impi

From Zulu impi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpi/

impi (plural impis)

1. A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 212:

     And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 26:

     But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.

• MIPI

impi

1. fire

Unknown. Related to Karelian impi. SSA also suggests that the word is related to Võro impe', but this word is only attested in Wiedemann's dictionary and appears to be a ghost word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈimpi/, [ˈimpi]
• Rhymes: -impi
• Syllabification^(key): im‧pi
• Hyphenation^(key): im‧pi

impi (literary)

1. virgin

• neitsyt
• immyt

• “impi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Inherited from Malay impi, from Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi. Doublet of mimpi.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈimpi/ [ˈim.pi]
• Rhymes: -impi
• Syllabification: im‧pi

impi

1. to dream (to hope; to wish)

• “impi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.

• IPA^(key): /impi/
• Rhymes: -impi, -pi, -i

impi (Jawi spelling ايمڤي)

1. to dream (to hope; to wish)

   Synonym: mimpi

• Indonesian: impi

• “impi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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• IPA^(key): [íːᵐpí]

ímpí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)

1. army, regiment

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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• IPA^(key): /îːmpí/

împí class 9 (plural ízimpí class 10)

1. war, battle
2. army, regiment

• ubumpi

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mpi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpi (2-8.3)”