nye
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of English Nyengo.
Symbol
nye
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyengo terms
English
Etymology
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: nigh
Noun
nye (plural nyes)
Anagrams
Albanian
Noun
nye m (plural neje, definite neni, definite plural nejet)
Danish
Adjective
nye
- definite/plural of ny
Dumbea
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naje/
Noun
nye
References
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Ewe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲè/
Pronoun
nyè
Verb
nyè
Igbo
Verb
nyè
Japanese
Romanization
nye
Mende
Noun
nye
Middle English
Noun
nye
- alternative form of noy
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
modifier | copulative | |
---|---|---|
1st singular | engimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | umunye |
1st plural | esibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | elibanye | libanye |
class 1 | omunye | munye |
class 2 | abanye | banye |
class 3 | omunye | munye |
class 4 | eminye | minye |
class 5 | elinye | linye |
class 6 | amanye | manye |
class 7 | esinye | sinye |
class 8 | ezinye | zinye |
class 9 | enye | inye |
class 10 | ezinye | zinye |
class 11 | olunye | lunye |
class 14 | obunye | bunye |
class 15 | okunye | kunye |
class 17 | okunye | kunye |
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
nye
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
nye
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
modifier | copulative | |
---|---|---|
1st singular | legimunye | gimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lelibanye | libanye |
class 1 | lamunye | mhunye |
class 2 | labanye | bhanye |
class 3 | lomunye | mhunye |
class 4 | leminye | mhinye |
class 5 | lelinye | lhinye |
class 6 | lamanye | mhanye |
class 7 | lesinye | ssinye |
class 8 | letinye | ttinye |
class 9 | lenye | yhinye |
class 10 | letinye | ttinye |
class 14 | lobunye | bhunye |
class 15 | lokunye | kkunye |
class 17 | lokunye | kkunye |
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Prepositional phrase
nye
- alternative form of naye
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nyé
Inflection
modifier | copulative | |
---|---|---|
1st singular | lengimunye | ngimunye |
2nd singular | lomunye | umunye |
1st plural | lesibanye | sibanye |
2nd plural | lenibanye | nibanye |
class 1 | lomunye | munye |
class 2 | labanye | banye |
class 3 | lomunye | munye |
class 4 | leminye | minye |
class 5 | lelinye | linye |
class 6 | lamanye | manye |
class 7 | lesinye | sinye |
class 8 | letinye | tinye |
class 9 | lenye | inye |
class 10 | letinye | tinye |
class 11 | lolunye | lunye |
class 14 | lobunye | bunye |
class 15 | lokunye | kunye |
class 17 | lokunye | kunye |
Swedish
Adjective
nye
- definite natural masculine singular of ny
Tooro
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲe/
Pronoun
nye
Usage notes
See also
class | person | independent | possessive | subject concord |
object concord |
combined forms | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
na | ni | ||||||
class 1 | first | nyowe, nye | -ange | n- | -n- | nanyowe, nanye | ninyowe, ninye |
second | iwe | -awe | o- | -ku- | naiwe | niiwe | |
third | uwe | -e | a- | -mu- | nawe | nuwe | |
class 2 | first | itwe | -aitu | tu- | -tu- | naitwe | niitwe |
second | inywe | -anyu | mu- | -ba- | nainywe | niinywe | |
third | abo | -abo | ba- | -ba- | nabo | nubo | |
class 3 | gwo | -agwo | gu- | -gu- | nagwo | nugwo | |
class 4 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo | |
class 5 | lyo | -alyo | li- | -li- | nalyo | niryo | |
class 6 | go | -ago | ga- | -ga- | nago | nugo | |
class 7 | kyo | -akyo | ki- | -ki- | nakyo | nikyo | |
class 8 | byo | -abyo | bi- | -bi- | nabyo | nibyo | |
class 9 | yo | -ayo | e- | -gi- | nayo | niyo | |
class 10 | zo | -azo | zi- | -zi- | nazo | nizo | |
class 11 | rwo | -arwo | ru- | -ru- | narwo | nurwo | |
class 12 | ko | -ako | ka- | -ka- | nako | nuko | |
class 13 | two | -atwo | tu- | -tu- | natwo | nutwo | |
class 14 | bwo | -abwo | bu- | -bu- | nabwo | nubwo | |
class 15 | kwo | -akwo | ku- | -ku- | nakwo | nukwo | |
class 16 | ho | -aho | ha- | -ha- | naho | nuho | |
class 17 | (kwo) | N/A | ha- (...-yo) |
-ha- | N/A | nukwo | |
class 18 | (mwo) | -amwo | ha- (...-mu) |
-ha- | N/A | numwo | |
reflexive | -enyini, -onyini | — | -e- | — |
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
Inflection
modifier | copulative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | endimnye | endingemnye | ndimnye | andimnye |
2nd singular | omnye | ongemnye | umnye | awumnye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
class 1 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | akamnye |
class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
class 3 | omnye | ongemnye | mnye | awumnye |
class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
class 9 | enye | engenye | inye | ayiyinye |
class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Adjective
-nye
- (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one
- Sibone muntu munye kuphela.
- We saw only one person.
- Ihhashi linye.
- The horse is one (in number).
- some
- Abantu abanye bavumelana nawe.
- Some people agree with you.
- another
- Ngibona inja enye.
- I see another dog.
- additional, more
- Ngicela amanzi amanye.
- Could I have some more water?
Usage notes
- This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
- The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".
Inflection
modifier | |
---|---|
class 1 | munye |
class 2 | banye |
class 3 | munye |
class 4 | minye |
class 5 | linye |
class 6 | manye |
class 7 | sinye |
class 8 | zinye |
class 9 | yinye |
class 10 | zinye |
class 11 | lunye |
class 14 | bunye |
class 15 | kunye |
class 17 | kunye |
modifier | copulative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
positive | negative | positive | negative | |
1st singular | engimunye | engingemunye | ngimunye | angimunye |
2nd singular | omunye | ongemunye | umunye | awumunye |
1st plural | esibanye | esingebanye | sibanye | asibanye |
2nd plural | enibanye | eningebanye | nibanye | anibanye |
class 1 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | akamunye |
class 2 | abanye | abangebanye | banye | ababanye |
class 3 | omunye | ongemunye | munye | awumunye |
class 4 | eminye | engeminye | minye | ayiminye |
class 5 | elinye | elingelinye | linye | alilinye |
class 6 | amanye | angemanye | manye | awamanye |
class 7 | esinye | esingesinye | sinye | asisinye |
class 8 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
class 9 | enye | engenye, engeyinye | inye, yinye | ayiyinye |
class 10 | ezinye | ezingezinye | zinye | azizinye |
class 11 | olunye | olungelunye | lunye | alulunye |
class 14 | obunye | obungebunye | bunye | abubunye |
class 15 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
class 17 | okunye | okungekunye | kunye | akukunye |
Derived terms
See also
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”