ndi

ndi

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chamba Leko terms

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdi/

ndi

1. 3rd person (singular and plural) of to be: he is/she is/it is/they are

• 'Ndi' refers to permanent characteristics, like ser in Spanish. For temporary characteristics, see -khala (“to be”).
• 'Ndi' also contracts before certain letters (e.g. ndi + p = m, ndi + w = ng)

• IPA^(key): /ⁿdí/

ndi

1. and
2. with
3. by (a cause, a means, an agent)
4. against

'Ndi' as a conjunction may contract to n' or n.

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 389

From Proto-Athabaskan *nuˑ.

ndi

1. island

ndi

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun in ndi class)

   Lacciri ndi (the couscous)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. (used in indicating something in ndi class)

   Ndi lacciri (this/that couscous)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ndi

1. water

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

• nidi

• IPA^(key): /ǹ̩tɪ̀/

ndi

1. but, even, though, even though

Used with ndi with a meaning of although.

• ndey, ndiy
• mdi, mdey, mdiy

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ndɪ]

ndi (verbal noun anday, Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴷⵉ)

1. (transitive) to set a trap
2. (transitive) to trap, entrap
3. (intransitive) to be in full swing, to be in full force

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

Inherited from Common Bantu *-ndí, variant of Proto-Bantu *-ngí (“other”).

• IPA^(key): /ndi/

-ndi

1. another (in the indefinite), the other (in the definite)

   Synonym: (rare) -ndiijo

   omuntu ondi ― another person; the other person

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 436
• Entry 942 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3