nij
Translingual
Symbol
nij
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngaju terms
Dutch
Etymology
A not uncommon toponymic element, where it is generally to be regarded as a borrowing from Dutch Low Saxon or West Frisian; otherwise rarely encountered in Dutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛi̯/
Adjective
nij (comparative nijer, superlative nijst)
- dialectal form of nieuw
Declension
| Declension of nij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nij | |||
| inflected | nije | |||
| comparative | nijer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | het nijst het nijste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
| n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
| plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| partitive | nijs | nijers | — | |
Derived terms
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.
Adjective
nij (Gronings)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian nī, nīe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛi̯/
Adjective
nij
Inflection
| Inflection of nij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nij | |||
| inflected | nije | |||
| comparative | nijer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | it nijst it nijste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
| n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
| plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| partitive | nijs | nijers | — | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰniːꟲ (“debt”). Cognate with Thai หนี้ (nîi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩦ᩶, Lao ໜີ້ (nī), Lü ᦐᦲᧉ (ṅii²), Shan ၼီႈ (nīi), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥲ (lì), Phake ꩫီ (nī), Ahom 𑜃𑜣 (nī), Nong Zhuang nij, Zuojiang Zhuang nij.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ni˥/
- Tone numbers: ni3
- Hyphenation: nij