ani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ani"

English

A smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ni/
- Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːni

Noun

ani (plural anis)

Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

Derived terms

greater ani (Crotophaga major)
smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

Translations

bird of genus Crotophaga

Finnish: ani (fi), anikäki
Polish: kleszczojad m
Portuguese: anu (pt)
Spanish: garrapatero m

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnaɪ/
Rhymes: -eɪnaɪ

Noun

ani

plural of anus

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

-ian, Ain, INA, Ian, Ina, NIA, Nia, ain', nai, nia

Akan

Pronunciation

Tone: LH[1]

Noun

ani

eye, eyes
M'ani agye
My eyes are brightened (I am happy)
ani den
(having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

Synonyms

aniwa

References

Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “ani”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, pages 322–325
Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), “àníwa”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 332
Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996). A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner.
Gyekye, Kwame (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan.
Hollington, Andrea (2015). Traveling Conceptualization.

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun

ani

harvest

Albanian

Etymology

Cognate to tani (“now, at present, then”), from Proto-Albanian *nū, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”) (cognate to Sanskrit नू (nū, “now”)).[1] Occurs in coordination with other particles, cf. nani, nime.

Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αί (e, “yes”)[2] and (Standard) Albanian a (“probably, whether; or, there”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ani/

Adverb

ani

(conversational) then, later; later (on)
Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti
well, so, fine, now
Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka
Ani, në rregull.
Well, all right.
Gheg examples:
Ani de?
So what?
Ani de...
Well then...

Particle

ani

even, as if; alas, oh look, ah (expressing laughter, irony, sarcasm, pity, concern, grief, annoyance, distrust)
Synonym: kish (kishe Gheg), si, sikur, nesë
Ani kush po qesh!
As if someone (specific) should laugh! / Oh look who's laughing!
(folklore, poetic) come on, hey; yes, well, alright; oh/ah (a vocative particle or/and complementary poetic tool)
Synonyms: mori, more, ore, moj, (mar, mana Gheg); po, hej
Ani mori nuse...
Well, (oh) you bride...
(traditional wedding song)

References

Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
William Martin Leake (1814), RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1 (chapter romaico (greek) - arvanetic vocabulary), page 335 aí (yes)

Baure

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈani/

Noun

ani

sky

Biloxi

Alternative forms

ni

Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”).

Noun

ani

water

References

Paula Ferris Einaudi, A grammar of Biloxi (1976)
James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton, A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages (1912)

Brunei Malay

Pronoun

ani

this, these

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ni

Noun

ani

a harvest; the yield of harvesting
1. a harvest of rice
a gain; what is gained

Verb

ani

to harvest
1. to harvest rice

Synonyms

(to harvest bananas): tuba
(to harvest corn): kayas, lagpi, sanggi
(to harvest coconuts): dugnas
(to harvest mangoes): guno
(to harvest yam): panglin

Etymology 2

From niani. Compare Tagalog ganito, Tagalog nito, Uneapa ani.

Adverb

ani

like this

Chickasaw

Etymology

Compare Choctaw ani.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ani/

Verb

ani (short verb)

(stative, intransitive) to produce or bear fruit
(active, transitive) to stuff
(active, ditransitive) to put in, to pour in

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

ani'
aniichi

Choctaw

Alternative forms

ʋni (traditional)
ạni (Byington/Swanton)

Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aní(ʔ)/
Transcription: ani'

Noun

ani (inalienable)

berry
nut
fruit

Declension


possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	siani	piani	hapiani
second-person ("thy, your")	chiani	hachiani
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	ani

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈaɲɪ]
Audio (file)

Conjunction

ani

neither, nor, or (in negative)
Do Prahy nepojeduani v sobotuani v pátek. ― I will go to Prague neither on Saturday nor on Friday.
even (with negative clause)
Ani nevím, jestli to udělá. ― I don't even know if he will do it.
Ani náhodou! ― No way!
Ani nedutal. ― He stood still; He didn't even blink.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

ani

Plural form of anus

Esperanto

Etymology

From ano +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈani]
Rhymes: -ani
Hyphenation: an‧i

Verb

ani (present anas, past anis, future anos, conditional anus, volitive anu)

(intransitive) to be a member, belong (to an organization, group, etc.)
- January 2011, Christian Declerck, Kontraŭmilita literaturo en Esperanto in La Gazeto 151
  La ĉefroluloj anas en du generacioj de unu familio
  The main characters belong to two generations of one family

Conjugation

Conjugation of ani

		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
		present		past		future
tense		anas		anis		anos
active participle		ananta	anantaj	aninta	anintaj	anonta	anontaj
active participle	acc.	anantan	anantajn	anintan	anintajn	anontan	anontajn
nominal active participle		ananto	anantoj	aninto	anintoj	anonto	anontoj
nominal active participle	acc.	ananton	anantojn	aninton	anintojn	anonton	anontojn
adverbial active participle		anante		aninte		anonte

infinitive		ani						imperative		anu						conditional		anus

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑni/, [ˈɑni]
Rhymes: -ɑni
Syllabification^(key): a‧ni

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *ani (compare Karelian ani, Veps ańi).

Adverb

ani

very, extremely

Usage notes

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (in the sense few), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, although separate writing is regarded as correct.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

Noun

ani

ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)

Declension

Inflection of ani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		ani	anit
genitive		anin	anien
partitive		ania	aneja
illative		aniin	aneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ani	anit
accusative	nom.	ani	anit
accusative	gen.	anin	anit
genitive		anin	anien
partitive		ania	aneja
inessive		anissa	aneissa
elative		anista	aneista
illative		aniin	aneihin
adessive		anilla	aneilla
ablative		anilta	aneilta
allative		anille	aneille
essive		anina	aneina
translative		aniksi	aneiksi
instructive		—	anein
abessive		anitta	aneitta
comitative		—	aneineen

Possessive forms of ani (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	anini	animme
2nd person	anisi	aninne
3rd person	aninsa

Hypernyms

käki

Derived terms

isoani
uurrenokka-ani

Anagrams

ain, nai

French

Noun

ani m (plural anis)

ani (bird)

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛ.ni/

Noun

ani (plural anit)

a girl's elder brother

Declension

Declension of ani

	singular	plural
absolutive	ani	anit
ergative	anip	anit
allative	animut	aninut
ablative	animit	aninit
prosecutive	anikkut	aninit
locative	animi	anini
instrumental	animik	aninik
equative	anitut	anitut

References

ani in Katersat

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni/, [ˈɐni]

Verb

ani

to blow softly (as a breeze)
to beckon; wave

Derived terms

hoʻāni (“to let wind”)
aniani (“cool, refreshing”)

References

“ani” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni/
Rhymes: -ani
Hyphenation: à‧ni

Noun

ani m

plural of ano

Anagrams

-ina, ain

Japanese

Romanization

ani

Rōmaji transcription of あに

Karao

Noun

ani

rice harvest

Kashubian

Conjunction

ani

neither

Kriol

Etymology 1

Inherited from English honey.

Noun

ani

honey

Etymology 2

Inherited from English only.

Adverb

ani

only

Ladin

Noun

ani

plural of an

Latin

Noun

ānī

inflection of ānus:
1. genitive singular
2. nominative/vocative plural

References

ani in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Alternative forms

aniȝ, any, ayny, æniȝ, eani, eni, eniȝ, ony, oony

Etymology

From Old English ǣniġ, āniġ (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaniː/, /ˈɛniː/, /ˈɔniː/
(early) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːniː/, /ˈɛːniː/

Determiner

ani

any

Descendants

English: any
Scots: ony, onie
Yola: aany, any

References

“anī, limiting adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Irish

Pronoun

ani

Alternative spelling of aní

Old Polish

Alternative forms

hani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. First attested in 1386.

Conjunction

ani

Connects negated elements; not, and not
(reduplicated) neither … nor

Derived terms

conjunctions

anić
aniż

Particle

ani

not even

Descendants

Polish: ani

References

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ani, from Proto-Slavic *ani.[1] By surface analysis, a univerbation of a +‎ ni.[2] First attested in 1386.[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɲi/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɲi
Syllabification: a‧ni
Homophone: Ani

Conjunction

ani

neither, nor, or
Synonym: ni
Antonyms: abo, albo, bądź, czy, i, lub, oraz
Nie chce mi się ani jeść, ani pić. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.
nary, not a, not even one
Synonym: ni
Nie było ani jednego ciasteczka. ― There wasn't even a single cookie.

Particle

ani

(Middle Polish) not even
(Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎, page 692a:
  Nec, et Neque - Ani tez.
- 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎, page 691b:
  Ne - Nie, ani.
(Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
- 1501–1558, Zapiski i roty polskie‎:
  Jakom ya slachathnegonego pawla segzowa nyeothbyla gwalthem oth kmyecza yego sbyeglego zvrzadem zyemskyem a nym gwalthv szwolala (a ny) y dalyey wedluk posw.

Derived terms

adverb

ani rusz

conjunctions

aniżeli
aniżeliby

interjection

ani be, ani me

particles

ani, ani

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [anʲ]

Noun

ani

plural of an

Romansch

Alternative forms

anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
anel (Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

Noun

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

(Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

Shona

Pronoun

aní (plural vanáaní)

(interrogative) who

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku. Cognates include Afar anú, Hadiyya ane, Oromo ani and Somali aniga, furthermore Amharic እኔ (ʾəne).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈani/
Hyphenation: a‧ni

Pronoun

ani

I

References

Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɲi/

Conjunction

ani

neither
nor
Nechce sa mi ani jesť ani piť. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”). Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ni

IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/, [ˈʔa.nɪ]

Noun

ani

harvest; crop
act of harvesting
(figurative) outcome of one's work; consequence of one's effort

Derived terms

anihan
anihin
mag-ani
pag-aani
pag-anihan
tag-ani

Etymology 2

Contraction of wika ni.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ni

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Adverb

aní

said by; according to (used before names of persons)

Derived terms

aniko
anila
animo
anito
aniya

Related terms

anang

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ni

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/, [ʔɐˈni]

Noun

aní

loathing; disgust

Derived terms

ani-ani
kaani-ani
kaanihan
maani
pagkaani

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

Noun

ani

harvest

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic آنِيّ‎ (ʾāniyy, “timely, present”).

Adjective

ani

sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

Derived terms

aniden

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(ia-)ni. Compare Cebuano ani.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ani/

Pronoun

ani

this

Venetian

Noun

ani

plural of ano

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ani.

Adverb

ani

quite, rather
very, highly, extremely
nearly, practically, just about
absolutely, totally
sufficiently, enough
just, exactly
generally, in general

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “абсолютно, весьма, вообще, довольно, как раз, крайне, очень, практически, совершенно, чрезвычайно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔanɪ/

Noun

ani

ant-eater
arrow

References

Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

[3] Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 206

[4] William Martin Leake (1814), RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1 (chapter romaico (greek) - arvanetic vocabulary), page 335 aí (yes)

[5] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN

[6] Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)

[7] B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

ani

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Anagrams

Akan

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

References

Aklanon

Etymology

Noun

Albanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Particle

References

Further reading

Baure

Pronunciation

Noun

Biloxi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

References

Brunei Malay

Pronoun

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Adverb

Chickasaw

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Inflection

Derived terms

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Czech

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Usage notes

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Anagrams