From the old instructive form ofneed(“these, they”).
nii (not comparable)
- so,this way
- Synonym:niimoodi
nii(colloquial)
- Pronunciation spelling ofniin.
nii
- (Pular) andthus, andso, in this way
Baasal ngal konii ɓanngiri ka nder diiwe Lagine.- It isin this way that poverty manifests itself in the provinces of Guinea.
- about,approximately
E nder duuɓi tatinii.- Inabout three years.
nii
- Alternative form ofniin
1936, D. I. Efimov,Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page12:Nonii, peen - vastajaa Valja.- Wellyes, small - Valja answers.
nii
- Alternative form ofniin
nii
- Alternative form ofniin
1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova,Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:Jos kovemmast veel noisemma kuumentammaa,nii pintamaan karva muuttuu mussast harmaks, tali punertavaks.- If we start heating it up even more,then the colour of the topsoil will change from black to grey, or reddish.
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page342
nii
- yes
nii
- you
nii (first person singular)
- singular first-person pronoun:I
FromOld Frisiannī, fromProto-West Germanic*niwi, fromProto-Germanic*niwjaz. Cognates includeWest Frisiannij.
nii
- (Sylt)new
- en / ditnii Hüs ―a / thenew house
- en ual Hüs en enniien ―an old house and anew one.
- dit ual Hüs en ditnii ―the old house and thenew one.
Inflection ofnii (Sylt dialect)| | singular | plural |
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| indefinite | definite |
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| positive |
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| predicative / adverbial | nii |
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| attributive |
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| independent | niien | nii | niien |
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| partitive | niis | — |
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| comparative |
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| predicative / adverbial | niier |
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| attributive |
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| independent | niieren | niier | niieren |
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| partitive | niiers | — |
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| superlative |
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| predicative / adverbial | am niisten |
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| attributive | niist |
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| independent | — | niist | niisten |
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nii
- I
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001)Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page122
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.) Cognate withFinnishniin,Ingriannii andEstoniannii.
nii
- so,likethat
- about,around,approximately
nii
- (once ...)then
- and(with verbs)
nii
- yes, that isso
Borrowed fromRussianни(ni).
nii
- ni ... ni:neither ...nor
- neither
- (not)even
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nii”, inVadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
