nị

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Cantonese 你 (nei5) (SV: nhĩ).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nị

  1. (Southern Vietnam, originally towards a Cantonese speaker, now humorous, especially in mimicking stereotypical "Chinese" speech) thou, you (second-person pronoun)
    Coordinate term: ngộ

See also

  • moa/toa (towards a French speaker)
  • hoá/lứ (towards a Teochew speaker)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

See more at èyinì, compare with Olukumi ẹnẹ̀, which may suggest a Proto-Yoruba origin. Vowel harmony when interacting with a close vowel converts nị̀ into nì, for example, when compounded with èyí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɪ̃̀/

Pronoun

nị̀

  1. (CY, NWY) that thing/person
    Synonyms: èyinì, ìyẹn, ghìn
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