nyanyi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲaɲi/
• Hyphenation: nya‧nyi

Verb

nyanyi (used in the form menyanyi)

1. to sing

Noun

nyanyi (plural nyanyi-nyanyi)

1. singing

Derived terms

• bernyanyi
• menyanyi
• nyanyian
• nyanyikan
• penyanyi

Further reading

• “nyanyi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -i

Verb

nyanyi (Jawi spelling ڽاڽي)

1. to sing

Noun

nyanyi (Jawi spelling ڽاڽي, plural nyanyi-nyanyi)

1. singing

Derived terms

Affixations

• bernyanyi
• dinyanyikan
• mempernyanyikan
• menyanyi
• nyanyian
• penyanyi
• ternyanyi

Descendants

• > Indonesian: nyanyi (inherited)

Further reading

• "nyanyi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "nyanyi" at PRPM first version)

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

1. (intransitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of nyanyi

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tonyanyi	fonyanyi	minyanyi
2nd person		nonyanyi	ninyanyi
3rd person	masculine	onyanyi	inyanyi yonyanyi (archaic)
	feminine	monyanyi
	neuter	inyanyi

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Warlpiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

1. to see
2. to perceive

Inflection

Conjugation of nyanyi

nonpast	nyanyi
past	nyangu
imperative	nyangka
immediate future	nyangku
present continuous	nyanganya
infinitive	nyanja
irrealis	nyangkarla
nomic	nyangu
andative	nyanji†

† The andative is inflected like a verb of the ni-class (5^th class), except that the andative imperative of verbs of the nyi-class (3^rd class) is -nka instead of -nta