imi

imi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Anamgura.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Anamgura terms

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

imi

1. synonym of nimi (“name”)

Declension of imi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	imi	imet
genitive	imen	immiin, imilöin
partitive	immiä	imijä, imilöjä
illative	immee	immii, imilöihe
inessive	imes	imis, imilöis
elative	imest	imist, imilöist
allative	imelle	imille, imilöille
adessive	imel	imil, imilöil
ablative	imelt	imilt, imilöilt
translative	imeks	imiks, imilöiks
essive	imennä, immeen	iminnä, imilöinnä, immiin, imilöin
exessive1)	iment	imint, imilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmiʔ/ [ɪˈmɪʔ]
• Hyphenation: i‧mi

imî

1. urine; pee

   Synonym: i

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

imi

1. water

• Václav Blažek (2000), “Toward the discussion of the Berber-Nubian lexical parallels”, in Salem Chaker, editor, compiled by Salem Chaker and Andrej Zaborski, Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques. Mélanges offert à Karl-G. Prasse (in French and English), Peeters, →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

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmʲɪ/

imi̇̀

1. second-person singular present of imti

Cognate with Māori iwi

imi

1. tribe

• Deighton, Samuel (1889), “A Moriori Vocabulary”, in Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives

• 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

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

1. brother-in-law

• IPA^(key): [imʲ]

imi

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

• IPA^(key): /imi/

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

imi m (plural imiwen, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉ)

1. (anatomy) mouth

   Imi a yezdan, kecman-as izan.

   The mouth which is open, flies enter into it (said to someone who speaks a lot to ask them to close their mouth).

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

imi (Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉ) (Hmed)

1. now

   Synonyms: daba, lux (Hmed, Ketama, Taghzut, Zerqet), derwax (Ketama), amka (Hmed)

• Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎^[3], retrieved 2025
• Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎^[4], Paris, France: HAL

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

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

1. cry of goats

Inherited from Medieval Tashelhit ايمي (imi, “mouth, entrance”), from Proto-Berber *e-me, from Proto-Afroasiatic. Cognate with Ghadames ame (“mouth”) and Tetserret im (“mouth”).

• IPA^(key): /imi/

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imi m (plural imawn, Tifinagh spelling ⵉⵎⵉ, Arabic spelling ايمي)

1. (anatomy) mouth

   ايقّن يمي نّس. ― iqqn imi nns. ― he closed his mouth.

2. (metonymic) voice

   آلّ يمي نّك. ― all imi nnk. ― raise your voice.

3. mouthful, a bite

   ايمي ن وغروم. ― imi n uġrum. ― bite of bread.

4. entrance, door

   Synonym: taggurt

   ايسكّيوس غ يمي ن تڭمّي. ― iskkiws ġ imi n tgmmi. ― he's sitting at the house door.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 2 f—l (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/2) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1102a

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

imi

1. you

Probably, like Ingrian imi, a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈimi/, [ˈimʲi]
• Rhymes: -imi
• Hyphenation: i‧mi

imi

1. synonym of nimi

Declension of imi (type VII/nimi, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	imi	imed
genitive	ime	imije
partitive	immiä	imiit
illative	imese, imme	imiise
inessive	imez	imiiz
elative	imess	imiiss
allative	imelle	imiille
adessive	imell	imiill
ablative	imelt	imiilt
translative	imessi	imiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects.

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “imi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[5], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• 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^[6], Pacific linguistics

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

1. finger

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[7], 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, literally “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 breathe”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

• IPA^(key): /ì.mĩ́/

ìmí

1. the act of breathing
2. respiration

• ẹ̀yà-ara ìmí (“respiratory system”)