nani

Borrowed from Japanese 何 (nani).

nani

1. (slang, chiefly anime and manga) what

• nʋni (traditional)

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *θaθiCo. Cognate with Chickasaw nani (“fish”), Creek rvro (“fish”), and possibly Natchez nini (“fish”).

• IPA^(key): /nəní(ʔ)/
• Transcription: naní'

nani (alienable)

1. fish (animal)

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nani

1. (stative) to be lovely, pretty, nice

   Hū, he lā nani kēia. ― Wow, this is a lovely day.

nani

1. where

   Synonyms: nani, naami, nauŋ

   Nani taimña itpa? ― Where is that thing?

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.ni/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Hyphenation: nà‧ni

nani

1. masculine plural of nano

nani m pl

1. plural of nano

• anni

nani

1. Rōmaji transcription of なに

From English nanny.

• IPA^(key): /nà.ní/

nàní

1. nanny

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.niː/, [ˈnäːniː]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.ni/, [ˈnäːni]

nānī

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

nani

1. four

From Hindi नानी (nānī).

• IPA^(key): /nani/

nani

1. maternal grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

nani

1. Follows a noun to mark that noun as being plural.

nani

1. who

Probably an expressive or onomatopoetic creation, imitative of infantile sounds. Compare Greek νανι (nani), Bulgarian нани (nani), Italian ninnananna, Spanish nana, etc.

nani

1. sound used to lull babies to sleep, in a lullaby

nani

1. (childish) sleep

• nineri

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-a nani (invariable)

1. whose (belonging to whom, of whom)

nani

1. Who?

• ya nani

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *naŋuy, compare Tagalog langoy.

nani

1. to swim