uni

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Clipping of university.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni (plural unis)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly British, Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Canada) University.
    I'm going to uni after I leave school.
    Turn left when you reach the uni.
Usage notes[edit]

Canadian usage is limited to prepositional phrases like to uni or at uni and cannot be used as a countable noun (as in *the uni or *unis).

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese 雲丹.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni (uncountable)

  1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
    • 2013 July 16, Ken Belson, “In Japan, Searching for Prized Sea Urchins”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      The ikura popped in my mouth, the hotate was buttery soft and the uni was creamy and sweet without a seafood aftertaste, the kind of freshness I was hoping we would encounter when we left Tokyo.

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”).[1] Cognate to English wish, Latin venia (“indulgence, kindness”).

Noun[edit]

uni f (definite unia)

  1. hunger

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “uni”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

Anauyá[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
  • native-languages.org

Baniwa[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. water
  2. river

References[edit]

  • Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

uni (not comparable)

  1. plain, monocoloured

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une, cognate to Finnish uni, Votic uni, Ludian uńi, and Erzya он (on, “dream”).

Noun[edit]

uni (genitive une, partitive und)

  1. sleep
    Mul ei tule und. ― I can't sleep. (literally, “Sleep is not coming on me.”)
  2. dream
    Ma nägin unes suurt põtra. ― I saw a big elk in my dream.

Declension[edit]

Declension of uni (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni uned
accusative nom.
gen. une
genitive unede
partitive und unesid
illative unne
unesse 		unedesse
inessive unes unedes
elative unest unedest
allative unele unedele
adessive unel unedel
ablative unelt unedelt
translative uneks unedeks
terminative uneni unedeni
essive unena unedena
abessive uneta unedeta
comitative unega unedega

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fi

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates include Erzya он (on), Western Mari ом (om).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈuni/, [ˈuni]
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Syllabification(key): u‧ni

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
    Synonym: unitila
    saada unen päästä kiinni ― can get sleep (literally, “to be able to catch sleep”)
    saada unta ― to get sleep, can get sleep
    syvässä unessa ― sound asleep
    En saanut unen päästä kiinni.
    I could not get sleep.
    Etkö saa unta?
    Are you having trouble sleeping? / Are you having trouble falling asleep?
  2. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)
    Synonym: unennäkö
    nähdä unta ― to have a dream
    unien selittäminen / unista ennustaminen ― oneiromancy

Declension[edit]

Inflection of uni (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative uni unet
genitive unen unien
unten
partitive unta unia
illative uneen uniin
singular plural
nominative uni unet
accusative nom. uni unet
gen. unen
genitive unen unien
unten
partitive unta unia
inessive unessa unissa
elative unesta unista
illative uneen uniin
adessive unella unilla
ablative unelta unilta
allative unelle unille
essive unena unina
translative uneksi uniksi
abessive unetta unitta
instructive — unin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of uni (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative uneni uneni
accusative nom. uneni uneni
gen. uneni
genitive uneni unieni
unteni
partitive untani uniani
inessive unessani unissani
elative unestani unistani
illative uneeni uniini
adessive unellani unillani
ablative uneltani uniltani
allative unelleni unilleni
essive unenani uninani
translative unekseni unikseni
abessive unettani unittani
instructive — —
comitative — unineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative unesi unesi
accusative nom. unesi unesi
gen. unesi
genitive unesi uniesi
untesi
partitive untasi uniasi
inessive unessasi unissasi
elative unestasi unistasi
illative uneesi uniisi
adessive unellasi unillasi
ablative uneltasi uniltasi
allative unellesi unillesi
essive unenasi uninasi
translative uneksesi uniksesi
abessive unettasi unittasi
instructive — —
comitative — uninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative unemme unemme
accusative nom. unemme unemme
gen. unemme
genitive unemme uniemme
untemme
partitive untamme uniamme
inessive unessamme unissamme
elative unestamme unistamme
illative uneemme uniimme
adessive unellamme unillamme
ablative uneltamme uniltamme
allative unellemme unillemme
essive unenamme uninamme
translative uneksemme uniksemme
abessive unettamme unittamme
instructive — —
comitative — uninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative unenne unenne
accusative nom. unenne unenne
gen. unenne
genitive unenne unienne
untenne
partitive untanne unianne
inessive unessanne unissanne
elative unestanne unistanne
illative uneenne uniinne
adessive unellanne unillanne
ablative uneltanne uniltanne
allative unellenne unillenne
essive unenanne uninanne
translative uneksenne uniksenne
abessive unettanne unittanne
instructive — —
comitative — uninenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative unensa unensa
accusative nom. unensa unensa
gen. unensa
genitive unensa uniensa
untensa
partitive untaan
untansa 		uniaan
uniansa
inessive unessaan
unessansa 		unissaan
unissansa
elative unestaan
unestansa 		unistaan
unistansa
illative uneensa uniinsa
adessive unellaan
unellansa 		unillaan
unillansa
ablative uneltaan
uneltansa 		uniltaan
uniltansa
allative unelleen
unellensa 		unilleen
unillensa
essive unenaan
unenansa 		uninaan
uninansa
translative unekseen
uneksensa 		unikseen
uniksensa
abessive unettaan
unettansa 		unittaan
unittansa
instructive — —
comitative — unineen
uninensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Participle[edit]

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

  1. past participle of unir

Adjective[edit]

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

  1. united

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of uniforme

Adjective[edit]

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

  1. having only one color, feature, etc.

Etymology 3[edit]

Clipping of université. Compare standard French univ.

Noun[edit]

uni f (plural unis)

  1. (Switzerland, informal) university
    Synonyms: univ, fac

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

18th century, from French uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʏni/, /ˈyːni/, (unusual) /yˈniː/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective[edit]

uni (indeclinable)

  1. (of clothes, fabrics, chiefly predicative) unicolour, single-colour
    Synonym: einfarbig

Ilocano[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sound; noise; voice

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch unie, from French union, from Latin ūniō f.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊni]
  • Hyphenation: uni

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. union,
    1. the act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
    2. that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members.
      Uni Eropa ― European Union
      Uni Soviet ― Soviet Union
      Synonyms: perserikatan, persatuan, ikatan

Further reading[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognate with Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sleep
  2. dream
    paha uni ― bad dream

Declension[edit]

Declension of uni (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative uni unet
genitive unen unniin, uniloin
partitive unta, unt unnia, uniloja
illative unnee unnii, uniloihe
inessive unes unis, unilois
elative unest unist, uniloist
allative unelle unille, uniloille
adessive unel unil, uniloil
ablative unelt unilt, uniloilt
translative uneks uniks, uniloiks
essive unenna, unneen uninna, uniloinna, unniin, uniloin
exessive1) unent unint, uniloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 623

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈu.ni/
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Hyphenation: ù‧ni

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Numeral[edit]

uni

  1. masculine plural of uno

Pronoun[edit]

uni m pl

  1. plural of uno

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of università.

Noun[edit]

uni f (invariable)

  1. (Switzerland, informal) university

Further reading[edit]

  • uni in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • uni in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
  • uni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • uni in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • uni in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • uni in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • uni in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • uni in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

uni

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うに
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ウニ

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

uni

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦸꦤꦶ

Karelian[edit]

Regional variants of uni
North Karelian
(Viena) 		uni
South Karelian
(Tver) 		uni

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈunʲi/
  • Hyphenation: u‧ni

Noun[edit]

uni (genitive unen, partitive unta or unda)

  1. sleep
  2. dream

Declension[edit]

Viena Karelian declension of uni (type 8/uni, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni unet
genitive unen unien
partitive unta unija
illative unih uniloih
inessive unešša uniloissa
elative unešta uniloista
adessive unella uniloilla
ablative unelta uniloilta
translative unekši uniloiksi
essive unina uniloina
comitative — uniloineh
abessive unetta uniloitta
Tver Karelian declension of uni (type 8/uni, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni unet
genitive unen uniloin
partitive unda uniloida
illative unih uniloih
inessive unešša uniloissa
elative unešta uniloista
adessive unella uniloilla
ablative unelda uniloilda
translative unekši uniloiksi
essive unina uniloina
comitative unenke uniloinke
abessive unetta uniloitta
Possessive forms of uni
1st person uneni
2nd person uneš
3rd person uneh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References[edit]

  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “сон”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “un'i”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Ladin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

uni (invariable)

  1. every

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

ūnī

  1. inflection of ūnus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular

Livvi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni (genitive unen, partitive undu)

  1. sleep
  2. dream

Declension[edit]

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Declension of uni (Type 24/kieli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni unet
genitive unen uniin
partitive undu unii
illative uneh uniih
inessive unes uniis
elative unespäi uniispäi
allative unele uniile
adessive unel uniil
ablative unelpäi uniilpäi
translative unekse uniikse
essive unennu uniinnu
abessive unettah uniittah
comitative unenke uniinke
instructive uniiči
prolative uneči

References[edit]

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “uni”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Lokono[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Arawak *hunia.

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. rain

References[edit]

  • de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎[3], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 255

Ludian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Veps uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. dream

Declension[edit]

Declension of uni (Type 3/uni, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni uned
genitive unen uniden
partitive unt unid
illative uneh unihe
inessive unes uniš
elative unespiä unišpiä
allative unele unile
adessive unel unil
ablative unelpiä unilpiä
translative uneks unikš
essive unen unin
abessive uneta unita
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References[edit]

  • Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 465
  • M. Pahomov (2022) “uni”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎[4], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 181

Old Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buñi. Cognate Malay bunyi.

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sound, voice
    Synonyms: ābhā, dhwani, śabda, swabawa, swara, wacana, wuni
  2. content
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Javanese: ꦲꦸꦤꦶ (uni)

Etymology 2[edit]

Preposition[edit]

uni

  1. Alternative spelling of ṅūni, ṅūnin (“before”)

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. Alternative spelling of wuni (“secret”)

Further reading[edit]

  • "uni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Omagua[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology

Piapoco[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. water
  2. river

References[edit]

  • Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN
  • Lińguas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)

Portuguese[edit]

Verb[edit]

uni

  1. inflection of unir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From un, or from Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

a uni (third-person singular present unește, past participle unit) 4th conj.

  1. to unite, merge, join
    Antonym: dezuni

Conjugation[edit]

    conjugation of uni (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a uni
gerund unind
past participle unit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present unesc unești unește unim uniți unesc
imperfect uneam uneai unea uneam uneați uneau
simple perfect unii uniși uni unirăm unirăți uniră
pluperfect unisem uniseși unise uniserăm uniserăți uniseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să unesc să unești să unească să unim să uniți să unească
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative unește uniți
negative nu uni nu uniți

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈuni/ [ˈu.ni]
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Syllabification: u‧ni

Noun[edit]

uni f (plural unis)

  1. Clipping of universidad (“university”); uni

Tariana[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. water
  2. waterway, river; body of water, lake; anything watery

Usage notes[edit]

  • The precise meaning of the word is clarified by using classifiers.

References[edit]

  • Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
  • Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

uni

  1. (transitive) alternative form of wuni (“to watch”)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of uni
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st touni founi miuni
2nd nouni niuni
3rd Masculine ouni iuni, youni†
Feminine mouni
Neuter iuni
† - archaic

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni.

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sleep
  2. dream

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of uni (inflection type 4/meri)
nominative sing. uni
genitive sing. unen
partitive sing. unt
partitive plur. unid
singular plural
nominative uni uned
accusative unen uned
genitive unen uniden
partitive unt unid
essive-instructive unen unin
translative uneks unikš
inessive unes uniš
elative unespäi unišpäi
illative unehe unihe
adessive unel unil
ablative unelpäi unilpäi
allative unele unile
abessive uneta unita
comitative unenke unidenke
prolative untme unidme
approximative I unenno unidenno
approximative II unennoks unidennoks
egressive unennopäi unidennopäi
terminative I unehesai unihesai
terminative II unelesai unilesai
terminative III unessai —
additive I unehepäi unihepäi
additive II unelepäi unilepäi

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “сон”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[5], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *uni.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈuni/, [ˈunʲi]
  • Rhymes: -uni
  • Hyphenation: u‧ni

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. sleep
  2. dream

Inflection[edit]

Declension of uni (type X/tuli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative uni unõd
genitive unõ unijõ, unii
partitive untõ uniitõ, unii
illative unnõ, unnõsõ uniisõ
inessive unõz uniiz
elative unõssõ uniissõ
allative unõlõ uniilõ
adessive unõllõ uniillõ
ablative unõltõ uniiltõ
translative unõssi uniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References[edit]

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “uni”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

uni

  1. second-person singular present/future of uno

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Ternate au (“blood”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

uni

  1. blood

Alternative forms[edit]

References[edit]

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎[6], Pacific linguistics
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[7], Pacific linguistics
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