ini

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ini"

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ini (“younger brother”).

Noun

ini (definite accusative inini, plural inilər)

1. (Balakan, Qakh, Sheki, Zaqatala) husband's brother

   Synonym: qayın

Declension

Declension of ini
	singular	plural
nominative	ini	inilər
definite accusative	inini	iniləri
dative	iniyə	inilərə
locative	inidə	inilərdə
ablative	inidən	inilərdən
definite genitive	ininin	inilərin

Possessive forms of ini
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inim	inilərim
sənin (“your”)	inin	inilərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisi	iniləri
bizim (“our”)	inimiz	inilərimiz
sizin (“your”)	ininiz	iniləriniz
onların (“their”)	inisi or iniləri	iniləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inimi	inilərimi
sənin (“your”)	inini	inilərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisini	inilərini
bizim (“our”)	inimizi	inilərimizi
sizin (“your”)	ininizi	inilərinizi
onların (“their”)	inisini or inilərini	inilərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inimə	inilərimə
sənin (“your”)	ininə	inilərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisinə	inilərinə
bizim (“our”)	inimizə	inilərimizə
sizin (“your”)	ininizə	inilərinizə
onların (“their”)	inisinə or inilərinə	inilərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inimdə	inilərimdə
sənin (“your”)	inində	inilərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisində	inilərində
bizim (“our”)	inimizdə	inilərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	ininizdə	inilərinizdə
onların (“their”)	inisində or inilərində	inilərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inimdən	inilərimdən
sənin (“your”)	inindən	inilərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisindən	inilərindən
bizim (“our”)	inimizdən	inilərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	ininizdən	inilərinizdən
onların (“their”)	inisindən or inilərindən	inilərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	inimin	inilərimin
sənin (“your”)	ininin	inilərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	inisinin	inilərinin
bizim (“our”)	inimizin	inilərimizin
sizin (“your”)	ininizin	inilərinizin
onların (“their”)	inisinin or inilərinin	inilərinin

Further reading

• “ini” in Obastan.com.

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• ni

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: i‧ni
• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈni/ [ʔiˈn̪i]

Determiner

ini

1. this
2. these

Derived terms

• kaini

 

See also

• idto
• ito
• iyan

 

Gavião do Jiparaná

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupian *ẽri.

Noun

ini

1. hammock

References

• Denny Moore (1984) Syntax of the Language of the Gavião Indians of Rondônia, Brazil (in Gavião do Jiparaná), page 25

Ghotuo

Noun

īní or ínī

1. elephant

References

• The Phonological Representation of Suprasegmentals →ISBN, Koen Bogers, Harry van der Hulst, Maarten Mous (editors), 1986

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ǝnǝ (“place, room, house”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝnǝ (“dwelling place, house”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ini/, [i.nɪ]

Noun

ini (plural init)

1. room
2. nest

Declension

Declension of ini (type illu)

case	singular	plural
Absolutive	ini	init
Ergative	inip
Instrumental	inimik	ininik
Allative	inimut	ininut
Ablative	inimit	ininit
Locative	inimi	inini
Prolative	inikkut	initigut
Equative	initut

First-person singular declension of iniga (type illu)

case	singular	plural
Absolutive	iniga	inikka
Ergative	inima
Instrumental	ininnik
Allative	ininnut
Ablative	ininnit
Locative	ininni
Prolative	inikkut
Equative	inittut

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronoun

ini

1. this

See also

Hiligaynon demonstratives

Case	Absolute	Ergative	Oblique	Locative	Existential
Proximal (nearest speaker)	ini	sini		diri	ari/yari
Medial (near addressee)	ina	sina		dira	ara/yara
Distal (far from speaker)	adto	sadto		didto	adto/yadto

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iniəʔ/
• Hyphenation: i‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Noun

ini

1. grandmother

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ini, from Proto-Malayic *(i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈini/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: i‧ni

Adverb

ini

1. only, just
   • 1999, Potret, Kentut Siapa?, Aquarius Musikindo:

     Alami ini dan pasti pernah

     It's only natural and everyone has done it before

Determiner

ini

1. this (the (thing) here)
2. this (known (thing) just mentioned)
3. this (known (thing) about to be mentioned)
4. this (known (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience)

Pronoun

ini

1. this (The thing, item, etc. being indicated)

Usage notes

Together with itu, these can be placed following (in the standard language) or preceding the noun (in the colloquial language), the latter possibly due to the influence of Malay trade and creole languages of eastern Indonesia. Also, this can be shortened colloquially to ni.

• kini (“now”)
• sini (“here”)
• yang ini (“this one”)

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni (compare Indonesian ini).

Pronoun

ini

1. this (the thing, item, etc. being pointed)

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		اینی

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ini Cognate with Azerbaijani ini and Salar ini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ini/

dialectal pronunciations

• (husband's brother-in-law)
  • (Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [i̞ni̞]
• (wife's brother-in-law)
  • (Chahak) IPA^(key): [ɪni]
  • (Mehrzamin) IPA^(key): [i̞ni̞]
  • (Vasheqan) IPA^(key): [i̞niː]

Noun

ini (definite accusative iniñ, plural inilər)

1. husband's brother-in-law

   Synonyms: kişi lâlası, qâdın

2. wife's brother-in-law

   Synonyms: hər lâlası, qâdın

Declension

Declension of ini

	singular	plural
nominative	ini	inilər
genitive	iniñ	inilərü̂ñ
dative	inikə	inilərkə
definite accusative	iniñ	inilərü
locative	iniçə	inilərçə
ablative	inidə	inilərdə
instrumental	inilə	inilərlə
equative	inivâra	inilərvâra

Derived terms

• ini kişisi (“sister-in-law, wife of one's brother”)

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìnì(ꜜ)/
• (Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including ngo, iburi, mũgeni, mũndũ, inooro, rũnyarĩrĩ, mwandĩko, and so on.

Noun

ini class 5 (plural mani)

1. liver

References

• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

Kou

Noun

ini

1. (Asas) louse

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi.niː/, [ˈɪniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ni/, [ˈiːni]

Verb

inī

1. second-person singular active imperative of ineō

Malay

Alternative forms

• ni (colloquial)

Etymology

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684AD. From Proto-Malayic *(i)ni(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ini/
• Rhymes: -ini, -ni, -i

Determiner

ini (Jawi spelling اين)

1. this (the (thing) here)
2. this (known (thing) just mentioned)
3. this (known (thing) about to be mentioned)
4. this (known (thing) that the speaker does not think is known to the audience)

Pronoun

ini (Jawi spelling اين)

1. this (The thing, item, etc. being indicated)

Usage notes

• kini (“now”)
• sini (“here”)
• yang ini (“this one”)

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnɪ]

Noun

ini

1. name
2. word (especially a word written down)

Derived terms

• inini (“to name”)
• initjara (“big shot; VIP”)
• iniwati (“namesake”)
• ini tjitjitja (“childhood (Aboriginal) name”)

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Turkmen ini.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Hanbahe, Baizhuang, Muchang, Shuzi, Jishi, Tapo, Mengda, Qingshui, Xunhua, Gandu, Ashnu, Hualong, Qinghai, Ili, Samuyuzi, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [ini]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [ine]
• (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [inɨ]

Noun

ini

1. younger brother

References

• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “ini”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[1], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 109
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “ini, ini, ini, ini”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 272
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “ini”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 3
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “ini”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 139
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ini, iny, ine”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 338
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “ini”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 119

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

ini

1. inflection of in:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English in.

Preposition

ini

1. in

Adverb

ini

1. inside

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

ini (ma class, plural maini)

1. liver (organ of the body)
2. heart (seat of the emotions and feelings)

Tarifit

Etymology

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

Verb

ini (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵏⵉ)

1. (transitive) to say
2. (transitive) to announce, to utter, to pronounce
3. (transitive) to inform
4. (transitive) to call, to be called, to be named
5. (transitive) to mean

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• Passive: twanna (“to be said”)
• timenna (“saying, speech”)
• amennan (“braggart”)

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔini/ [ʔɪˈn̪i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: i‧ni

Pronoun

ini (Sulat Sūg spelling اِنِ)

1. this

Turkish

Noun

ini

1. accusative singular of in
2. third-person singular simple present possessive of in

Turkmen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iːni]

Noun

ini

1. younger brother

   Coordinate term: aga

2. son of brother

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *(i-)ni (“this”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ini/

Pronoun

ini

1. that

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 364
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

Volapük

Preposition

ini

1. into

Waray-Waray

Pronoun

iní

1. this

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to the stem found in Ternate ngoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.n̪i/

Pronoun

ini (possessive prefix fi)

1. second-person plural pronoun, you all

See also

West Makian personal pronouns

	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

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

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *ínì.

Noun

ini

1. stomach

Preposition

ini

1. inside

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[5] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 10

Zazaki

Noun

ini (c)

1. this
2. fountain