nij
Translingual
Symbol
nij
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngaju terms
Dutch
Etymology
A not uncommon toponymic element, where it is generally to be regarded as a borrowing from Dutch Low Saxon or West Frisian; otherwise rarely encountered in Dutch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛi̯/
Adjective
nij (comparative nijer, superlative nijst)
- dialectal form of nieuw
Declension
| Declension of nij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nij | |||
| inflected | nije | |||
| comparative | nijer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | het nijst het nijste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
| n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
| plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| partitive | nijs | nijers | — | |
Derived terms
Low German
Adjective
nij
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian nī, nīe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛi̯/
Adjective
nij
Inflection
| Inflection of nij | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | nij | |||
| inflected | nije | |||
| comparative | nijer | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | nij | nijer | it nijst it nijste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | nije | nijere | nijste |
| n. sing. | nij | nijer | nijste | |
| plural | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| definite | nije | nijere | nijste | |
| partitive | nijs | nijers | — | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *ʰniːꟲ (“debt”). Cognate with Thai หนี้ (nîi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩦ᩶, Lao ໜີ້ (nī), Lü ᦐᦲᧉ (ṅii²), Shan ၼီႈ (nīi), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥲ (lì), Phake ꩫ︀ီ (nī), Ahom 𑜃𑜣 (nī), Nong Zhuang nij, Zuojiang Zhuang nij.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ni˥/
- Tone numbers: ni3
- Hyphenation: nij