ndi

Cognate with Swahili ni (“to be - 3rd person”)

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdi/

ndi

1. 3rd person (singular and plural) of to be: he is/she is/it is/they are

• 'Ndi' refers to permanent characteristics, like ser in Spanish. For temporary characteristics, see -khala (“to be”).
• 'Ndi' also contracts before certain letters (e.g. ndi + p = m, ndi + w = ng)

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdí/

ndi

1. and
2. with
3. by (a cause, a means, an agent)
4. against

'Ndi' as a conjunction may contract to n' or n.

• Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 389

From Proto-Athabaskan *nuˑ.

ndi

1. island

ndi

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun in ndi class)

   Lacciri ndi (the couscous)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. (used in indicating something in ndi class)

   Ndi lacciri (this/that couscous)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. water

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

• nidi

• IPA^(key): /ǹ̩tɪ̀/

ndi

1. but, even, though, even though

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

ndi (Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴷⵉ)

1. (transitive) to set a trap
2. (transitive) to trap, entrap
3. (intransitive) to be active, to be lively

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Verbal noun: anday (“trapping; ambush”)
• tisenditct (“trap”)

Inherited from Common Bantu *-ndí, variant of Proto-Bantu *-ngí (“other”).

• IPA^(key): /ndi/

-ndi

1. another (in the indefinite), the other (in the definite)

   Synonym: (rare) -ndiijo

   omuntu ondi ― another person; the other person

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 436
• Entry 942 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3