nye

nye

See also: Nye, NYE, nyə́, nyə̀, -nyə, and -nyə̀
Languages (21)
Translingual • English
Albanian • Danish • Dumbea • Ewe • Igbo • Japanese • Mende (Sierra Leone) • Middle English • Northern Ndebele • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Phuthi • Southern Ndebele • Swahili • Swazi • Swedish • Tooro • Xhosa • Zulu
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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Nyengo.

Symbol

nye

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

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Nyengo terms

English

Etymology

Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophone: nigh

Noun

nye (plural nyes)

  1. A brood or flock of pheasants.

Anagrams

Albanian

Noun

nye m (plural neje, definite neni, definite plural nejet)

  1. (Gheg) alternative form of nyjë

Danish

Adjective

nye

  1. definite/plural of ny

Dumbea

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naje/

Noun

nye

  1. needle

References

Ewe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲè/

Pronoun

nyè

  1. I

Verb

nyè

  1. to swerve
  2. to swing

Igbo

Verb

nyè

  1. give

Japanese

Romanization

nye

  1. The katakana syllable ニェ (nye) in Hepburn romanization.

Mende (Sierra Leone)

Noun

nye

  1. fish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

nye

  1. alternative form of noy

Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    Numeral

    nye

    1. preconsonantal form of nyn

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    nye

    1. (North Riding) alternative form of neyen

    Northern Ndebele

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nye

    1. one
    2. another

    Inflection

    Adjective concord, tone L
    modifier copulative
    1st singular engimunye ngimunye
    2nd singular omunye umunye
    1st plural esibanye sibanye
    2nd plural elibanye libanye
    class 1 omunye munye
    class 2 abanye banye
    class 3 omunye munye
    class 4 eminye minye
    class 5 elinye linye
    class 6 amanye manye
    class 7 esinye sinye
    class 8 ezinye zinye
    class 9 enye inye
    class 10 ezinye zinye
    class 11 olunye lunye
    class 14 obunye bunye
    class 15 okunye kunye
    class 17 okunye kunye

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Adjective

    nye

    1. definite singular of ny
    2. plural of ny

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Adjective

    nye

    1. definite singular of ny
    2. plural of ny

    Phuthi

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nye

    1. one

    Inflection

    Adjective concord, tone L
    modifier copulative
    1st singular legimunye gimunye
    2nd singular lomunye umunye
    1st plural lesibanye sibanye
    2nd plural lelibanye libanye
    class 1 lamunye mhunye
    class 2 labanye bhanye
    class 3 lomunye mhunye
    class 4 leminye mhinye
    class 5 lelinye lhinye
    class 6 lamanye mhanye
    class 7 lesinye ssinye
    class 8 letinye ttinye
    class 9 lenye yhinye
    class 10 letinye ttinye
    class 14 lobunye bhunye
    class 15 lokunye kkunye
    class 17 lokunye kkunye

    Southern Ndebele

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nye

    1. one
    2. another

    Inflection

    This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

    Swahili

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Prepositional phrase

    nye

    1. alternative form of naye

    Swazi

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nyé

    1. one

    Inflection

    Adjective concord, tone H
    modifier copulative
    1st singular lengimunye ngimunye
    2nd singular lomunye umunye
    1st plural lesibanye sibanye
    2nd plural lenibanye nibanye
    class 1 lomunye munye
    class 2 labanye banye
    class 3 lomunye munye
    class 4 leminye minye
    class 5 lelinye linye
    class 6 lamanye manye
    class 7 lesinye sinye
    class 8 letinye tinye
    class 9 lenye inye
    class 10 letinye tinye
    class 11 lolunye lunye
    class 14 lobunye bunye
    class 15 lokunye kunye
    class 17 lokunye kunye

    Swedish

    Adjective

    nye

    1. definite natural masculine singular of ny

    Tooro

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɲe/

    Pronoun

    nye

    1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)
      Synonym: nyowe
      Ni nye. ― It's me.

    Usage notes

    • This shortened variant is only used after particles such as na, nka or ni.

    See also

    Tooro personal pronouns
    class person independent possessive subject
    concord     		object
    concord     		combined forms
    na ni
    class 1 first nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
    second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
    third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
    class 2 first itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
    second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
    third bo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
    class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
    class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
    class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
    class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
    class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
    class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
    class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
    class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
    class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
    class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
    class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
    class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
    class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
    class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
    class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
    (...-yo)     		-ha- N/A nukwo
    class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
    (...-mu)     		-ha- N/A numwo
    reflexive -enyini, -onyini — -e- —

    References

    • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 411

    Xhosa

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nye

    1. one
    2. another

    Inflection

    Adjective concord, tone L
    modifier copulative
    positive negative positive negative
    1st singular endimnye endingemnye ndimnye andimnye
    2nd singular omnye ongemnye umnye awumnye
    1st plural esibanye esingebanye sibanye asibanye
    2nd plural enibanye eningebanye nibanye anibanye
    class 1 omnye ongemnye mnye akamnye
    class 2 abanye abangebanye banye ababanye
    class 3 omnye ongemnye mnye awumnye
    class 4 eminye engeminye minye ayiminye
    class 5 elinye elingelinye linye alilinye
    class 6 amanye angemanye manye awamanye
    class 7 esinye esingesinye sinye asisinye
    class 8 ezinye ezingezinye zinye azizinye
    class 9 enye engenye inye ayiyinye
    class 10 ezinye ezingezinye zinye azizinye
    class 11 olunye olungelunye lunye alulunye
    class 14 obunye obungebunye bunye abubunye
    class 15 okunye okungekunye kunye akukunye
    class 17 okunye okungekunye kunye akukunye

    Zulu

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-mòì.

    Adjective

    -nye

    1. (with enumerative concord or copulative adjective concord) one
      Sibone muntu munye kuphela.
      We saw only one person.
      Ihhashi linye.
      The horse is one (in number).
    2. some
      Abantu abanye bavumelana nawe.
      Some people agree with you.
    3. another
      Ngibona inja enye.
      I see another dog.
    4. additional, more
      Ngicela amanzi amanye.
      Could I have some more water?

    Usage notes

    • This word only means "one" when used with the enumerative concord, or with a copulative adjective concord.
    • The meaning "one" is normally used only with singular nouns. It can be used with plurale tantum nouns, in the meaning "one kind of".

    Inflection

    Enumerative concord, tone L
    modifier
    class 1 munye
    class 2 banye
    class 3 munye
    class 4 minye
    class 5 linye
    class 6 manye
    class 7 sinye
    class 8 zinye
    class 9 yinye
    class 10 zinye
    class 11 lunye
    class 14 bunye
    class 15 kunye
    class 17 kunye
    Adjective concord, tone L
    modifier copulative
    positive negative positive negative
    1st singular engimunye engingemunye ngimunye angimunye
    2nd singular omunye ongemunye umunye awumunye
    1st plural esibanye esingebanye sibanye asibanye
    2nd plural enibanye eningebanye nibanye anibanye
    class 1 omunye ongemunye munye akamunye
    class 2 abanye abangebanye banye ababanye
    class 3 omunye ongemunye munye awumunye
    class 4 eminye engeminye minye ayiminye
    class 5 elinye elingelinye linye alilinye
    class 6 amanye angemanye manye awamanye
    class 7 esinye esingesinye sinye asisinye
    class 8 ezinye ezingezinye zinye azizinye
    class 9 enye engenye, engeyinye inye, yinye ayiyinye
    class 10 ezinye ezingezinye zinye azizinye
    class 11 olunye olungelunye lunye alulunye
    class 14 obunye obungebunye bunye abubunye
    class 15 okunye okungekunye kunye akukunye
    class 17 okunye okungekunye kunye akukunye

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

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