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Definitions and meaning of ani

ani

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ni/

Noun

ani (plural anis)

  1. A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
Derived terms
  • greater ani (Crotophaga major)
  • smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
  • groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
Translations

Further reading

  • Ani (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Crotophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Crotophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪnaɪ/

Noun

ani

  1. plural of anus

References

Anagrams

  • -ian, Ain, INA, Ian, Ina, NIA, Nia, ain', nai, nia

Akan

Pronunciation

  • Tone: LH

Noun

ani

  1. eye, eyes
    M'ani agye
    My eyes are brightened (I am happy)
    ani den
    (having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

Synonyms

  • aniwa

References

  • Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “àníwa”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎[3], Basel
  • Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996). A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner.
  • Gyekye, Kwame (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan.
  • Hollington, Andrea (2015). Traveling Conceptualization.

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun

ani

  1. harvest

Albanian

Etymology

Cognate to tani (“now, at present, then”), from Proto-Albanian *nū, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”) (cognate to Sanskrit नू (nū, “now”)). Occurs in coordination with other particles, cf. nani, nime.

Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αι (aí, “yes”) and (Standard) Albanian a (“probably, whether; or, there”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ani/

Adverb

ani

  1. (conversational) then, later; later (on)
    Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti
  2. well, so, fine, now
    Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka
    Gheg examples:

Particle

ani

  1. even, as if; alas, oh look, ah (expressing laughter, irony, sarcasm, pity, concern, grief, annoyance, distrust)
    Synonym: kish (kishe Gheg), si, sikur, nesë
  2. (folklore, poetic) come on, hey; yes, well, alright; oh/ah (a vocative particle or/and complementary poetic tool)
    Synonyms: mori, more, ore, moj, (mar, mana Gheg); po, hej
    (traditional wedding song)

Further reading

  • [4] adverb and particle ani / aní • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References

Baure

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈani/

Noun

ani

  1. sky

Biloxi

Alternative forms

  • ni

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”)

Noun

ani

  1. water

References

  • Paula Ferris Einaudi, A grammar of Biloxi (1976)
  • James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton, A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages (1912)

Brunei Malay

Pronoun

ani

  1. this, these

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni

Noun

ani

  1. a harvest; the yield of harvesting
    1. a harvest of rice
  2. a gain; what is gained

Verb

ani

  1. to harvest
    1. to harvest rice
Synonyms
  • (to harvest bananas): tuba
  • (to harvest corn): kayas, lagpi, sanggi
  • (to harvest coconuts): dugnas
  • (to harvest mangoes): guno
  • (to harvest yam): panglin

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adverb

ani

  1. like this

Chickasaw

Verb

ani

  1. to produce

Choctaw

Alternative forms

  • ʋni (traditional)
  • ạni (Byington/Swanton)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aní(ʔ)/
  • Transcription: ani'

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

Noun

ani (inalienable)

  1. berry
  2. nut
  3. fruit

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲɪ/

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither, nor, or (in negative)
  2. even (with negative clause)

Further reading

  • ani in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ani in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

ani

  1. Plural form of anus

Esperanto

Etymology

From ano +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈani]
  • Rhymes: -ani
  • Hyphenation: an‧i

Verb

ani (present anas, past anis, future anos, conditional anus, volitive anu)

  1. (intransitive) to be a member, belong (to an organization, group, etc.)
    • January 2011, Christian Declerck, Kontraŭmilita literaturo en Esperanto in La Gazeto 151
      La ĉefroluloj anas en du generacioj de unu familio
      The main characters belong to two generations of one family

Conjugation

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑni/, [ˈɑni]
  • Rhymes: -ɑni
  • Syllabification: a‧ni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *ani (compare Karelian ani, Veps ańi).

Adverb

ani

  1. very, extremely
Usage notes

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (in the sense few), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, although separate writing is regarded as correct.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

Noun

ani

  1. ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)
Declension
Hypernyms
  • käki
Derived terms
  • isoani
  • uurrenokka-ani

Anagrams

  • ain, nai

French

Noun

ani m (plural anis)

  1. ani (bird)

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɛ.ni/

Noun

ani (plural anit)

  1. a girl's elder brother

References

  • oqaasileriffik.gl

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ni/, [ˈɐni]

Verb

ani

  1. to blow softly (as a breeze)
  2. to beckon; wave

Derived terms

  • hoʻāni (“to let wind”)
  • aniani (“cool, refreshing”)

References

  • “ani” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Italian

Noun

ani m

  1. plural of ano

Anagrams

  • -ina, ain

Japanese

Romanization

ani

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あに

Karao

Noun

ani

  1. rice harvest

Kashubian

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither

Kriol

Etymology 1

English honey.

Noun

ani

  1. honey

Etymology 2

English only.

Adverb

ani

  1. only

Ladin

Noun

ani

  1. plural of an

Latin

Noun

ānī

  1. genitive singular of ānus
  2. nominative plural of ānus
  3. vocative plural of ānus

References

  • ani in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • aniȝ, any, ayny, æniȝ, eani, eni, eniȝ, ony, oony

Etymology

From Old English ǣniġ, āniġ (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaniː/, /ˈɛniː/, /ˈɔniː/
  • (early) IPA(key): /ˈɑːniː/, /ˈɛːniː/

Determiner

ani

  1. any

Descendants

  • English: any
  • Scots: ony, onie
  • Yola: aany

References

  • “anī, limiting adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Irish

Pronoun

ani

  1. Alternative spelling of aní

Polish

Alternative forms

  • ni

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ani.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɲi/
  • Rhymes: -aɲi
  • Syllabification: a‧ni

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither, nor, or

Further reading

  • ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [anʲ]

Noun

ani

  1. plural of an

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
  • anel (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

Noun

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

Shona

Pronoun

aní (plural vanáaní)

  1. (interrogative) who

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Afar anú and Somali áan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈani/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ni

Pronoun

ani

  1. I

See also

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲi/

Conjunction

ani

  1. neither
  2. nor

Further reading

  • ani in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔani/, [ˈʔanɪ]

Noun

ani

  1. harvest; crop
  2. act of harvesting
  3. (figuratively) outcome of one's work; consequence of one's effort
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly short for wika ni.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Adverb

aní

  1. said by; according to (used before names of persons)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • anang

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧ni
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Noun

aní

  1. loathing; disgust
Derived terms

Tausug

Noun

ani

  1. harvest

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آنِيّ‎ (ʾāniyy, “timely, present”).

Adjective

ani

  1. sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Derived terms

  • aniden

Venetian

Noun

ani

  1. plural of ano

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

ani

  1. quite, rather
  2. very, highly, extremely
  3. nearly, practically, just about
  4. absolutely, totally
  5. sufficiently, enough
  6. just, exactly
  7. generally, in general

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “абсолютно, весьма, вообще, довольно, как раз, крайне, очень, практически, совершенно, чрезвычайно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Source: wiktionary.org
  • a tropical American bird.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)