nye
English
Etymology
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: nigh
Albanian
Danish
Dumbea
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naje/
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.
Igbo
Middle English
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone L | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Phuthi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone L | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone H | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.
Inflection
| Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Enumerative concord, tone L | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Adjective concord, tone L | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “-nye”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-nye”
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