See also: ни, ни-, and Appendix:Variations of "ni" Ukrainian Etymology From Proto-Slavic *ni, from Proto-Indo-European *néy. Pronunciation IPA(key): [nʲi] Audio:(file) Adverb ні • (ni) no ні, дя́кую ― ni, djákuju ― no, thank you not a single, not even (a) ні сло́ва ― ni slóva ― not a single word neither, nor не зна́ю ні ба́тька, ні ма́тері ― ne znáju ni bátʹka, ni máteri ― I know neither my father nor my mother Further reading Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ні”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova DumkaWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.