paani

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See also: pääni

Fiji Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindi पानी (pānī), perhaps via another Hindi belt language.

Noun[edit]

paani

  1. water

References[edit]

  • Satendra Pratap Nandan, Kavita Ivy Nandan (2001) Requiem for a Rainbow: A Fijian Indian Story, Pacific Indian Publications, →OCLC, page 118

Kalo Finnish Romani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Romani pani. Note the change of grammatical gender from masculine to feminine.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

paani f

  1. water[1][2][3][4]
  2. lake[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kimmo Granqvist (2002) “Finnish Romani Phonology and Dialect Geography”, in SKY Journal of Linguistics‎[1], volume 15, Linguistic Association of Finland, archived from the original on January 28, 2022, pages 61-83
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Márton A. Baló (2020) “Romani Phonology”, in Yaron Matras, Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 127
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “paani” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  4. ^ Kimmo Granqvist (2011) Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎[2] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, →ISSN, retrieved February 20, 2022, pages 12-13, 36, 39, 74, 156, 167, 190
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