niʼ
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ni"
Lacandon[edit]
Noun[edit]
niʼ
Mohawk[edit]
Adverb[edit]
niʼ
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Athabaskan *nʸənˀ (“earth, world, ground, floor”).
Noun[edit]
niʼ
- ground, earth, world
- niʼ bikááʼ ― on Earth
- floor
- Hooghan góneʼ niʼgóó ayóo sikʼaz. ― The floor in the house is very cold.
- (Mythology) one of the four Worlds in Navajo creation story
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- Niʼ Hodiłhił (“Black World”)
- Niʼ Hodootłʼizh (“Blue World”)
- Niʼ Haltsooí (“Yellow World”)
- Niʼ Hodisxǫs (“Glittering World”)
Particle[edit]
niʼ
- the late (following the name of a recently deceased person), deceased
- former
- nonexistent
Synonyms[edit]
See also[edit]
Western Apache[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
niʼ
Yucatec Maya[edit]
Noun[edit]
niʼ (plural niʼoʼob)
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- Lacandon lemmas
- Lacandon nouns
- lac:Anatomy
- Mohawk lemmas
- Mohawk adverbs
- Navajo terms inherited from Proto-Athabaskan
- Navajo terms derived from Proto-Athabaskan
- Navajo lemmas
- Navajo nouns
- Navajo terms with usage examples
- Navajo particles
- Western Apache terms with IPA pronunciation
- Western Apache lemmas
- Western Apache nouns
- Yucatec Maya lemmas
- Yucatec Maya nouns
- yua:Anatomy