nipi

Atikamekw

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Noun

nipi

1. water

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nipi/, [ny.pɪ]

Noun

nipi (plural nipit)

1. voice
2. sound, pitch, tone

Declension

Declension of nipi

	singular	plural
absolutive	nipi	nipit
ergative	nipip	nipit
allative	nipimut	nipinut
ablative	nipimit	nipinit
prosecutive	nipikkut	nipitigut
locative	nipimi	nipini
instrumental	nipimik	nipinik
equative	nipitut	nipitut

Derived terms

• nipilersoqatigiissuit (“symphony orchestra”)
• nipilersortartoq (“musician”)
• nipilersortartut (“band”)
• nipilersortuni ussersortuusoq (“conductor, bandmaster”)
• nipilersortut (“orchestra, musical ensemble”)
• nipilersuut (“musical instrument”)
• nipiliuut (“vocal cord”)

 

Inupiaq

Noun

nipi (dual nipik, plural nipit)

1. voice, sound

   Nipi tusraagiga.

   I heard a sound.

Miami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *nepyi.

Noun

nipi

1. water

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn͈ʲibʲi/

Verb

nipi

1. third-person singular present indicative habitual negated of is: is (habitually) not
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 28^c25

     Nipi cían a masse in choirp.

     The beauty of the body is not long-lasting.