nyanyi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲaɲi/
  • Hyphenation: nya‧nyi

Verb

nyanyi (used in the form menyanyi)

  1. to sing

Noun

nyanyi (plural nyanyi-nyanyi)

  1. singing

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -i

Verb

nyanyi (Jawi spelling ڽاڽي)

  1. to sing

Noun

nyanyi (Jawi spelling ڽاڽي, plural nyanyi-nyanyi or nyanyi2)

  1. singing

Derived terms

Affixations

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: nyanyi (inherited)

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi (to sing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

  1. (intransitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of nyanyi
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tonyanyi fonyanyi minyanyi
2nd person nonyanyi ninyanyi
3rd
person
masculine onyanyi inyanyi
yonyanyi (archaic)
feminine monyanyi
neuter inyanyi

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Warlpiri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

  1. to see
  2. to perceive

Inflection

Conjugation of nyanyi
nonpast nyanyi
past nyangu
imperative nyangka
immediate future nyangku
present continuous nyanganya
infinitive nyanja
irrealis nyangkarla
nomic nyangu
andative nyanji

The andative is inflected like a verb of the ni-class (5th class), except that the andative imperative of verbs of the nyi-class (3rd class) is -nka instead of -nta