nanti
English
    
    
Etymology
    
Borrowing from Sabir nanti, from Italian niente, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem or ne inde.
Determiner
    
nanti
- (Polari) No; not any.
-  1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, The Canvas Clown, page 126:- There was no clown for the pantomime, for he had disappointed us, and of course they couldn't get on without one; so, to keep the concern going, old Johnson, who know I was a good tumbler, came up to me, and said 'he had nanti vampo, and your nabs must fake it;' which means,—We have no clown, and you must do it.
 
-  2004, Baker, Paul, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang:- She's with the trade your mother charvaed yesterday. Some omees have nanti taste!
 
 
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Derived terms
    
- nanti palaver (“hold your tongue”), nanti dinarly (“no money”), nanti parnarly (“be careful”)
French
    
    Etymology
    
Past participle of nantir.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nɑ̃.ti/
Adjective
    
nanti (feminine nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)
- paid, having received wages
- rich, well-off, well-to-do
Participle
    
nanti (feminine nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)
- past participle of nantir
Further reading
    
- “nanti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
    
Indonesian
    
    Etymology
    
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Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /nan.ti/
Derived terms
    
- menanti
Latin
    
    
Malay
    
    Alternative forms
    
- nt (SMS slang)
Etymology
    
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Further reading
    
- “nanti” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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