nĩ

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"

Gokana

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Noun

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nĩ

  1. elephant

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Kaingang

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Noun

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nĩ

  1. meat

Verb

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nĩ

  1. to live (somewhere)
  2. to be (somewhere)

Kikuyu

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Particle

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nĩ

  1. (copula) is[1]
    gũota mwaki nĩ kũhuria - no gain without pain (lit. to warm oneself is to stoke the fire)
  2. (in passive construction) by
    Mwaki wa Ngai ũraaragio nĩ igoto.[2] - God's fire is kept through the night by a dried banana bark.
    Njĩrirũo nĩ kanyoni gakwa.[2] - I was told by my birdlet.
    Thegere igĩrĩ itiremagwo nĩ mwatũ.[2] - Two honey badgers are not defeated by a beehive.

References

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  1. ^ “nĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 282. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs. London: Macmillan.
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