ani

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ni/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːni

ani (plural anis)

1. Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

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

• Ani (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crotophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Crotophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnaɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnaɪ

ani

1. plural of anus

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

• Tone: LH[1]

ani

1. eye, eyes

   M'ani agye

   My eyes are brightened (I am happy)

   ani den

   (having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

• aniwa

• 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.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

ani

1. harvest

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, compare nani, nime.

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

• IPA^(key): /ani/

ani

1. (conversational) then, later; later (on)

   Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti

2. well, so, fine, now

   Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka

   Ani, në rregull.

   Well, all right.

   Gheg examples:

   Ani de?

   So what?

   Ani de...

   Well then...

ani

1. 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!

2. (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)

• adverb and particle ani / aní • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/

ani

1. sky

• ni

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”).

ani

1. water

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

ani

1. this, these

Compare Aklanon ani.

• Hyphenation: a‧ni

ani

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

ani

1. to harvest
   1. to harvest rice

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

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

ani

1. like this

Compare Choctaw ani, Alabama aɬi, Koasati athilaho̱. Compare also Timucua ule (“fruit”) or Tunica elu (“to bear fruit”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ni/

ani (short verb)

1. (stative, intransitive, nominal subject) to produce or bear fruit
2. (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stuff
3. (active voice, ditransitive, tri-plural or mass object) to put in, to pour in

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• fokhi (singular object)
• abihili (dual object)
• aani

• ʋni (traditional)
• ạni (Byington/Swanton)

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

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

ani (inalienable)

1. berry
2. nut
3. fruit

Inherited from Old Czech ani, from Proto-Slavic *ani.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲɪ]

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ani

1. neither, nor, or (in negative)

   Do Prahy nepojedu ani v sobotu ani v pátek. ― I will go to Prague neither on Saturday nor on Friday.

2. 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.

• ani in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• ani in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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ani

1. plural of anus

From ano +‎ -i.

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

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

1. (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

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

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

ani

1. very, extremely

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (“few”), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, but this is deemed incorrect by language authorities, who decree that ani be spelled as a separate word.

• “ani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

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

ani

1. ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)

• käki

• ain, nai

ani m (plural anis)

1. ani (bird)

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

IPA^(key): /ɛ.ni/

ani (plural anit)

1. a girl's elder brother

• ani in Katersat

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ni/, [ˈɐ.ni]

ani

1. to blow softly (as a breeze)
2. to beckon; wave

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

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

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

ani m

1. plural of ano

• -ina, ain

ani

1. Rōmaji transcription of あに

ani

1. rice harvest

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani

1. neither, nor, or

ani

1. not even

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ani”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎, volume 1, page 26
• “ani”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Inherited from English honey.

ani

1. honey

Inherited from English only.

ani

1. only

ani

1. plural of an

ānī

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

• 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)

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲi]
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani

1. (sometimes repeated) neither, nor, or

ani

1. (with other negation) even; not even; not at all

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “ani”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 124-125

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

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

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

ani

1. any

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ā.nĩ́/

aní

1. already

   Mi jin u aní. ― I've done it already.

   A gí yangíci kpáátá aní, u á zo. ― They've eaten all the food already, it's finished.

   Ǹdá á bici aní. ― Father had run off.

• Used to form the present perfect tense, and can be used with á for emphasis or to express the pluperfect.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈaɲi/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈaɲi/

ani

1. and not
2. nor
3. (repeated) neither … nor
4. (comparative) than
5. but neither

ani

1. even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

• Czech: ani

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ani”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

ani

1. Alternative spelling of aní

• hani

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

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ani/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ani/

ani

1. connects negated elements; not, and not
2. (reduplicated) neither … nor

ani

1. not even

• Polish: ani
• Silesian: ani

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ani”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ani”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ani”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɲi/

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• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: a‧ni
• Homophone: Ani

ani

1. 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.

2. nary, not a, not even one

   Synonym: ni

   Nie było ani jednego ciasteczka. ― There wasn't even a single cookie.

ani

1. (Middle Polish) not even
2. (Middle Polish) not also; Further details are 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.

3. (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.

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 42 times in essays, 117 times in fiction, and 116 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 333 times, making it the 151st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

• ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “ANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2011 April 2
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37

• IPA^(key): [anʲ]

ani

1. plural of an

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

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

ani m (plural anials or aneals)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

aní (plural vanáaní)

1. (interrogative) who

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈani/
• Hyphenation: a‧ni

ani

1. I

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

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɲi/
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani

1. neither, nor, or

ani

1. not even

• ani in silling.org

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲi]

ani

1. neither
2. nor

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

3. even (with negative clause)

   Ani neviem. ― I don't even know.

• “ani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔa.nɪ]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: a‧ni

ani (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

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

Univerbation of clipping of wika ni.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ni

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. said by; according to

• The word is used before names of persons.

• anang

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈni]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ni

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)

1. loathing; disgust

• “ani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qaniS”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

ani

1. harvest

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

ani

1. sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)

• aniden

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

• IPA^(key): /ani/

ani

1. this

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 367

ani

1. plural of ano

From Proto-Finnic *ani.

ani

1. quite, rather
2. very, highly, extremely
3. nearly, practically, just about
4. absolutely, totally
5. sufficiently, enough
6. just, exactly
7. generally, in general

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ʔanɪ/

ani

1. ant-eater
2. arrow

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