imi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "imi"

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of im.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈmi/

Pronoun

imi

1. mine

   Ky libër është imi.

   This book is mine.

   Këta libra janë të mitë.

   These books are mine.

Declension

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	imi	imja	të mitë	të miat
accusative	timin	timen	të mitë	të miat
genitive/dative/ablative	timit	simes	të mive	të miave

declension of imi

See also

		adjectives			pronouns
		singular	plural		singular	plural
1st person		im	ynë		imi	yni
2nd person		yt	juaj		yti	juaji
3rd person	m	i tij	i tyre		i tiji	i tyri
	f	i saj			i saji
3rd person reflexive		i vet			i veti

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
• Rhymes: -imi
• Syllabification^(key): i‧mi

Verb

imi

1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Hdi

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

imi

1. water

References

• Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, A Grammar of Hdi (2002, →ISBN

Igbo

Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *é-mî. Cognate with Ekpeye émì, Ogbah ímì, Ezaa ímí, Izi ímí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímí.^[1] Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /í.mí/

Noun

ímí

1. (anatomy) nose

References

1. Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎

Ingrian

Etymology

Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: i‧mi

Noun

imi

1. Synonym of nimi (“name”)

Declension

Declension of imi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	imi	imet
genitive	imen	immiin, imilöin
partitive	immiä	imijä, imilöjä
illative	immee	immii, imilöihe
inessive	imes	imis, imilöis
elative	imest	imist, imilöist
allative	imelle	imille, imilöille
adessive	imel	imil, imilöil
ablative	imelt	imilt, imilöilt
translative	imeks	imiks, imilöiks
essive	imennä, immeen	iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
exessive1)	iment	imint, imilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi/
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: ì‧mi

Adjective

imi

1. masculine plural of imo

Japanese

Romanization

imi

1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Kapampangan

Noun

imi

1. urine, pee

Lamang

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

imi

1. water

References

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
• Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Latin

Adjective

īmī

1. inflection of īmus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Nakame

Alternative forms

• ime (Gufin)
• imɛ̃ (Popof)
• imẽ (Munguleng)

Noun

imi

1. (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water

References

• Rachel Gray, Margaret Potter, Thom Retsema, Mungkip: an endangered language, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 35 (2009), page 25

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun

imi

1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

imi n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im

Etymology 2

Adjective

imi

1. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
2. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen

Prasuni

Etymology

From earlier *yëmëy, from Proto-Nuristani *yāmātr̥ka, variant of *jāmātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Doublet of zëmi and zëmëy.

Pronunciation

• (Pashki) IPA^(key): /iˈmi/
• (Pronz) IPA^(key): /iˈmi/ (tone class C)
• (Shtive) IPA^(key): /ˈimi/

Noun

imi (Pashki, Pronz, Shtive)^[1]

1. brother-in-law

References

1. Strand, Richard F. (2016) “im′i, ′imi”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [imʲ]

Verb

imi

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈmiʔ/ [ʔɪˈmiʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: i‧mi

Noun

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

1. cry of goats

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

imi

1. you

Welsh

Alternative forms

• im
• i mi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmi/

Pronoun

imi

1. (literary) first-person singular of i

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi/

Pronoun

imi (possessive prefix mi)

1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

See also

	independent	possessive prefix
1st person singular	de	ti
2nd person singular	ni	ni
3rd person singular	me	mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive	ene	nV
1st person plural exclusive	imi	mi
2nd person plural	ini	fi
3rd person plural	eme	di

West Makian personal pronouns

• V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

Further reading

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe; to give life to”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.mĩ́/

Noun

imí

1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power

   Synonyms: agbára, okun

Derived terms

• Ifámímíkòmí (“Yoruba name meaning "Ifa bestowed me with strength"”)

Etymology 2

Possibly euphemistic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ī.mĩ́/

Noun

imí

1. feces, excrement

   Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu

Derived terms

• imí-ọjọ́ (“sulphur”)
• yímíyímí (“dung beetle”)
• imí òṣùmàrè (“sulphur, phosphorus”)

Etymology 3

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mì (“to swallow”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.mĩ̀/

Noun

ìmì

1. the act of swallowing

Etymology 4

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breath”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ì.mĩ́/

Noun

ìmí

1. the act of breathing
2. respiration

Derived terms

• ẹ̀yà-ara ìmí (“respiratory system”)