imi

Variant of im.

• IPA^(key): /iˈmi/

imi

1. mine

   Ky libër është imi.

   This book is mine.

   Këta libra janë të mitë.

   These books are mine.

• IPA^(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation^(key): imi

imi

1. third-person singular past indicative of imeä

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

imi

1. water

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

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).

• IPA^(key): /í.mí/

ímí

1. (anatomy) nose

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

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

imi

1. Synonym of nimi (“name”)

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

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

imi

1. masculine plural of imo

imi

1. Rōmaji transcription of いみ

imi

1. urine, pee

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

imi

1. water

• 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

īmī

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

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

imi

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

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

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈimiː/

imi

1. accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

imi n

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

imi

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

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.

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

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

1. brother-in-law

• IPA^(key): [imʲ]

imi

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

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

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

1. cry of goats

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

imi

1. you

• im
• i mi

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmi/

imi

1. (literary) first-person singular of i

Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mi/

imi (possessive prefix mi)

1. first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics

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

1. finger

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[4], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

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

• IPA^(key): /ī.mĩ́/

imí

1. (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power

   Synonyms: agbára, okun

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

Possibly euphemistic

• IPA^(key): /ī.mĩ́/

imí

1. feces, excrement

   Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ì.mĩ̀/

ìmì

1. the act of swallowing

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

• IPA^(key): /ì.mĩ́/

ìmí

1. the act of breathing
2. respiration

• ẹ̀yà-ara ìmí (“respiratory system”)