imi

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

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”)

References

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

imi

1. masculine plural of imo

Romanization

imi

1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

Noun

imi

1. urine, pee

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

Adjective

īmī

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈimiː/

Noun

imi

1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [imʲ]

Verb

imi

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

1. cry of goats

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

Pronoun

imi

1. you

Alternative forms

• im
• i mi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmi/

Pronoun

imi

1. (literary) first-person singular of i

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

Further reading

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

Noun

imi (clitic meronym; singulative imi, dual imikipë, definite plural imikɨ, indefinite plural imipë)

1. finger

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Possibly euphemistic

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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