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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "ni"}}
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==English==

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|en}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-ni.ogg|a=GA}}

===Noun===
{{head|en|nouns}}

# {{lb|en|grammar}} {{initialism of|en|[[noun]] [[inanimate]]}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|na}}
* {{l|en|nad}}
* {{l|en|nid}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=in|-in|-in'|IN|i'n|in|in-}}

==Abinomn==

===Pronoun===
{{head|bsa|pronouns}}

# [[you]] {{gloss|singular}}

==Afar==

===Pronunciation===
* {{aa-IPA|ní}}

===Determiner===
{{head|aa|determiners|cat2=possessive determiners|head=ní}}

# [[our]]
#* {{RQ:aa:Qhuraan|1|5|Diggah nanu '''Ni''' Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu '''ni-'''caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.|'''Our''' God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with '''our''' afairs.}}

====See also====
{{aa-possessive determiners}}

===References===
* {{R:aa:Parker:1985|+}}
* {{R:aa:Hassan Kamil:2015}}

==Ainu==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ain|/nʲi/}}

===Noun===
{{ain-noun|l|ニ}}

# [[tree]]
# [[wood]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ain|cikuni}}

{{C|ain|Trees}}

==Albanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sq|tani}}
* {{alter|sq|nani}}
* {{alter|sq|nime}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sq|sqj-pro|*nū}}, from {{der|sq|ine-pro|*nū||now}}. Cognate to {{cog|sa|नू||now}}.<ref>{{R:sq:Orel:2000|page=206}}</ref> Often occurs in coordination with other particles, compare {{l|sq|tani}}, {{l|sq|nani}}, {{l|sq|nime}}.

===Adverb===
{{sq-adv}}

# [[now]]
#: {{syn|sq|tash|tani|hë|nani|nime}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sq|nu}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

==Anguthimri==

===Noun===
{{head|awg|nouns}}

# {{lb|awg|Mpakwithi}} [[place]]
# {{lb|awg|Mpakwithi}} [[camp]]

===References===
* Terry Crowley, ''The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri'' (1981), page 187

==Aromanian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|rup|nã}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rup|VL.||nīs}}, from {{inh|rup|la|nos}}. Compare {{cog|ro|ne}} (older form {{m|ro||nă}}).

===Pronoun===
{{head|rup|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|unstressed accusative and reflexive form of|noi}}

# {{lb|rup|direct object|first-person plural}} [[us]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|rup|noi}} (''stressed accusative'')

===Pronoun===
{{head|rup|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns|unstressed dative and reflexive form of|noi}}

# {{lb|rup|indirect object|first-person plural}} (to) [[us]]

====Related terms====
* {{l|rup|nau}} (''stressed dative'')

====See also====
* {{l|rup|vi}}

==Asturian==

===Noun===
{{ast-noun|f|-}}

# {{l|en|nu}} {{gloss|name for the letter of the Greek alphabet: Ν and ν}}

==Atong (India)==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|aot|tbq-bdg-pro|*nɯi⁴||two}}, from {{inh|aot|sit-pro|*g/s-ni-s||two}}. Cognate with {{cog|ksw|ခံ}}, {{cog|bo|གཉིས}}, {{cog|sip|ཉི}}, {{cog|ii|ꑍ}}, {{cog|my|နှစ်}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|aot|/ni/}}

===Numeral===
{{aot-num|নি}}

# [[two]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|aot|rongni}}
* {{l|aot|tu}}
* {{l|aot|do}}

===References===
* {{R:aot:Breugel}}

==Bambara==

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{head|bm|nouns}}

# [[soul]], [[life]], [[spirit]]

===Etymology 2===

====Conjunction====
{{head|bm|conjunctions}}

# [[if]]
#: {{ux|bm|'''N'''i taara sugu la, i bɛ ne [[ba]] ye.|'''If''' you go to the market, you will see my mother}}
# [[when]]

===References===
* Richard Nci Diarra, [http://bambara.org/fr/index.htm ''Lexique bambara-français-anglais''], December 13, 2010

==Basque==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|eu|euq-pro|*ni}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eu-pr|+<audio:Eus-ni.ogg>}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|eu|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{n-g|First-person singular personal pronoun}}; [[I]]
#* {{RQ:eu:Eracusaldiac|473|{{...}} Jauna: ez naiz '''ni''' beñere izan zu neure viotzean artzeco diña {{...}}|{{...}} Jauna, ez naiz '''ni''' beñere izan zu nere biotzean artzeko diña {{...}}|t={{...}} Lord, not even once have '''I''' been worth of belonging to your heart {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|eu|year=1989|author=Gorka Aulestia|title=Basque-English Dictionary|publisher=William A|location=Douglas|pageurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429205310/https://books.google.com.br/books?id=gxBgOb58zW4C&pg=PA53&dq=%22ni%22#v=onepage|page=53
|passage='''Ni''' errege izan nintzen.
|translation='''I''' was king.}}
#* {{quote-book|eu|year=2013|author=Patricio Urquizu Sarasua|title=Gramática de la lengua vasca|publisher=Universidad Nacional de Educación de Distancia|pageurl=https://books.google.com.br/books?id=DYbPua66DyUC&pg=PA154&dq=%22ni%22#v=onepage|page=154
|passage='''Ni''' etorri naiz.
|translation='''I''' have come.}}

====Declension====
{{eu-personal pronouns/table}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|eu|neu|ni beldur|niganatu<t:to bring closer to me>|nihaur|nik al dakit<t:who knows>|nik dakita<t:who knows>|nik uste<t:I suppose>|niketz|niretar<t:my family, my associates>|niretu|nirezko|nitasun}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:EH}}
* {{R:OEH}}

==Biloxi==

===Noun===
{{head|bll|nouns}}

# {{synonym of|bll|ani||water}}

===References===
* David Kaufman, ''[//kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/8006/3/BiloxiDictionary-2011-10-18.pdf Tanêks-Tąyosą Kadakathi: Biloxi-English Dictionary]'' (University of Kansas, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-936153-08-4}}, page 34

==Breton==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|br|cel-bry-pro|*ni}}, from {{inh|br|cel-pro|*snīs}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|br|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{l|en|we}} {{gloss|first-person plural personal pronoun}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|br|cel-bry-pro|*nei}}, from {{inh|br|cel-pro|*neɸūss}}, from {{inh|br|ine-pro|*népōts}}.

====Noun====
{{br-noun|m|p=nied}}

# [[nephew]]

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|i}}

===Etymology 1===

====Conjunction====
{{head|ca|conjunctions}}

# [[neither]], [[nor]]

====Adverb====
{{ca-adv}}

# [[not even]], [[even]]

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|f}}

# [[nu]]; the [[Appendix:Greek script|Greek]] letter [[Ν]] (lowercase [[ν]])

{{C|ca|Greek letter names}}

==Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|cs|pronoun form|g=f}}

# {{infl of|cs|ona||acc|s}}

==Danish==
{{cardinalbox|da|8|9|10|otte|ti|ord=niende}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|da|non|níu}}, from {{inh|da|gem-pro|*newun}}, from {{inh|da|ine-pro|*h₁néwn̥||nine}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/niː/|[niːˀ]}}

===Numeral===
{{head|da|numerals}}

# {{cln|da|cardinal numbers}} [[nine]]

==Drung==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|duu|sit-pro|*s-nəj}}.

===Noun===
{{head|duu|nouns}}

# [[day]]

===References===
* {{R:duu:Perlin:2019}}

==Dumbea==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|duf|/ni/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|duf|pronouns}}

# [[they]]

===References===
* {{R:ABVD|lang=ⁿDuᵐbea|id=1487|cite={{cite-book|author=Leenhardt, M.|year=1946|title=Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie}}.}}
* {{R:ABVD|lang=Drubea|id=1369|cite={{cite-book|title=Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta|author=Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y.|year=1990|publisher=Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie|location={{w|Nouméa}}}}.}}

==Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl==

===Determiner===
{{head|nhe|determiners}}

# [[this]].

===Pronoun===
{{head|nhe|pronouns}}

# [[this]].

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{der|eo|it|noi}}, {{der|eo|fr|nous}}, {{der|eo|es|nos}}, {{der|eo|la|nos}}, plus the ''i'' of personal pronouns.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eo|Eo-ni.ogg}}
* {{IPA|eo|/ni/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|eo|pronouns|first-person plural||accusative|nin|possessive|nia}}

# [[we]] (first-person plural personal pronoun)
#: {{ux|eo|'''Ni''' batis lin.|'''We''' hit him.}}
# [[ourselves]]
#: {{ux|eo|Ni diris al '''ni'''.|We said to '''ourselves'''.}}

{{eo BRO|1}}

==French==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|fr|frm|ny}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|ne}}, from {{inh|fr|la|nec}}. Compare {{cog|it|né}}, {{cog|ca|-}} and {{cog|es|ni}}, {{cog|pt|nem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-ni.ogg}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|fr|conjunctions|cat2=coordinating conjunctions}}

# [[neither]]; [[nor]]
#* {{quote-text|fr|year=1898|title=Revue du monde invisible|page=339
|passage=Notre imagination, si ardente qu'on la suppose, ne peut '''ni''' guérir instantanément une lésion organique, '''ni''' ressusciter un mort.
|translation=Our imagination, so ardent as we suppose, can '''neither''' instantaneously heal an organic lesion, '''nor''' resuscitate the dead.}}
#* {{quote-text|fr|year=1876|title=Bulletins et mémoires de la Société médicale des hôpitaux de Paris, Volume 12
|passage={{...}} les constitutions accidentelles ou intercurrentes '''ne''' sont '''ni''' moins importantes '''ni''' plus faciles à expliquer.
|t={{...}} accidental or intercurrent constitutions are '''neither''' less important '''nor''' easier to explain.}}
#* {{quote-journal|fr|year=c. 1656–1662|author=Blaise Pascal|title=''Preuves par discours I'' – Papier original : RO 3-1 r° / v° et RO 7-1 r° / v°|journal=Pensées|trans-journal=Thoughts
|passage=Mais nous '''ne''' connaissons '''ni''' l’existence '''ni''' la nature de Dieu, parce qu’il '''n’'''a '''ni''' étendue, '''ni''' bornes.|t=But we know '''neither''' the existence '''nor''' the nature of God, because He has '''neither''' extent '''nor''' limits.|url=http://www.penseesdepascal.fr/II/II1-moderne.php}}

====Usage notes====
* Used with the negative particle {{m|fr|ne}}.
* Chiefly used at least twice in the same sentence the same way ''neither'' and ''nor'' would be used in an English sentence, such as {{m|fr||ni riche, ni pauvre|neither rich nor poor}}.

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|ni chair ni poisson
|ni oui ni non
|ni plus ni moins
|ni vu ni connu
}}

====See also====
* {{l|fr|soit}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌽𐌹}}

==Hanunoo==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|hnn|map-pro|*ni||marker of possession}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{hnn-pr}}

===Preposition===
{{hnn-head|preposition|b=+}}

# [[of]]; [[by]]
#: {{uxi|hnn|ti luka '''ni''' Bado|lime tube '''of''' Bado}}
#: {{ux|hnn|Kinaon '''ni''' Bado ti burot.|The wild yam was eaten '''by''' Bado.}}

===See also===
{{col3|hnn|si}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:hnn:Conklin 1953|page=198}}

==Hausa==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ha|níi}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ha|cdc-pro|-}}, from {{inh|ha|afa-pro|*ˀanāku}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ha-IPA|nī}}

===Pronoun===
{{ha-pos|pronoun|nī}}

# [[I]] {{gloss|1st person singular pronoun}}

===See also===
* {{l|ha|mínì}} (''1st person singular indirect object enclitic pronoun'')
* {{l|ha|nì}} (''1st person singular independent object pronoun'')
* {{l|ha|-wá}} (''1st person singular possessive enclitic pronoun'')

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
Native word of debated origin:<ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>
# Shortened from {{m|hu|nézd||look!}} ~ ''nízd'' (a dialectal variant).
# An [[onomatopoeia]] expressing astonishment.

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-ni.ogg}}
* {{hyph|hu|ni}}

===Interjection===
{{head|hu|interjections}}

# {{lb|hu|colloquial}} [[lo]]!, [[look]]!
#: {{ux|inline=1|hu|Itt van '''ni'''!|'''Look'''! Here it is!}}

====Usage notes====
Most of the time it is used in its duplicated form: {{m|hu|nini}}!

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz}}

{{cln|hu|two-letter words}}

==Idi==

===Noun===
{{head|idi|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* ''[//www.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474542523/Idi.pdf Idi Organised Phonology Data]''

==Ido==

===Pronoun===
{{head|io|pronouns}}

# {{lb|io|personal}} [[we]] (first-person plural personal pronoun)

==Ingrian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{izh-p}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|izh|conjunctions}}

# {{alternative form of|izh|niin}}
#* {{RQ:izh:Loonnontiito-1:1937|Jot saavva tiitä mitä ono pintamaas, '''ni''' pittää tehä mokomat oopьtat.|In order to get to know what is in the topsoil, ('''that's why''') it's important to perform such experiments.|page=6}}

===References===
* {{R:izh:Nirvi:1971|page=340}}

==Interlingua==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|ia|nec}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|ia|fr|-}} and {{der|ia|es|ni}}, from {{der|ia|la|nec||and not}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|ia|adverbs}}

# [[and]] [[not]].
#: {{ux|ia|Io non sape, '''ni''' vole saper|I don’t know, '''and''' I don’t want to know|inline=y}}
# [[neither|Neither]], [[nor]].
#: {{ux|ia|Illo '''ni''' me place '''ni''' displace|It '''neither''' pleases me '''nor''' displeases me|inline=y}}
# [[and|And]], [[or]] (following a "[[with no]]" or "[[without]]").
#: {{ux|ia|Nos debe resister sin aqua '''ni''' alimento|We must resist with no water '''or''' food|inline=y}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|nì}}

===Etymology 1===
{{blend|it|no|sì}}.

====Adverb====
{{it-adv}}

# {{lb|it|informal}} neither [[yes]] nor [[no]]

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|mf|#}}

# [[nu]] (Greek letter)

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=in|in|in-}}

{{C|it|Greek letter names}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|に|ニ|ni}}

==Kamano==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|kbq|nina}}

===Noun===
{{head|kbq|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* ''The Papuan Languages of New Guinea'' (1986, {{ISBN|0521286212}}

==Kansa==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ksk|sio-pro|*wa-rį́•||water}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ksk|nouns}}

# [[water]]
# any [[liquid]]
# [[river]]

===References===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011115616/http://www.kawnation.com/WebKanza/LangResources/nglshknzdctnry.pdf Kansa dictionary]
* [http://www.quapawtribalancestry.com/quapawlanguage/t/Tulsa.htm Quapaw dictionary], in notes: "ni (ni) - water, river, liquid (Kanza)"

==Kedah Malay==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|meo}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|meo|/ni/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|meo|pronouns}}

# [[you]] {{qualifier|singular}}

==Klao==

===Noun===
{{head|klu|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* ''World Lexicon of Grammaticalization'' (2002, {{ISBN|0521005973}}

==Laboya==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lmy|[niː]}}

===Noun===
{{head|lmy|nouns}}

# [[coconut]]

===References===
* {{r:lmy:verdizade19b}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{der|la|itc-ola|nei}}, from {{inh|la|itc-pro|*nei}}, from {{inh|la|ine-pro|*néy||not}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*ne}}. Cognates include {{cog|got|𐌽𐌴𐌹}}, {{cog|lt|nei}}, {{cog|cu|ни}}, {{cog|sga|ní}} and {{cog|sa|न||tr=ná}}. See also {{m|la|ne|nē}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|nī|eccl=yes|vul=yes}}

===Adverb===
{{la-adv|nī|-}}

# [[not]], [[if]]...[[not]], [[unless]]- an absolutely negative particle like ''[[ne#Latin|ne]]'' so only in combinations

====Derived terms====
* {{l|la|quid ni|quid nī}}? ([[why not]]?)
* {{l|la|nimirum|nīmīrum}} (not wonderful)
* {{l|la|nisi}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|la|conjunctions|head=nī}}

# [[not]], that not, [[unless]]; like ''[[ne#Latin|ne]]'' in imperative and intentional clauses
#: {{ux|inline=1|la|'''Ni''' quid tibi hinc in spem referas.}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|la|Vinum aliudve quid '''ni''' laudato.}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|la|Numa constituit, ut pisces, qui squamosi non essent, '''ni''' pollucerent ... '''ni''' qui ad polluctum emerent.|t=Numa ordained scaleless fish not to be served nor bought for serving.}}

==Ligurian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lij|la|nec}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lij|/ni/}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|lij|conjunctions}}

# [[nor]]
# [[neither]]...[[nor]]
# [[either]]...[[or]]

==Livonian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|liv|urj-fin-pro|*nügüt}}. Cognates include {{cog|fi|nyt}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|liv|adverbs}}

# [[now]]

==Lolopo==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ycl|tbq-lol-pro|*(ʔ)-ne¹||}}, from {{inh|ycl|tbq-lob-pro|*ʔnəj¹/³||}}, from {{inh|ycl|sit-pro|*s-nəj||sun; day}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ycl|[ni³³]}}

===Noun===
{{ycl-noun}}

# {{lb|ycl|Yao'an}} [[day]]

===References===
* {{R:ycl:Merrifield}}

{{C|ycl|Time}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lb|gmh|nie}}, from {{inh|lb|goh|nio}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|nie}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/niː/}}

===Adverb===
{{head|lb|adverbs}}

# [[never]]

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|never}} {{l|lb|nimools}}, {{l|lb|keemol}}, {{l|lb|keemools}}

==Malay==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ms|/ni/}}
* {{rhymes|ms|ni|i}}

===Determiner===
{{ms-determiner|j=ني}}

# {{alt form of|ms|ini|from=colloquial}}

===Pronoun===
{{ms-pronoun|j=ني}}

# {{alt form of|ms|ini|from=colloquial}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|nī}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|ní}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|nǐ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|nì}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Marshallese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mh|poz-mic-pro|*niu}}, from {{inh|mh|poz-oce-pro|*niuʀ}}, from {{inh|mh|poz-pro|*niuʀ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{mh-ipa-rows|niy}}

===Noun===
{{mh-head|noun}}

# [[coconut]] tree

====Related terms====
* {{l|mh|iu}} (coconut)

===References===
* {{meod-ref|MED2N.htm#ni}}

{{C|mh|Palm trees}}

==Middle English==

===Adverb===
{{head|enm|adverbs}}

# {{alt form|enm|ne}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|enm|conjunctions}}

# {{alt form|enm|ne}}

==Middle Irish==

===Particle===
{{head|mga|particles}}

# {{alt sp|mga|ní}}

==Mizo==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|lus|tbq-kuk-pro|*nii||sun; day}}, from {{inh|lus|sit-pro|*s-nəj||sun; day}}.

====Noun====
{{head|lus|noun}}

# [[sun]]
# [[day]]
# [[time]]

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|lus|noun}}

# [[aunt]]

===References===
* {{R:lus:Lorrain}}

{{c|lus|Sun|Time|Female family members}}

==Mohegan-Pequot==

===Pronoun===
{{head|xpq|pronouns|first person singular}}

# singular first-person pronoun [[I]]

==Mokilese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mkj|poz-mic-pro|*niu}}, from {{inh|mkj|poz-oce-pro|*niuʀ}}, from {{inh|mkj|poz-pro|*niuʀ}}. 

===Noun===
{{head|mkj|noun}}

# [[coconut]] tree

====Derived terms====
* {{l|mkj|ni pwespwes}}
* {{l|mkj|ni rei}}
* {{l|mkj|ni roam}}
* {{l|mkj|ni soal}}
* {{l|mkj|ni wahssa}}

====References====
* Harrison, Sheldon P., [https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv9hvsbh Mokilese-English Dictionary], University of Hawaii Press 1977

{{topics|mkj|Trees}}

==Navajo==

===Pronoun===
{{head|nv|pronouns}}

# ''second person singular pronoun'' [[you]]
#: {{ux|nv|Shí dóó '''ni''' ayóo ałk’is niidlį́.|You and I are really good friends.}}
# ''second person singular possessive pronoun'' [[yours]]
#: {{ux|nv|Díí naaltsoos éí '''ni'''.|This book is yours.}}

====Usage notes====
The verb in Navajo incorporates information about person, and many sentences may thus not have explicit independent pronouns. For instance:
* Hooghandi naniná.
* Ni éí hooghandi naniná.
Both sentences are grammatically complete, and mean essentially the same thing: ''you are at home.'' The verb ''naniná'' is in the second-person form, so the pronoun can be safely omitted, as in the first sentence. This is similar to pronoun dropping in other languages where the verb specifies person, such as Spanish. Meanwhile, the explicit use of '''ni''' in the second sentence emphasizes that the speaker is talking about ''you''. This can be thought of as roughly equivalent to the use of emphasis in English: while the first sentence comes across as ''you're at home'', the second one is more like ''you, you're at home''.

====See also====
{{nv-personal pronouns}}

==Naxi==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nxq|sit-pro|*s-ŋja}}.

====Noun====
{{head|nxq|nouns}}

# [[fish]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|nxq|sit-pro|*g/s-ni-s}}.

====Numeral====
{{head|nxq|numerals}}

# [[two]]

===References===
* ''Naxi Dictionary'' by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012

==Ningil==

===Noun===
{{head|niz|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* [http://transnewguinea.org/source/laycock1968 transnewguinea.org], citing D. C. Laycock, ''Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea'' (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 : /niː/
* Margaret Manning, Naomi Saggers, ''A Tentative Phonemic Analysis of Ningil'' (SIL), in ''Phonologies of five Austronesian languages'' (Richard Loving, John M. Clifton; 1975) : /ni/

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{cardinalbox|nb|8|9|10|åtte|ti|ord=niende}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nb|non|níu}} (whence also {{cog|da|ni}}, {{cog|is|níu}}, {{cog|fo|níggju}} and {{cog|sv|nio}}) from {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*newun}}, from {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*h₁néwn̥}}. Cognate with {{cog|got|𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽}}; {{cog|ang|niġon}} ({{cog|en|nine}}); {{cog|ofs|nigun}} ({{cog|fy|njoggen}}); {{cog|goh|niun}} ({{cog|de|neun}}).

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nb|/ni/}}

===Numeral===
{{head|nb|numerals}}

# {{cln|nb|cardinal numbers}} [[nine]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nb|førtini}}
* {{l|nb|nittini}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nb|niende}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{cardinalbox|nn|8|9|10|åtte|ti|ord=niande}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|nio|nie||dialectal}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|níu}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|nn|numerals}}

# {{cln|nn|cardinal numbers}} [[nine]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|førtini}}
* {{l|nn|nittini}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Nutabe==

===Noun===
{{head|cba-nut|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* Paul Rivet, ''[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/jsa_0037-9174_1943_num_35_1_2342 Nouvelle contribution à l’étude de l’ethnologie précolombienne de Colombie]'', ''Journal de la Société des Américanistes'' volume 35, pages 25-39 (1943), page 26

==Old Czech==

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-ocs-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|zlw-ocs|pronoun form}}

# {{infl of|zlw-ocs|oně||d|acc}}

==Old High German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|goh|ne}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*ne}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|goh|/ni/}}

===Particle===
{{goh-part}}

# [[not]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|goh|nein}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|gmh|ne}}
** {{desc|de|nee}} {{q|dialectal}}

==Old Irish==

===Particle===
{{head|sga|particles|cat2=negative particles}}

# {{alt sp|sga|ní}}

==Omaha-Ponca==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|oma|sio-pro|*wa-rį́•||water}}.

===Noun===
{{head|oma|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* Alice Cunningham Fletcher, Francis La Flesche, ''The Omaha Tribe'' (1970), page 166

==Phalura==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|phl}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|phl|/ni/}}

====Determiner====
{{head|phl|determiner|demonstrative||Perso-Arabic spelling|نیۡ}}

# this (agr: prox fem / prox non-nom masc)

====References====
* {{R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab}}

===Etymology 2===
{{rfe|phl}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|phl|/ni/}}

====Determiner====
{{head|phl|determiner|demonstrative||Perso-Arabic spelling|نیۡ}}

# these (agr: prox)

====References====
* {{R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab}}

===Etymology 3===
{{rfe|phl}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|phl|/ni/}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|phl|pronoun|demonstrative||Perso-Arabic spelling|نیۡ}}

# it
# she (prox fem nom)

====References====
* {{R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab}}

===Etymology 4===
{{rfe|phl}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|phl|/ni/}}

====Pronoun====
{{head|phl|pronoun|demonstrative||Perso-Arabic spelling|نیۡ}}

# they (prox nom)

====References====
* {{R:phl:Liljegren:Vocab}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-ni.ogg|hh=-ni}}

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|pl|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
{{inh+|pl|sla-pro|*ni}}.

====Conjunction====
{{head|pl|conjunctions}}

# {{lb|pl|archaic}} {{alt form|pl|ani}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|pl|ni pies, ni wydra|ni tak, ni siak|ni to, ni sio}}

====Particle====
{{head|pl|particles}}

# {{lb|pl|dialectal}} {{alt form|pl|nie}}

===Etymology 2===
See {{m|pl|ny}}.

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|n|indecl=1}}

# {{alt form|pl|ny}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Greek letter names}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|pt|grc|νῦ}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{hyph|pt|ni}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# [[nu]] {{gloss|the thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet}}

{{C|pt|Greek letter names}}

==Proto-Norse==

===Romanization===
{{gmq-rom|head=ni}}

# {{romanization of|gmq-pro|ᚾᛁ}}

==Rawang==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|raw|/ni˧/}}

===Etymology 1===

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|raw|vni}}

====Verb====
{{head|raw|verbs}}

# to [[pour]]; to [[water]].

===Etymology 2===

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|raw|vni}}

====Noun====
{{head|raw|nouns}}

# [[headhair]].

===Etymology 3===
From {{inh|raw|sit-pro|*s-nəj}}. Cognate with {{cog|my|နေ}} and {{m|my|နေ့}}, {{cog|och|日}}.

====Noun====
{{head|raw|nouns}}

# [[day]] (24 hour).

=====See also=====
* {{l|raw|yáng||daytime}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology 1===
Inherited from Latin.

====Pronoun====
{{head|ro|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# {{alternative form of|ro|ne|pos=dative of {{m|ro|noi}}}}: to [[us]]

=====Usage notes=====
This form is used when {{m|ro||ne}} (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:
* {{l|ro|îl}} {{qualifier|the accusative of {{m|ro|el}}, contracted as {{m|ro|ni-l}}}}
* {{l|ro|îi}} {{qualifier|the accusative of {{m|ro|ei}}, contracted as {{m|ro|ni-i}}}}
* {{l|ro|le}} {{qualifier|the accusative of {{m|ro|ele}}}}
* {{l|ro|se}} {{qualifier|the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|ro|li}}
* {{l|ro|vi}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|ro|hu|ni}}.

====Interjection====
{{head|ro|interjections}}

# {{lb|ro|Transylvania}} [[lo]]!, [[look]]!, [[behold]]!
#: {{ux|inline=1|ro|'''Ni''' la el!|'''Look''' at him!}}

==Samoan==

===Article===
{{head|sm|articles}}

# [[some]] ''(plural indefinite article)''

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sh|sla-pro|*ni||nor, not}}, from {{inh|sh|ine-bsl-pro|*nej}}, from {{inh|sh|ine-pro|*ney}}. Compare {{m|sh|ni-}}, {{m|sh|ne}}.

===Particle===
{{sh-particle}}

# {{lb|sh|emphasizes negation}} [[even]], [[either]]
#: ''ni ja to ne znam'' — even I don't know that; I don't know that either
#: {{ux|sh|Nisam '''ni''' htio čuti njegov prijedlog.|I didn't even want to hear his proposal.}}

===Conjunction===
{{sh-conjunction}}

# {{lb|sh|shortening of '''{{l|sh|niti}}'''}} [[neither]], [[nor]]
#: ''ona nije ni pametna ni(ti) marljiva'' — she is neither smart nor industrious
#: ''ni traga ni glasa o ..'' — not a trace about ..
#: ''ni kriv ni dužan'' — completely innocent (lit. neither guilty nor indebted)

{{attention|sh|tone?}}

==Sicilian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|scn|nni}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|scn|[ni]}}
* {{qualifier|unstressed}} {{IPA|scn|[nɪ]}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|scn|pronouns}}

# [[us]], {{inflection of|scn|nuàutri||acc}}
# [[us]], {{inflection of|scn|nuàutri||dat}}
# [[us]], {{inflection of|scn|nuàutri||reflexive}}

====Inflection====
{| class="infltable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! nominative
| {{l|scn|nuàutri}}
|-
! prepositional
| {{l|scn|nuàutri}}
|-
! accusative
| {{l|scn|ni}}
|-
! dative
| {{l|scn|ni}}
|-
! reflexive
| {{l|scn|ni}}
|-
! possessive
| {{l|scn|nostru}}
|}

====See also====
* {{l|scn|nuàutri}}
* {{l|scn|vi}}

==Slovene==

===Pronunciation===
* {{sl-IPA|ní}}

===Verb===
{{head|sl|verb form|head=ní}}

# {{inflection of|sl|bíti||neg|3|s|pres}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|es|osp|nin}}, from {{inh|es|la|nec}}, [[apocopation|apocopated]] form of {{m|la|neque}}, from {{der|es|ine-pro|*nekʷe||and not, neither, nor}}, from {{m|ine-pro|*ne||not}} + {{m|ine-pro|*-kʷe||and}}. Compare {{cog|ast|-}} and {{cog|gl|nin}}, {{cog|ca|-}} and {{cog|fr|ni}}, {{cog|pt|nem}}, {{cog|it|né}}, {{cog|dlm|ne}}. Indo-European cognates include {{cog|got|𐌽𐌹𐌷}} and {{cog|ga|nach}}.

====Conjunction====
{{head|es|conjunctions|cat2=coordinating conjunctions}}

# {{lb|es|coordinating}} [[neither]]... [[nor]]
#: {{ant|es|o<alt:o ... o>}}
#: {{ux|es|No tengo '''ni''' dinero '''ni''' tiempo.|I have '''neither''' money '''nor''' time.}}
## {{q|with three or more referents}} [[none]] [[of]]...
##: {{ux|es|'''Ni''' Juan, '''ni''' Pedro, '''ni''' Felipe te darán la razón.|'''None of''' John, Peter, or Phillip will give you the reason.}}{{attention|es|in English "neither...nor" can only be used with two things}}
# [[nor]], [[or]]
#: {{ux|es|No descansa de día '''ni''' de noche.|He doesn't rest during the day '''nor''' during the night.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es|ni chicha ni limonada
|ni come, ni deja comer
|ni corto ni perezoso
|ni fu ni fa
|ni grado ni gracias
|ni idea
|ni ir ni venir
|ni lerdo ni perezoso
|ni más ni menos
|ni olvido, ni perdón
|ni pena ni gloria
|ni rey ni roque
|ni tanto ni tan calvo
|ni va ni viene
|ni visto ni oído
|sin chistar ni mistar
|sin oficio ni beneficio
|sin pena ni gloria
|sin pies ni cabeza
|sin tripas ni cuajar}}

====Adverb====
{{es-adv}}

# [[not even]]
#: {{ux|es|No descansaba '''ni''' por un minuto|I didn't rest '''even''' for a minute.}}
#: {{ux|es|'''Ni''' yo sé qué significa esta palabra.|'''Not even''' I know what this word means.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|es
|ni a balazos
|ni a cañón
|ni a cañonazos
|ni a dos tirones
|ni a la de tres
|ni a palos
|ni a tiros
|ni a tres tirones
|ni bien
|ni borracho
|ni buscado con un candil
|ni cosa que lo valga
|ni Cristo que lo fundó
|ni de broma
|ni de coña
|ni de guasa
|ni de lejos
|ni en sueños
|ni Dios
|ni gaitas
|ni ganas
|ni hablar
|ni hablar del peluquín
|ni harto de vino
|ni hecho a propósito
|ni idea
|ni jota
|ni media palabra
|ni modo
|ni mu
|ni mucho menos
|ni muerto
|ni palabra
|ni pensarlo
|ni pío
|ni pizca
|ni por asomo
|ni por esas
|ni por un cristo
|ni que
|ni que decir tiene
|ni qué niño muerto
|ni qué hostias
|ni qué leches
|ni qué ocho cuartos
|ni qué pan caliente
|ni remotamente
|ni siquiera
|ni un pelo
|nini
|no dejar verde ni seco
|no ni na
|ya ni la friegas
}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{es-noun|f|níes}}

# [[nu]]; the Greek letter [[Ν]], [[ν]]
#: {{syn|es|ny}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Greek letter names}}
{{cln|es|two-letter words}}

==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-ni.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Verb===
{{head|sw|verb forms}}

# {{inflection of|sw|wa|-wa|positive|present|and|gnomic|(all persons, numbers, and classes)|t=to be}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
Since 1661, through {{rebracketing|sv|nocap=1}} of the 2nd plural verb suffix ''-(e)n'' and the older pronoun {{m|sv|I}} ("{{l|en|ye}}"), e.g. ''visste'''n''' I'' > ''visste '''n'''i'' (“did you know”). Compare {{cog|is|þér}} and {{m|is|þið}} which developed similarly.

The {{der|sv|gmq-osw|i|ī}}, {{m|gmq-osw|ir|īr}} derives from {{der|sv|non|*īʀ}} (East Norse variant of {{m|non|ér}}) from {{der|sv|gem-pro|*jīz}}, from {{der|sv|ine-pro|*yū́}}. Compare {{cog|da|I}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-ni.ogg}}
* {{IPA|sv|/niː/}}
* {{rhymes|sv|iː|s=1}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|sv|pronouns}}

# [[you]] (plural nominative)
#: {{ux|sv|Du är bara en person, men '''ni''' där borta är fyra personer|You are just one person, but '''you/you guys''' over there are four people}}
# [[you]] (second-person singular nominative formal) (capitalized ''[[Ni]]'', rare in modern use)
## {{lb|sv|obsolete}} title used when addressing a person of lower social rank
##: {{ux|sv|–'''Ni''' kan börja med att städa kontoret, fröken Andersson.<br>–Javisst, Herr Direktör.|–'''You''' can start with cleaning the office, miss Andersson.<br>–Certainly, Mr. Director}}
## {{lb|sv|colloquial|perceived|_|formal|derogatory|_|to some}} by some considered a respectful alternative to ''{{l|sv|du||you}}'', especially when addressing [[customer]]s or the [[elderly]]
##: {{ux|sv|Vill '''ni''' ha en påse med köpet?|Do '''you''' want a bag with your purchase?}}

====Usage notes====
Both {{m|sv||ni}} and {{m|sv|er}} are second person plural forms, but can also be used as formal second person singular, as in the German {{m|de|Sie}} or French {{m|de|vous}}. It may sometimes also be capitalized (''Ni'', ''Er''). The courteous "ni" was introduced in Swedish around the year 1900 as an alternative to the more complicated pattern of addressing others in the third person singular by their appropriate titles. This required knowledge of social status, occupation, educations, etc. with terms like {{m|sv|fru||[[Mrs]].}} or {{m|sv|fröken||[[Ms]].}}, {{m|sv|greve||count}}, {{m|sv|kamrer||accountant}}, {{m|sv|kandidat||[[bachelor's degree]] holder}}, etc. However this "ni-reform" was not well liked and when authority came to use the word {{m|sv||ni}} to their subordinates the word got a condescending undertone. Interestingly enough the older {{m|sv|I}}, from which {{m|sv||ni}} was originally formed, was used alongside {{m|sv||ni}} all along (and is still in use in some dialects) but never got the condescending undertone that {{m|sv||ni}} got. This was all phased out gradually during the 1960s and 1970s in the so-called [[:w:du-reformen|du-reformen]], (“the you-reform”). In contemporary Swedish, {{m|sv|du}} is universal and may be used to address anyone, regardless of differences in social status or age.

''Ni'' is used occasionally by younger speakers to address customers in order to be formal and polite. However this is often seen as being overly formal and too contrived, even condescending and insulting, especially by older speakers. Formality and politeness in modern Swedish is not conveyed through specific grammatical forms, but primarily done through indirectness, manners of speaking or various other behaviors.

====Declension====
{{sv-decl-ppron}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|sv|I}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=in|in}}

==Tagalog==

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|+<audio:tl-ph-ni.ogg>}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|tl|map-pro|*ni||marker of possession}}.

====Preposition====
{{tl-prep|pl=nina|b=+}}

# [[of]]; {{n-g|possessive particle, used only with personal names}}
#: {{uxi|tl|[[bisikleta]] '''ni''' Juan|Juan's bicycle}}
# {{n-g|objective marker for personal names, objective form of {{m|tl|si}}; functional equivalent of {{m|tl|ng}}}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|tl|ani}}

=====See also=====
{{tl-markers}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|tl|es|ni||not even}}, from {{der|tl|osp|nin}}, from {{der|tl|la|nec}}, [[apocopation|apocopated]] form of {{m|la|neque}}.

====Conjunction====
{{tl-head|conjunction|b=+}}

# [[neither]]; [[nor]]
#: {{ux|inline=1|tl|'' '''Ni''' ako hindi nagsisigarilyo''.<nowiki></nowiki>|'' '''Even''' I don't do cigarettes''.}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|tl|'' '''Ni''' aso '''ni''' pusa''.<nowiki></nowiki>|'' '''Neither''' dog '''nor''' cat''.}}

====Related terms====
{{rel3|tl|ni ultimo}}

====See also====
{{col3|tl|man|kahit}}

====Adverb====
{{tl-adv|b=+}}

# [[not even]]
#: {{syn|tl|ni ultimo}}
#: {{ux|inline=1|tl|Hindi ako humingi '''ni''' isang butil ng bigas.|I didn't ask '''not even''' for a single grain of rice.}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=in|-in|-in-|in-}}

==Tarifit==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|rif|ney}}

===Etymology===
{{rfe|rif}}

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|rif}}

===Verb===
{{rif-verb}}

# {{lb|rif|intransitive}} to [[mount]] {{q|on an animal}}
# {{lb|rif|intransitive}} to [[get into]], to [[board]], to [[embark]] {{q|a vehicle}}

====Conjugation====
{{rfinfl|rif|verb}}

====Derived terms====
* Verbal noun: {{l|rif|tnaya|t=mounting, boarding}}
* Causative: {{l|rif|sni|t=to make board}}
** Verbal noun: {{l|rif|aseniy}}
* {{l|rif|tnaya|t=transport}}
* {{l|rif|amnay|t=rider; cavalier, knight}}

==Tokelauan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{tkl-IPA|ni}}
* {{hyph|tkl|ni}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|tkl|poz-pnp-pro|*ni}}. Cognates include {{cog|tvl|ni}} and {{cog|sm|ni}}.

====Article====
{{head|tkl|articles}}

# {{n-g|Plural indefinite article}}; [[any]]

=====See also=====
{{tkl-articles}}

===Etymology 2===

====Particle====
{{head|tkl|particles}}

# {{n-g|Changes a statement into a polite question}}; [[isn't]] [[it]]? [[doesn't]] [[it]]?

===References===
* {{R:tkl:TD|page=250}}

==Unami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|unm|[ni]}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|unm|pronouns}}

# [[I]]

==Ura (Vanuatu)==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|uur|/ni/|[ni]}}

===Noun===
{{head|uur|nouns}}

# [[tree]]

===Further reading===
* Terry Crowley, ''Ura: A Disappearing Language of Southern Vanuatu'' (1999)

==Uzbek==

===Particle===
{{uz-variant|c=ни}}
{{head|uz|particle}}

# {{n-g|[[accusative case]] marker; placed after the direct object of a transitive verb}}
#: {{ux|uz|Men O'zbek [[tili]]'''ni''' o'rganyapman.|I am studying Uzbek.}}

==Veps==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|vep|ru|ни}}.

===Determiner===
{{head|vep|determiners}}

# [[not]], not a, [[no]]

====Inflection====
Not inflected.

===Conjunction===
{{head|vep|conjunctions|head=ni ... ni}}

# [[neither]] ... [[nor]]

===References===
* {{R:vep:UVVV|ни}}

==Vietnamese==

===Etymology===
See {{m|vi|này}}. 

This is one of many cases in which [[monophthong]]s were not [[diphthongize]]d in Central Vietnamese, compare {{m|vi|mày}} vs. {{m|vi|mi}}, {{m|vi|chấy}} vs. {{m|vi|chí}}, {{m|vi|nước}} vs. {{m|vi|nác}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Determiner===
{{vi-determ}}

# {{lb|vi|Central Vietnam}} [[this]]

===Adverb===
{{vi-adv}}

# {{lb|vi|Central Vietnam}} [[now]]

===See also===
{{vi-demonstratives}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|vi|in}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/niː/}}
* {{rhymes|cy|iː|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*ni}}, from {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*snīs}}.

====Pronoun====
{{head|cy|pronouns|cat2=personal pronouns}}

# [[us]]; [[we]]

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*nīs}}, from {{der|cy|ine-pro|*[[ne]] [[h₁ésti]]||is not}}.

====Adverb====
{{head|cy|adverbs|triggers [[mixed mutation]]}}

# {{lb|cy|literary}} [[not]]
#* {{quote-book|cy
|year=2004
|title=Beibl Cymraeg Newydd Diwygiedig 
|publisher=Cymdeithas y Beibl
|section=Genesis 21:26
|text=Dywedodd Abimelech, “'''Ni''' wn i ddim pwy a wnaeth hyn; '''ni''' ddywedaist wrthyf, ac '''ni''' chlywais i sôn am y peth cyn heddiw.”
|t=Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I did not hear anything about it until today.”
|url=https://www.bible.com/bible/394/GEN.21.26}}

=====Usage notes=====
* Triggers mixed mutation (i.e. [[aspirate mutation|aspirate]] of {{m|cy|p}}, {{m|cy|t}}, {{m|cy|c}} and [[soft mutation|soft]] of remaining mutatable letters)  of a following consonant.
* The form {{m|cy|nid}} is used before a vowel. When the following consonant is {{m|cy|g}}, which disappears under soft mutation, the form {{m|cy|ni}} remains, thus {{m|cy|ni}} + {{m|cy|gwn}} becomes {{m|cy|ni}} {{m|cy|wn}}, not *{{m|cy|nid}} {{m|cy|wn}}.
* In literary registers, {{m|cy|dim||anything}} may be added (as {{m|cy|ddim}}, with [[soft mutation]]) for emphasis, so ''ni chlywais i ddim'' may mean either “I did not hear anything” or simply “I did not hear”. In the colloquial language, {{m|cy|ni}} is omitted but the mixed mutation remains, giving ''chlywais i ddim'' (“I didn't hear”).<ref>
{{cite-book
|entry=ni
|title=Pocket Modern Oxford Welsh Dictionary: Welsh-English
|editor=Gareth King
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|year=2000
|isbn=9780198645313
}}
</ref>

=====See also=====
* {{l|cy|dim||not}} {{lb|cy|colloquial}}

===References===
<references/>

==West Makian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mqs|/n̪i/}}

===Pronoun===
{{mqs-pronoun|p=ni}}

# {{n-g|second-person singular pronoun}}, [[you]]

====See also====
{{mqs-personal pronouns}}

===References===
* {{R:mqs:Voorhoeve:1982}}

==Wutunhua==

===Etymology===
From {{der|wuh|cmn|-}} {{zh-l|你}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|wuh|[n̪i]}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|wuh|pronoun}}

# [[you]] {{gloss|second-person subject pronoun}}

====See also====
{{wuh-personal pronouns}}

==Yil==

===Noun===
{{head|yll|nouns}}

# [[water]]

===References===
* [http://transnewguinea.org/source/laycock1968 transnewguinea.org], citing D. C. Laycock, ''Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea'' (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66 : /niː/
* ''A Tentative Phonemic Statement in Yil in West Sepik Province'', in ''Phonologies of five Austronesian languages'' (Richard Loving, John M. Clifton; 1975) : /ni/

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ní}}

====Noun====
{{yo-pos|noun|ní}}

# {{Latn-def|yo|name|N|n}}

=====See also=====
* {{list:Latin script letter names/yo}}

===Etymology 2===

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|yo|nẹ́||Oǹdó|Ìkálẹ̀}}

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ní}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|ní}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[have]]

===Etymology 3===

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ní}}

====Preposition====
{{yo-pos|preposition|ní}}

# [[at]], [[in]] {{q|used when no movement is implied}}
# {{n-g|preposition used for creating adverbials}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|yo
|{{l|yo|labẹ|lábẹ́|under}}
|{{l|yo|lanaa|lánàá|yesterday}}
|{{l|yo|lẹẹkan|lẹ́ẹ̀kan|once}}
|{{l|yo|lẹyin|lẹ́yìn|behind, except}}
|{{l|yo|lonii|lónìí|today}}
|{{l|yo|lọla|lọ́la|tomorrow}}
|{{l|yo|lọtun-un-la|lọ́tùn-ún-la|the day after tomorrow}}
|{{l|yo|nibẹ|níbẹ̀|there}}
|{{l|yo|nibẹrẹ|níbẹ̀rẹ̀|at the start}}
|{{l|yo|nibi|níbí|here}}
|{{l|yo|nibo|níbo|where}}
|{{l|yo|nigba ti|nígbà tí|when}}
|{{l|yo|ninu|nínú|inside}}
|{{l|yo|ni bayii|ní báyìí|at this time}}
|{{l|yo|nitori|nítorí|because of}}
|{{l|yo|loootọ|lóòótọ́|in truth}}
|{{l|yo|nijẹta|níjẹta|two days ago}}
|{{l|yo|lode oni|lóde òní|nowadays}}
|{{l|yo|loke|lókè|over, above}}
|{{l|yo|nisalẹ|nísàlẹ̀|below, under}}
|{{l|yo|lori|lórí|on top, on}}
|{{l|yo|nile|nílé|at home}}
|{{l|yo|lopin|lópin|at the end}}
|{{l|yo|lọjọ ọla|lọ́jọ́ ọ̀la|in the future}}
|{{l|yo|laye atijọ|láyé àtijọ́|historically}}
|{{l|yo|nibikibi|níbikíbi|anywhere}}
|{{l|yo|nipokipo|nípòkípò|in any position}}
|{{l|yo|nigbakugba|nígbàkugbà|at any time}}
|{{l|yo|nilẹ|nílẹ̀|down}}
|{{l|yo|lọsan-an|lọ́sàn-án|in the afternoon}}
|{{l|yo|laaarọ|láàárọ̀|in the morning}}
|{{l|yo|lalẹ|lálẹ́|in the evening}}
|{{l|yo|lojoojumọ|lójoojúmọ́|everyday}}
|{{l|yo|lalaalẹ|lálaalẹ́|every evening}}
|{{l|yo|laraarọ|láràárọ̀|every morning}}
|{{l|yo|lọsọọsan|lọ́sọ̀ọ̀sán|every afternoon}}
|{{l|yo|lọsọọsẹ|lọ́sọ̀ọ̀sẹ̀|every week}}
|{{l|yo|lọdọọdun|lọ́dọọdún|every year}}
}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|yo|si|sí}}

===Etymology 4===

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ní}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|ní}}

# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to [[say]]

=====See also=====
* {{l|yo|sọ}}
* {{l|yo|wi|wí}}

===Etymology 5===

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ni}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|ni}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[be]] {{gl|to have a quality or identification}}

=====Usage notes=====
This verb cannot be used with regular subject pronouns such as {{m|yo|mo}} or {{m|yo|o|ó}}, and emphatic subject pronouns must be used in their place. This verb is also often used in a flipped structure where the quality or identification becomes the grammatical subject of the verb while an object pronoun is used for the actual subject of the sentence.
# Òun '''ni''' ọ̀rẹ́ mi. – ''He is my friend.'' (uses the emphatic pronoun ''òun'' instead of ''ó'')
# Ṣé ọmọ Yorùbá '''ni''' yín? – ''Are you Yoruba?'' (''Ọmọ Yorùbá'' becomes the subject of ''ni'' while "you" becomes the object pronoun ''yín'')

=====See also=====
* {{l|yo|jẹ|jẹ́}}
* {{l|yo|wa|wà}}

===Etymology 6===

====Pronunciation====
{{yo-IPA|ni}}

# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to be [[bloated]], to be [[tumid]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|yo|nini|níni}}

==Zou==

===Etymology 1===
[[Image:- panoramio (785).jpg|thumb|Ni.]]
From {{inh|zom|tbq-kuk-pro|*nii}}, from {{inh|zom|sit-pro|*s-nəj}}. Cognates include {{cog|mnp|日|tr=nì}} and {{cog|my|နေ}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|zom|/ni˧/}}

====Noun====
{{head|zom|nouns}}

# [[sun]]

===Etymology 2===
{{cardinalbox|zom|1|2|3|khet|thum}}
From {{inh|zom|tbq-kuk-pro|*ni}}, from {{inh|zom|sit-pro|*g/s-ni-s}}. Cognates include {{cog|mnp|二}} and {{cog|bo|གཉིས}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|zom|/ni˧/}}

====Numeral====
{{head|zom|numerals|cat2=cardinal numbers}}

# [[two]]

===References===
* {{R:zom:Singh:2013|page=40}}

==Zulu==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|zu}}

====Adjective====
{{zu-adj}}

# [[what]] (kind of)

=====Inflection=====
{{zu-infl-enum|H}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronoun====
{{zu-pron|stem=1}}

# {{zu-combining stem of|nina}}

===References===
* {{R:zu:ZED|-ni}}

{{cln|zu|interrogative adjectives}}