymology

Acronym of ni estudia ni trabaja (“neither studies nor works”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnini/ [ˈni.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: ni‧ni

Noun

nini m or f by sense (plural ninis)

1. (informal) NEET, neet

See also

• pasota

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Pronoun

nini

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Derived terms

• kwa nini

Related terms

• nani

Tunica

Noun

nini

1. fish

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nĩ̀.nĩ́/

Noun

nìní

1. a beautiful snake, noted to be non-venomous; the Red-black striped snake

   Nìní sunwọ̀n l’éjò, ara ń t’ọká

   The red-back striped snake is beautiful amongst the snakes, and jealousy is that of the gaboon viper