ani

Abbreviation of English Andi.

ani

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Andi terms

Borrowed from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ni/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːni

ani (plural anis)

1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

• greater ani (Crotophaga major)
• smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
• groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

• Ani (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crotophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Crotophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnaɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnaɪ

ani

1. plural of anus

• Ian, nai, INA, AIN, Nia, Ain, NIA, ain', Ina, -ian, nia, ain

• Tone: LH^[1]

ani

1. eye, eyes

   M'ani agye

   My eyes are brightened (I am happy)

   ani den

   (having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

• aniwa

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “ani”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎^[6], Basel, pages 322–325
• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “àníwa”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎^[7], Basel, page 332
• Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996). A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner.
• Gyekye, Kwame (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan.
• Hollington, Andrea (2015). Traveling Conceptualization.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔaː.n̪i]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

áni

1. harvest

Cognate to tani (“now, at present, then”), from Proto-Albanian *nū, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”) (cognate to Sanskrit नू (nū, “now”)).^[1] Occurs in coordination with other particles, compare nani, nime.

Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αί (e, “yes”)^[2] and (Standard) Albanian a (“probably, whether; or, there”).

• IPA^(key): /ani/

ani

1. (conversational) then, later; later (on)

   Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti

2. well, so, fine, now, OK

   Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka, oni (Ilirida-Gheg)

   Ani, në rregull.

   Well, all right.

   Gheg examples:

   Ani de?

   So what?

   Ani de...

   Well then...

ani

1. even, as if; alas, oh look, ah (expressing laughter, irony, sarcasm, pity, concern, grief, annoyance, distrust)

   Synonym: kish (kishe Gheg), si, sikur, nesë

   Ani kush po qesh!

   As if someone (specific) should laugh! / Oh look who's laughing!

2. (folklore, poetic) come on, hey; yes, well, alright; oh/ah (a vocative particle or/and complementary poetic tool)

   Synonyms: mori, more, ore, moj, (mar, mana Gheg); po, hej

   Ani mori nuse...

   Well, (oh) you bride...

   (traditional wedding song)

• [8] adverb and particle ani / aní • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.ni˥/, [a˥.ni˥]

ani

1. (Chungli) to lead

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[9], Berkeley: University of California, page 82
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 6
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 135

Inherited from English honey.

ani

1. honey

Inherited from English only.

ani

1. only

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/

ani

1. sky

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Compare with Afar anu, Arabic أنا (ʔanā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/

áni (acc. anééb, pl. hinín, poss. -)

1. I (first person singular pronoun)

• Appleyard, D. (2012). Cushitic. Retrieved November 19, 2020, from https://www.academia.edu/4214217/Cushitic

• ni

From Proto-Biloxi-Ofo *aní, from Proto-Southeastern-Siouan *mąnį́·, ultimately from Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́·.^[1]

Cognate with Ofo ani, Lakota, Dakota, and Assiniboine mní, Chiwere ñį, Winnebago nį́į, Omaha-Ponca ni, Kansa nį, Osage 𐓩𐓣̋, Quapaw nį and Tutelo manī.

ani

1. water

• David Kaufman (2011), Tanêks–Tąyosą Kadakathi [Biloxi–English Dictionary]‎^[10], Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, →ISBN, page 34
• Paula Ferris Einaudi (1976) [1974], A Grammar of Biloxi (Garland Studies in American Indian Linguistics), New York; London: Garland Publishing Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 132
• James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton (1912), “ani′, ni”, in A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages, Accompanied with Thirty-One Biloxi Texts and Numerous Biloxi Phrases (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin; 47)‎^[11], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173

ani

1. this, these

From Proto-Highland East Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Cushitic *ʔani (“I”).^[1]

áni

1. I (first-person singular nominative personal pronoun)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔa.n̪ɪ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”). Compare Aklanon ani.

áni (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. a harvest, crop; the yield of harvesting

   Synonym: kutsitsa

   1. (especially) a harvest of rice
2. a gain; what is gained

ani (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. to harvest
   1. (especially) to harvest rice
2. (figurative) to get benefit from something

• (to harvest bananas): tuba
• (to harvest corn): kayas, lagpi, sanggi
• (to harvest coconuts): dugnas
• (to harvest mangoes): guno
• (to harvest yam): panglin

ani (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. short for niani (“of this”)
2. short for ing-ani, ingon ani (“like this”)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔa.n̪i]
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

áni (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. harvest

Compare Choctaw ani, Alabama aɬi, Koasati athilaho̱. Compare also Timucua ule (“fruit”) or Tunica elu (“to bear fruit”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ni/

ani (short verb)

1. (stative, intransitive, nominal subject) to produce or bear fruit
2. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stuff
3. (active voice, ditransitive, tri-plural or mass object) to put in, to pour in

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

• fokhi (singular object)
• abihili (dual object)
• aani

• ʋni (traditional)
• ạni (Byington/Swanton)

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

• IPA^(key): /aní(ʔ)/
• Transcription: ani'

ani (inalienable)

1. berry
2. nut
3. fruit

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	siani	piani	hapiani
second-person ("thy, your")	chiani	hachiani
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	ani

Inherited from Old Czech ani, from Proto-Slavic *ani.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲɪ]

• Audio:

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ani

1. neither, nor, or (in negative)

   Do Prahy nepojedu ani v sobotu ani v pátek. ― I will go to Prague neither on Saturday nor on Friday.

2. even (with negative clause)

   Ani nevím, jestli to udělá. ― I don't even know if he will do it.

   Ani náhodou! ― No way!

   Ani nedutal. ― He stood still; He didn't even blink.

• “ani”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ani”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• Audio:

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ani

1. plural of anus

From ano +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani (present anas, past anis, future anos, conditional anus, volitive anu)

1. (intransitive) to be a member, belong (to an organization, group, etc.)
   • January 2011, Christian Declerck, Kontraŭmilita literaturo en Esperanto in La Gazeto 151

     La ĉefroluloj anas en du generacioj de unu familio

     The main characters belong to two generations of one family

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑni/, [ˈɑ̝ni]
• Rhymes: -ɑni
• Syllabification^(key): a‧ni
• Hyphenation^(key): ani

From Proto-Finnic *ani (compare Karelian ani, Veps ani), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *an +‎ -i.

ani

1. very, extremely

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (“few”), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, but this is deemed incorrect by language authorities, who decree that ani be spelled as a separate word.

• “ani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[12] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

ani

1. ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)

• käki

• ain, nai

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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ani m (plural anis)

1. ani (bird)

• hani

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قنی (qanı), from Proto-Turkic *ka-. Compare Turkish hani, Azerbaijani hanı

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑni/
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

ani

1. (interrogative) where?

   ani oyuncakların?

   where are your toys?

ani

1. that

   o biler, ani bän gelecäm

   he knows that I will come

2. because, so that

ani

1. (relative) what, which, who

   kiyat, ani bän okêêrım

   the book that I'm reading

   adam, ani bana lääzım

   the man that I need

• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “ani”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, pages 235, 327
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ани”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 48

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.ni/

ani (plural anit)

1. a girl's elder brother

• ani in Katersat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih, from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔɐ.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜨᜲ)

1. harvesting rice with bare hands

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 30
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaniS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni/, [ˈɐ.ni]

ani

1. to blow softly (as a breeze)
2. to beckon; wave

• hoʻāni (“to let wind”)
• aniani (“cool, refreshing”)

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih, from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔɐ.ni]
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

áni (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. to reap, to harvest grain

• “ani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈani/ [ˈa.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

Inherited from Malay ani (“to arrange the warp on a loom”).

ani (plural ani-ani)

1. a wooden platform on which to attach the warp (on a loom)

   Synonym: anian

Borrowed from Moronene [Term?]

ani (plural ani-ani)

1. buffalo leather axe sheath [since 2024]

• “ani”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: à‧ni

ani m

1. plural of ano

• -ina, ain

ani

1. Rōmaji transcription of あに

ani

1. rice harvest

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani

1. neither, nor, or

ani

1. not even

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ani”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[13]
• “ani”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *eʌnʌ (“offspring-in-law”).^[1][2]

The tilde before the dictionary form is carried over from Matthias A. Castrén's notation, but the function of which is not specified and this entry is reflected as ani for technical constraints.

• IPA^(key): /ani/ ~ /ŋani/

^~ani (plural anân)

1. son-in-law, husband of the youngest sister

• For felame equivalent of the term, see Kott aneä (“daughter-in-law”, wife of the youngest brother).

• Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 198
• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 235?
• Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 160

ani

1. plural of an

ānī

1. inflection of ānus:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

• "ani", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ani

1. echoing, resounding (i.e. bounces sound waves)

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ani”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 18-9
• “ani” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• aniȝ, any, ayny, æniȝ, eani, eni, eniȝ, ony, oony

From Old English ǣniġ, āniġ (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaniː/, /ˈɛniː/, /ˈɔniː/
• (early) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːniː/, /ˈɛːniː/

ani

1. any

• English: any
• Geordie: ony
• Scots: onie, ony, onny
• Yola: aany, any

• “anī, limiting adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

ani (plural anni)

1. he, she, it (emphatic)

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “ani”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

ani

1. third-person indefinite of bini

• IPA^(key): /ā.nĩ́/

aní

1. already

   Mi jin u aní. ― I've done it already.

   A gí yangíci kpáátá aní, u á zo. ― They've eaten all the food already, it's finished.

   Ǹdá á bici aní. ― Father had run off.

• Used to form the present perfect tense, and can be used with á for emphasis or to express the pluperfect.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni. First attested in the 14th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈaɲi/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈaɲi/

ani

1. and not
2. nor
3. (repeated) neither … nor
4. (comparative) than
5. but neither

ani

1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

• Czech: ani

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “ani”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

ani

1. alternative spelling of aní

• hani

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. First attested in 1386. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ani/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ani/

ani

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) connects negated elements; not, and not
   • 1915 [1396], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎^[14], Krakow, page 537:

     Palatinus nigdi ne bil tey nyue w dzerzenu, o yansz zalowal, any gospodarzem

     [Palatinus nigdy nie był tej niwie w dzierżeniu, o jąż żałował, ani gospodarzem]

   • 1895 [1420], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎^[15], volume VIIIa, page 152:

     Falislaw s Wiszni ne wsząl gymena v Maczea za gedennacze grziwen... ani mney, ani wanczey

     [Falisław z Wiszni nie wziął jimienia u Macieja za jedennacie grzywien... ani mniej, ani więcej]

   • 15th century, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume III, number 3:

     Ne szabyay bratha svadą, rąką, caszną any slą radą

     [Nie zabijaj brata swadą, ręką, kaźnią ani złą radą]

   • 1399, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume III, number 1:

     Ne szabyay bratha swadą any røkø, kasnø, any radø

     [Nie zabijaj brata zwadą ani ręką, kaźnią, ani radą]

   • 1440, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume V, number 4:

     Non occides nicogo røkø ani szlim przicladem, ani rzeczø slowa slego, ani k[a]sznø, ani kthorą szlą radą

     [Non occides nikogo ręką ani złym przykładem, ani rzeczą słowa złego, ani k[a]źnią, ani ktorą złą radą]

   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 74, 6, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Nechaycze molwicz... lichoty. Bo ani ode wzchoda, ani od zachoda, ani od pustich gor (neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus, Puł: ny... ny... ny), bo bog sødzø iest

     [Niechajcie mołwić... lichoty. Bo ani ode wschoda, ani od zachoda, ani od pustych gor (neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus, Puł: ni... ni... ni), bo Bog sędzią jest]

   • 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume VI, page 364:

     Raczcze any zadny czlowyek ma szadzycz przyszasznyka... przesz gego vyny

     [Radźce ani żadny człowiek ma sędzić przysiężnika... przez jego winy]

   • 1856-1870 [1399], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎^[16], volume VIII, number 8277:

     Ani czy dedziczi, ani Borek byli gospodarzmi dzedziny[e]

     [Ani ci dziedzicy, ani Borek byli gospodarzmi dzedziny[e]]

   • 1874-1891 [1453], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[17], [18], [19]}, volume XXV, page 212:

     Any lylya byalosczya, czyrvona roza krassznosczya, any nardus szva vonyosczya, zamorszky kvyat szva drogosczya Maryey szya rowna

     [Ani lilija białością, czyrwona roża krasnością, ani nardus swą wonnością, zamorski kwiat swą drogością Maryjej się rowna]

   • 1895 [1427], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎^[20], volume VIIIa, page 167:

     Czterdzesczy grzywen possasnich, a ne skodnich any platowych, Vochna... wnosla do Lubanyey

     [Czterdzieści grzywien posażnych, a nie szkodnych ani płatowych, Wochna... wniosła do Lubaniej]

   • 1892 [1484], Hieronim Łopaciński, editor, Reguła trzeciego zakonu św. Franciszka i drobniejsze zabytki języka polskiego z końca w. XV i początku XVI‎^[21], Krakow, page 708:

     Braczya wszythczy... mayą myeczi odzyenye schare pospolyczye any barzo byale, any barzo czarne (in... colore non prorsus albo vel nigro)

     [Bracia wszytcy... mają mieć(i) odzienie szare pospolicie ani barzo białe, ani barzo czarne (in... colore non prorsus albo vel nigro)]

   • 1902 [1406], “Wybór zapisek sądowych grodzkich i ziemskich wielkopolskich z XV wieku”, in Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Studia, rozprawy i materiały z dziedziny historii polskiej i prawa polskiego‎^[22], volume 6, Poznań, Pyzdry, Kościan, Gniezno, page 306:

     Dzerszek yest krwø bliszszi... ku Szacovu nisz Ramsz ani gego strig

     [Dzierżek jest krwią bliższy... ku Żakowu niż Ramsz ani jego stryj]

2. (reduplicated, attesed in, Lesser Poland, Sieradz-Łęczyca, Greater Poland) neither … nor
   • 1915 [1396], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎^[23], Krakow, page 537:

     Pecz ne vcradl duos equos... ani tego wzitka jma

     [Piecz nie ukradł duos equos... ani tego użytka ima]

   • End of the 14th century, Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, number 1:

     Szpowadami szø..., yszeszmi... podrosznika na nocz ne polozili any yemw drogy ne wkazali

     [Spowiadamy się..., iżesmy... podrożnika na noc nie położyli ani jemu drogi nie ukazali]

   • 1915 [1474], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎^[24], Sieradz, page 540:

     Jacobus... za poczestnego, czsnego od zadnego w szadnem zawodze podesrzany ani yest nalesøn y prze dobri luth... za *tagego myan, dzirsan y chowan

     [Jacobus... za poczestnego, czsnego od żadnego w żadnem zawodzie podeźrzany ani jest nalezion i prze dobry lud... za takiego mian, dzirżan i chowan]

   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 5, 5, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Ani przebiwacz bødze przi tobe zglobliwi, any przebywacz bødø neprawy (neque habitabit iuxta te malignus, neque permanebunt iniusti)

     [Ani przebywać będzie przy tobie zgłobliwy, ani przebywać będą nieprawi (neque habitabit iuxta te malignus, neque permanebunt iniusti)]

   • 1895 [1426], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎^[25], volume VIIIa, page 166:

     Ianow oczecz any szam ne prossyl kmeczy pana Yanowich do Zagorzicz..., any naymowal

     [Janow ociec ani sam nie prosił kmieci pana Janowych do Zagorzyc..., ani najmował]

   • 1921 [1471], Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editor, Procesy twórcze formowania się społeczeństwa polskiego w wiekach średnich‎^[26], page 197:

     W xanzeyi pusczyey... any stampycz na swyerz nye stawyam, anym xanzego swyaza ny[e] pokrathl

     [W księżej puszczej... ani stępic na źwierz nie stawiam, anim księżego źwie[r]za ni[e] pokradł]

   • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎^{transliteration, transcription}, Krakow, page 175a:

     Abiscze vy tose ne kradly any slodzegmy byly, any ktorego cloueka szabyly

     [Abyście wy teże nie kradli ani złodziejmi byli, ani ktorego człowieka zabili]

   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 130, 1–2, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Ne gest powyszono sercze moge any wznesle gesta se oczy moge, any chodzyl gesm w welykych, any w dzywech nad mø (non est exaltatum... neque elati sunt..., neque ambulavi..., neque in mirabilibus super me)

     [Nie jest powyszono sierce moje ani wznieśle jesta sie oczy moje, ani chodził jeśm w wielikich, ani w dziwiech nad mię (non est exaltatum... neque elati sunt..., neque ambulavi..., neque in mirabilibus super me)]

   • 1861 [1435–1437], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi‎^[27], volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 24:

     Sczepan Brilewsky Thomy dwayczy ne *szodzal w klodą y dwayczy ne wyszadzal any mu mecza gwaltem wsąl

     [Szczepan Brylewski Tomy dwajcy nie sadzał w kłodę i dwajcy nie wysadzał ani mu miecza gwałtem wziął]

   • 1887 [1482-1483], Wacław Ubogi z Brodni, edited by Lucjan Malinowski, Modlitwy Wacława. Zabytek języka polskiego z wieku XV odkryty i skopjowany przez Aleksandra Przezdzieckiego wydał i objaśnił Lucyjan Malinowski‎^[28], Krakow, Brodnia, page 111a:

     Oczecz od nikogo iest vczynyon any stworzon, any porodzon (pater a nullo est factus nec creatus nec genitus Ath 20)

     [Ociec od nikogo jest uczynion ani stworzon, ani porodzon (pater a nullo est factus nec creatus nec genitus Ath 20)]

   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 17, 24, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Strzegl iesm drog boszich any iesm zle nosil od boga (custodivi vias domini nec impie gessi a deo)

     [Strzegł jeśm drog bożych ani jeśm złe nosił od Boga (custodivi vias domini nec impie gessi a deo)]

   • 1925 [1432-1437], Roczniki Historyczne‎^[29], volume XV, Pyzdry, page 68:

     Then czlowyek sbyegl any nye vczynyw dosszycz podle prawa, nye oszadzywsszy podla szemszkyego wkładu

     [Ten człowiek zbiegł ani nie uczyniw dosyć podle prawa, nie osądziwszy podla ziemskiego układu]

ani

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) not even
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 17, 41, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Gonicz bødø neprzyacele moie y polapø ie; any se obroczø alisz zginø (persequar inimicos meos et comprehendam illos et non convertar donec deficiant)

     [Gonić będę nieprzyjaciele moje i połapię je; ani sie obrocę aliż zginą (persequar inimicos meos et comprehendam illos et non convertar donec deficiant)]

• Polish: ani
• Silesian: ani

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “ani”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “ani”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “ani”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “ani”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: a‧ni
• Homophone: Ani

ani

1. neither, nor, or

   Synonym: ni

   Antonyms: abo, albo, bądź, czy, i, lub, oraz

   Nie chce mi się ani jeść, ani pić. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.

2. nary, not a, not even one

   Synonym: ni

   Nie było ani jednego ciasteczka. ― There wasn't even a single cookie.

   1. (Kurpie) not as much as; less than
3. (Central Greater Poland, Czempiń, Brodnica, Western Kraków, Zebrzydowice, Podhale, Skawa, Żywiec, Sopotnia Mała) used emphatically with nie for negation

ani

1. (Middle Polish) not even
2. (Middle Polish) not also; Further details are uncertain.
   • 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[30], page 692a:

     Nec, et Neque - Ani tez.

   • 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎^[31], page 691b:

     Ne - Nie, ani.

3. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1501–1558, Zapiski i roty polskie‎^[32]:

     Jakom ya slachathnegonego pawla segzowa nyeothbyla gwalthem oth kmyecza yego sbyeglego zvrzadem zyemskyem a nym gwalthv szwolala (a ny) y dalyey wedluk posw.

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 42 times in essays, 117 times in fiction, and 116 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 333 times, making it the 151st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

• ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “ani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2 April 2011
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37
• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024), “ani”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 124-125

• IPA^(key): [anʲ]

ani

1. plural of an

• anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
• anel (Surmiran)

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

aní (plural vanáaní)

1. (interrogative) who

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Cognates include Afar anú, Hadiyya ane, Oromo ani and Somali aniga, furthermore Amharic እኔ (ʾəne).

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

ani

1. I

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɲi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani

1. neither, nor, or

ani

1. not even

• ani in silling.org

• IPA^(key): /aɲi/, [ˈaɲi]
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

ani

1. neither
2. nor

   Nechce sa mi ani jesť ani piť. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.

3. even (with negative clause)

   Ani neviem. ― I don't even know.

• “ani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”). Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani, as well as dialectal Malay ani-ani (“harvesting knife”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. harvest; crop
2. act of harvesting
3. (figurative) outcome of one's work; consequence of one's effort

Univerbation of clipping of wika ni.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɪ], /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈn̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ani, -i
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani or aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. said by; according to

• The word is used before names of persons.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈn̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ni

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. loathing; disgust

• “ani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaniS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• ina

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔani/ [ʔɑˈn̪i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنِ)

1. harvest

Borrowed from Arabic آنِيّ (ʔāniyy, “timely, present”).

ani

1. sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

   Ani bir hareketle onun omzunu kavradı, öne itti, sonra aynı kuvvetle geri çekip bastırdı.

   With a sudden movement, he grabbed his shoulder, pushed him forward, then pulled him back with the same force and pressed him.

• “ani”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

From Proto-Oceanic *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(ia-)ni. Compare Cebuano ani.

• IPA^(key): /ani/

ani

1. this

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 367

ani

1. plural of ano

From Proto-Finnic *ani.

ani

1. quite, rather
2. very, highly, extremely
3. nearly, practically, just about
4. absolutely, totally
5. sufficiently, enough
6. just, exactly
7. generally, in general

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “абсолютно, весьма, вообще, довольно, как раз, крайне, очень, практически, совершенно, чрезвычайно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[33], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

• IPA^(key): /ʔanɪ/

ani

1. anteater
2. arrow

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad