anyi

See also: -anyi

Ewe

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *ayĩ́ (“earth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɲí/

Noun

ànyí (definite singular ànyí lá or ànyíá, collective plural ànyíwó, definite collective plural ànyíáwó)

  1. clay
  2. earth, soil

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.ɲí/

Noun

ànyí (definite singular ànyí lá or ànyíá, plural ànyíwó, definite plural ànyíáwó)

  1. bee (insect)

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 215
  • Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905) “anyi”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, page 386
  • Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N., Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017) “anyi”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, page 25

Franco-Provençal

Noun

anyi (Fribourgeois)

  1. Alternative form of agnél (“lamb”)

Narua

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s (“two”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen ခံ (khee), Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Nuosu ꑍ (nyip), Burmese နှစ် (hnac).

Numeral

anyi

  1. two

Nyishi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɲi/

Numeral

anyi

  1. two
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