nye

See also: Nye and NYE

English

Etymology

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪ/
• Homophone: nigh

Noun

nye (plural nyes)

1. A brood or flock of pheasants.

Anagrams

• -yne, Ney, eny, ney, yen

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Albanian

Noun

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

1. (Gheg) Alternative form of nyjë

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Danish

Adjective

nye

1. definite/plural of ny

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Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naje/

Noun

nye

1. needle

References

• Template:cite. 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.
• Template:cite. 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.

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲɛ/

Pronoun

nye

1. I

Verb

nye

1. to swerve
2. to swing

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Igbo

Verb

nyè

1. give

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Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-nye, from Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

nye

1. definite singular of ny
2. plural of ny

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Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-nye, from Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nye

1. one
2. another

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Swahili

Prepositional phrase

nye

1. Alternative form of naye

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Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

Adjective

-nyé

1. one

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Swedish

Adjective

nye

1. (deprecated template usage) definite natural masculine singular of ny

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-nye, 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

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *-nye, 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.

   There is one horse.

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

References

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