nipi

Atikamekw

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Noun

nipi

1. water

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Greenlandic

Etymology

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Noun

nipi (plural nipit)

1. voice
2. sound, pitch, tone

Derived terms

• nipilersoqatigiissuit (“symphony orchestra”)
• nipilersortartoq (“musician”)
• nipilersortartut (“band”)
• nipilersortuni ussersortuusoq (“conductor, bandmaster”)
• nipilersortut (“orchestra, musical ensemble”)
• nipilersuut (“musical instrument”)
• nipiliuut (“vocal cord”)

 

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Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Noun

nipi

1. water

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲibʲi/

Verb

nipi

1. third-person singular present indicative habitual negated of is: is (habitually) not
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c25

     Nipi cían a masse in choirp.

     The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.