see|Ni|-ni|.ni|nī|ní|n�|nì
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-ni.ogg|Audio (US)

initialism
ni

1. linguistics noun inanimate

See also
na
nad
nid

Category:Algonquian languages

Basque

Pronoun
ni

1. First person singular personal prenoun

Translations
<!--DefA-->
English: I

Category:Basque pronouns

Breton

Pronoun
ni

1. <!--DefB-->we (first-person plural personal prenoun)

Croatian

Etymology
From OCS.|hr term|scCyrl|ни|trni|langcu, from proto|Slavic|ni|nor, not|langhr, from proto|Balto-Slavic|nei|langhr, from proto|Indo-European|nei|langhr.

Particle
infl|hr|particle

1. neither, nor

Conjunction
infl|hr|conjunction

1. not

Danish

Numeral
ni

1. nine

Category:Danish cardinal numbers

Esperanto

Pronoun
ni

1. <!--DefB-->we (first-person plural personal prenoun)

Category:Esperanto BRO1
Category:Esperanto pronouns

French

Conjunction
ni ... ni

1. <!--DefC--> nor, neither ... nor

See also
soit

Ido

Pronoun
infl|io|pronoun

1. personal|lang=io we|We (first-person plural personal prenoun).

Interlingua

Alternative forms
nec

Etymology
L. nec "and not".

Adverb
ni

1. <!--DefD--> and not.

#: Io non sape, ni vole saper (I don�t know, and I don�t want to know)

1. <!--DefC--> Neither, nor.

#: Illo ni me place ni displace (I neither pleases me nor displeases me)

1. <!--DefE--> And, or (following a "with no" or "without").

#: Nos debe resister sin aqua ni alimento (We must resist with no water or food)

Japanese

Particle
ja-pos|r|particle|hira=�

1. to (indirect object)
2. in (with certain actions)
3. to; toward
4. by
5. in order to
6. (used after many nouns, forms an adverb)

de

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=�

1. ja-def|� two

Category:Japanese numbers

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
ni

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, nī, ní, n�, or nì.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Norwegian

Pronunciation
/ni/

Cardinal number
ni
<!--DefF--> nine

1. defn|Norwegian

Category:Norwegian cardinal numbers

Portuguese

Etymology
Gr. ν�.

Noun
ni f

1. <!--DefF--> The thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet: nu.

Romanian

Pronoun
ni (''dative form of noi; form of ne#Romanian|ne)

1. to us

Usage notes
This word is used when ne (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:
îl (the accusative of el, contracted as ni-l)
îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as ni-i)
le (the accusative of ele)
se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

See also
vi
li

Spanish

Conjunction
ni ... ni

1. neither|Neither ... nor.

Swahili

Verb form
ni

1. is

Swedish

Pronunciation
/ni/

Pronoun
ni

1. <!--DefG-->you (second-person singular nominative formal) (capitalized Ni, rare in modern use)
2. <!--DefH-->you (plural nominative)

Welsh

Pronunciation
IPA|/ni/, SAMPA|ni

Pronoun
ni

1. us; we.

Adverb
ni

1. not.

Category:Welsh adverbs
Category:Welsh pronouns

br:ni
cs:ni
da:ni
de:ni
et:ni
es:ni
eo:ni
fo:ni
fr:ni
gl:ni
ko:ni
hy:ni
hr:ni
io:ni
it:ni
ku:ni
la:ni
hu:ni
ja:ni
no:ni
nn:ni
pl:ni
pt:ni
ro:ni
ru:ni
sl:ni
fi:ni
sv:ni
tt:ni
vi:ni
tr:ni
uk:ni
vo:ni
zh:ni

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