ndi

== Translingual == === Symbol === ndi (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Chamba Leko. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Chamba Leko terms == Chichewa == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ⁿdi/ ==== Verb ==== ndi 3rd person (singular and plural) of to be: he is/she is/it is/they are ===== Usage notes ===== 'Ndi' refers to permanent characteristics, like ser in Spanish. For temporary characteristics, see -khala (“to be”). 'Ndi' also contracts before certain letters (e.g. ndi + p = m, ndi + w = ng) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ⁿdí/ ==== Conjunction ==== ndi and with by (a cause, a means, an agent) against ===== Usage notes ===== 'Ndi' as a conjunction may contract to n' or n. === References === Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎[1], Oxford University Press, page 389 == Dogrib == === Etymology === From Proto-Athabaskan *nuˑ. === Noun === ndi island == Fula == === Particle === ndi Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) ==== Usage notes ==== Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). === Article === ndi (definite) the (when it follows the noun in ndi class) Lacciri ndi (the couscous) ==== Usage notes ==== Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). === Determiner === ndi (used in indicating something in ndi class) Ndi lacciri (this/that couscous) ==== Usage notes ==== Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). == Koshin == === Noun === ndi water === References === R. Blench, Beboid Comparative == Navajo == === Alternative forms === nidi === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ǹ̩tɪ̀/ === Conjunction === ndi but, even, though, even though ==== Usage notes ==== Used with ndi with a meaning of although. == Tarifit == === Alternative forms === ndey, ndiy mdi, mdey, mdiy === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Berber. === Pronunciation === (Nador) IPA(key): [ndɪ] === Verb === ndi (verbal noun anday, Tifinagh spelling ⵏⴷⵉ) (transitive) to set a trap (transitive) to trap, entrap (intransitive) to be in full swing, to be in full force ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. === References === Serhoual (2002) Abarrou (2024) == Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Common Bantu *-ndí, variant of Proto-Bantu *-ngí (“other”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ndi/ === Determiner === -ndi another (in the indefinite), the other (in the definite) Synonym: (rare) -ndiijo omuntu ondi ― another person; the other person ==== Inflection ==== === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 436 Entry 942 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3