nye

See also: Nye, NYE, nyə́, nyə̀, -nyə, and -nyə̀

Languages (21)

Translingual • English

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Albanian • Danish • Dumbea • Ewe • Igbo • Japanese • Mende (Sierra Leone) • Middle English • Northern Ndebele • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Phuthi • Southern Ndebele • Swahili • Swazi • Swedish • Tooro • Xhosa • Zulu

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Page categories

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nyengo.

Symbol

nye

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nyengo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyengo terms

English

Etymology

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: nigh

Noun

nye (plural nyes)

1. A brood or flock of pheasants.

Anagrams

• -yne, Ney, Yen, eny, ney, yen

Albanian

Noun

nye m (plural neje, definite neni, definite plural nejet)

1. (Gheg) alternative form of nyjë

Danish

Adjective

nye

1. definite/plural of ny

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naje/

Noun

nye

1. needle

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990), Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲè/

Pronoun

nyè

1. I

Verb

nyè

1. to swerve
2. to swing

Igbo

Verb

nyè

1. give

Japanese

Romanization

nye

1. The katakana syllable ニェ (nye) in Hepburn romanization.

Mende (Sierra Leone)

Noun

nye

1. fish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

nye

1. alternative form of noy

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• nihe (AB language)

Numeral

nye

1. preconsonantal form of nyn

Etymology 3

Verb

nye

1. (North Riding) alternative form of neyen

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone L

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	engimunye	ngimunye
2nd singular	omunye	umunye
1st plural	esibanye	sibanye
2nd plural	elibanye	libanye
class 1	omunye	munye
class 2	abanye	banye
class 3	omunye	munye
class 4	eminye	minye
class 5	elinye	linye
class 6	amanye	manye
class 7	esinye	sinye
class 8	ezinye	zinye
class 9	enye	inye
class 10	ezinye	zinye
class 11	olunye	lunye
class 14	obunye	bunye
class 15	okunye	kunye
class 17	okunye	kunye

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone L

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	legimunye	gimunye
2nd singular	lomunye	umunye
1st plural	lesibanye	sibanye
2nd plural	lelibanye	libanye
class 1	lamunye	mhunye
class 2	labanye	bhanye
class 3	lomunye	mhunye
class 4	leminye	mhinye
class 5	lelinye	lhinye
class 6	lamanye	mhanye
class 7	lesinye	ssinye
class 8	letinye	ttinye
class 9	lenye	yhinye
class 10	letinye	ttinye
class 14	lobunye	bhunye
class 15	lokunye	kkunye
class 17	lokunye	kkunye

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Prepositional phrase

nye

1. alternative form of naye

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nyé

1. one

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone H

	modifier	copulative
1st singular	lengimunye	ngimunye
2nd singular	lomunye	umunye
1st plural	lesibanye	sibanye
2nd plural	lenibanye	nibanye
class 1	lomunye	munye
class 2	labanye	banye
class 3	lomunye	munye
class 4	leminye	minye
class 5	lelinye	linye
class 6	lamanye	manye
class 7	lesinye	sinye
class 8	letinye	tinye
class 9	lenye	inye
class 10	letinye	tinye
class 11	lolunye	lunye
class 14	lobunye	bunye
class 15	lokunye	kunye
class 17	lokunye	kunye

Swedish

Adjective

nye

1. definite natural masculine singular of ny

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲe/

Pronoun

nye

1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)

   Synonym: nyowe

   Ni nye. ― It's me.

Usage notes

• This shortened variant is only used after particles such as na, nka or ni.

See also

Tooro personal pronouns

class	person	independent	possessive	subject concord	object concord	combined forms
						na	ni
class 1	first	nyowe, nye	-ange	n-	-n-	nanyowe, nanye	ninyowe, ninye
	second	iwe	-awe	o-	-ku-	naiwe	niiwe
	third	uwe	-e	a-	-mu-	nawe	nuwe
class 2	first	itwe	-aitu	tu-	-tu-	naitwe	niitwe
	second	inywe	-anyu	mu-	-ba-	nainywe	niinywe
	third	bo	-abo	ba-	-ba-	nabo	nubo
class 3		gwo	-agwo	gu-	-gu-	nagwo	nugwo
class 4		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 5		lyo	-alyo	li-	-li-	nalyo	niryo
class 6		go	-ago	ga-	-ga-	nago	nugo
class 7		kyo	-akyo	ki-	-ki-	nakyo	nikyo
class 8		byo	-abyo	bi-	-bi-	nabyo	nibyo
class 9		yo	-ayo	e-	-gi-	nayo	niyo
class 10		zo	-azo	zi-	-zi-	nazo	nizo
class 11		rwo	-arwo	ru-	-ru-	narwo	nurwo
class 12		ko	-ako	ka-	-ka-	nako	nuko
class 13		two	-atwo	tu-	-tu-	natwo	nutwo
class 14		bwo	-abwo	bu-	-bu-	nabwo	nubwo
class 15		kwo	-akwo	ku-	-ku-	nakwo	nukwo
class 16		ho	-aho	ha-	-ha-	naho	nuho
class 17		(kwo)	N/A	ha- (...-yo)	-ha-	N/A	nukwo
class 18		(mwo)	-amwo	ha- (...-mu)	-ha-	N/A	numwo
reflexive		-enyini, -onyini	—		-e-	—

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

Adjective concord, tone L

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	endimnye	endingemnye	ndimnye	andimnye
2nd singular	omnye	ongemnye	umnye	awumnye
1st plural	esibanye	esingebanye	sibanye	asibanye
2nd plural	enibanye	eningebanye	nibanye	anibanye
class 1	omnye	ongemnye	mnye	akamnye
class 2	abanye	abangebanye	banye	ababanye
class 3	omnye	ongemnye	mnye	awumnye
class 4	eminye	engeminye	minye	ayiminye
class 5	elinye	elingelinye	linye	alilinye
class 6	amanye	angemanye	manye	awamanye
class 7	esinye	esingesinye	sinye	asisinye
class 8	ezinye	ezingezinye	zinye	azizinye
class 9	enye	engenye	inye	ayiyinye
class 10	ezinye	ezingezinye	zinye	azizinye
class 11	olunye	olungelunye	lunye	alulunye
class 14	obunye	obungebunye	bunye	abubunye
class 15	okunye	okungekunye	kunye	akukunye
class 17	okunye	okungekunye	kunye	akukunye

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one

   Sibone muntu munye kuphela.

   We saw only one person.

   Ihhashi linye.

   The horse is one (in number).

2. some

   Abantu abanye bavumelana nawe.

   Some people agree with you.

3. another

   Ngibona inja enye.

   I see another dog.

4. additional, more

   Ngicela amanzi amanye.

   Could I have some more water?

Usage notes

• This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
• The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".

Inflection

Enumerative concord, tone L

	modifier
class 1	munye
class 2	banye
class 3	munye
class 4	minye
class 5	linye
class 6	manye
class 7	sinye
class 8	zinye
class 9	yinye
class 10	zinye
class 11	lunye
class 14	bunye
class 15	kunye
class 17	kunye

Adjective concord, tone L

	modifier		copulative
	positive	negative	positive	negative
1st singular	engimunye	engingemunye	ngimunye	angimunye
2nd singular	omunye	ongemunye	umunye	awumunye
1st plural	esibanye	esingebanye	sibanye	asibanye
2nd plural	enibanye	eningebanye	nibanye	anibanye
class 1	omunye	ongemunye	munye	akamunye
class 2	abanye	abangebanye	banye	ababanye
class 3	omunye	ongemunye	munye	awumunye
class 4	eminye	engeminye	minye	ayiminye
class 5	elinye	elingelinye	linye	alilinye
class 6	amanye	angemanye	manye	awamanye
class 7	esinye	esingesinye	sinye	asisinye
class 8	ezinye	ezingezinye	zinye	azizinye
class 9	enye	engenye, engeyinye	inye, yinye	ayiyinye
class 10	ezinye	ezingezinye	zinye	azizinye
class 11	olunye	olungelunye	lunye	alulunye
class 14	obunye	obungebunye	bunye	abubunye
class 15	okunye	okungekunye	kunye	akukunye
class 17	okunye	okungekunye	kunye	akukunye

Derived terms

• kanye
• ubunye

See also

• -dwa

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”