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nani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nani"

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).

Interjection

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nani

  1. (slang, chiefly anime and manga) what
    Nani the fuck?

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Choctaw

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nəní(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: naní'

Noun

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nani (alienable)

  1. fish (animal)

Declension

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possessive (alienable) singular paucal plural
first-person ("my, our") a̱nani pi̱nani hapi̱nani
second-person ("thy, your") chi̱nani hachi̱nani
third-person ("his, her,
its, their") 		i̱nani

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ni/, [ˈnɐ.ni]

Verb

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nani

  1. (stative) to be lovely, pretty, nice
    Hū, he lā nani kēia. ― Wow, this is a lovely day.

Inupiaq

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Pronoun

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nani

  1. where
    Synonyms: nani, naami, nauŋ
    Nani taimña itpa? ― Where is that thing?

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈna.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: nà‧ni

Adjective

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nani

  1. masculine plural of nano

Noun

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nani m pl

  1. plural of nano

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

Krio

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Etymology

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From English nanny.

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nàní

  1. nanny

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnaː.niː/, [ˈnäːniː]

Noun

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nānī

  1. inflection of nānus:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

Lele (Guinea)

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Numeral

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nani

  1. four

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From Hindi नानी (nānī).

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Noun

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nani

  1. maternal grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Miskito

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Particle

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nani

  1. Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.

Mwani

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Pronoun

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nani

  1. who

Romanian

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Etymology

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Probably an expressive or onomatopoetic creation, imitative of infantile sounds. Compare Greek νανι (nani), Bulgarian нани (nani), Italian ninnananna, Spanish nana, etc.

Interjection

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nani

  1. sound used to lull babies to sleep, in a lullaby

Noun

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nani

  1. (childish) sleep

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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-a nani (invariable)

  1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

Pronoun

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nani

  1. Who?

Derived terms

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Tetum

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.

Verb

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nani

  1. to swim
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