нимә
See also: ниме
Bashkir
Etymology
From *neme / *nämä "what", from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”). -me is an interrogative formant. Doublet of нәмә (nämä).
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (nemä, “something”)[1]; Kyrgyz неме (neme, “something”), Kyrgyz эмне (emne, “what?”), Turkmen näme (“what?”), Uzbek nima, Uyghur نېمە (nëme), نىمە (nime, “what?”), Khakas ниме (nime, “what?”), Shor небе (“thing”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnʲi.mæ], [nʲi.ˈmæ]
- Hyphenation: ни‧мә
Declension
Inflection of нимә (nimä)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | нимә (nimä) | нимәләр (nimälär) |
| definite genitive | нимәнең (nimäneŋ) | нимәләрҙең (nimälärðeŋ) |
| dative | нимәгә (nimägä) | нимәләргә (nimälärgä) |
| definite accusative | нимәне (nimäne) | нимәләрҙе (nimälärðe) |
| locative | нимәлә (nimälä) | нимәләрҙә (nimälärðä) |
| ablative | нимәнән (nimänän) | нимәләрҙән (nimälärðän) |
References
- Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 358
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