paani

See also: pääni

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi पानी (pānī), perhaps via another Hindi belt language.

Noun

paani

  1. water

References
  • Satendra Pratap Nandan; Kavita Ivy Nandan (2001) Requiem for a Rainbow: A Fijian Indian Story, Pacific Indian Publications, →OCLC, page 118

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani pani. Note the change of grammatical gender from masculine to feminine.

Pronunciation

Noun

paani f

  1. water[1][2][3][4]
  2. lake[3]

References
  1. Kimmo Granqvist (2002), “Finnish Romani Phonology and Dialect Geography”, in SKY Journal of Linguistics‎, volume 15, Linguistic Association of Finland, archived from the original on 2022-01-28, pages 61-83
  2. Márton A. Baló (2020), “Romani Phonology”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 127
  3. “paani” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  4. Kimmo Granqvist (2011) Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 20, 2022, pages 12-13, 36, 39, 74, 156, 167, 190
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