nima

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nima"

'Are'are

Noun

nima

house

Numeral

nima

five

References

Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Jamamadí

Verb

nima

(Banawá) to appear as

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnʲima/

Pronoun

nima (only after a preposition)

dative/instrumental/locative dual of wón

Related terms

(dative): jima

Adjective

nima

feminine nominative singular of nimy

Old Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɲima/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɲima/

Pronoun

nima

dual dative/instrumental of ona / oně

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

nema

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neman. Compare Old English niman, Old Saxon niman, Old High German neman, Old Norse nema.

Verb

nima

to take

Inflection

Conjugation of **nima** (strong class 4)
indicative	present	past
infinitive	nima

1st person singular	nime	nom
2nd person singular	nimest, nimst	nomest, nomst
3rd person singular	nimeth, nimth	nom
plural	nimath	nōmen

subjunctive	present	past
singular	nime	nōme
plural	nime, nimen	nōme, nōmen

imperative	present
singular	nim
plural	nimeth

participle	present	past
	nimande	enimen, nimen

Descendants

North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: nem

Mooring: naame
Saterland Frisian: níeme
West Frisian: nimme

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

nimma

Etymology

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną.

Verb

nima

to take
to learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of **nima** (strong)
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	present			past
infinitive	nima			—
participle	nimandi, nimande			numin
iæk	nimer	nimi, nime	—	nam	nāmi, nāme
þū	nimer	nimi, nime	nim	namt	nāmi, nāme
han	nimer	nimi, nime	—	nam	nāmi, nāme
vīr	nimum, nimom	nimum, nimom	nimum, nimom	nāmum, nāmom	nāmum, nāmom
īr	nimin	nimin	nimin	nāmin	nāmin
þēr	nima	nimin	—	nāmu, nāmo	nāmin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	nims	nimis, nimes	—	nams	nāmis, nāmes
þū	nims	nimis, nimes	—	namts	nāmis, nāmes
han	nims	nimis, nimes	—	nams	nāmis, nāmes
vīr	nimums, -oms	nimums, nimoms	—	nāmums, nāmoms	nāmums, nāmoms
īr	nimins	nimins	—	nāmins	nāmins
þēr	nimas	nimins	—	nāmus, nāmos	nāmins

Descendants

Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)

Tongan

**Tongan cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : nima

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ni.ma/

Numeral

nima

five

Noun

nima

hand
Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)

There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—
1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

nima

silt, sludge

Inflection

Inflection of nima (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	nima
genitive sing.	niman
partitive sing.	nimad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	nima	—
accusative	niman	—
genitive	niman	—
partitive	nimad	—
essive-instructive	niman	—
translative	nimaks	—

inessive	nimas	—
elative	nimaspäi	—
illative	nimaha	—

adessive	nimal	—
ablative	nimalpäi	—
allative	nimale	—

abessive	nimata	—
comitative	nimanke	—
prolative	nimadme	—

approximative I	nimanno	—
approximative II	nimannoks	—
egressive	nimannopäi	—

terminative I	nimahasai	—
terminative II	nimalesai	—
terminative III	nimassai	—

additive I	nimahapäi	—
additive II	nimalepäi	—

References

Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ил”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Noun

nima

genitive singular of nim

Whitesands

Noun

nima

house

References

Jeremy Hammond (2009). The Grammar of Nouns and Verbs in Whitesands, an Oceanic Language of Southern Vanuatu, p. 101.