nyanyi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲaɲi/
• Hyphenation: nya‧nyi

Verb

nyanyi (used in the form menyanyi)

1. to sing

Noun

nyanyi (first-person possessive nyanyiku, second-person possessive nyanyimu, third-person possessive nyanyinya)

1. singing

Derived terms

• bernyanyi
• menyanyi
• nyanyian
• nyanyikan
• penyanyi

 

Further reading

• “nyanyi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

nyanyi (Jawi spelling ڽاڽي, plural nyanyi-nyanyi, informal 1st possessive nyanyiku, 2nd possessive nyanyimu, 3rd possessive nyanyinya)

1. singing

Derived terms

• bernyanyi
• menyanyi
• nyanyian

 

Further reading

• “nyanyi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay nyanyi (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

1. (intransitive) to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of nyanyi
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tonyanyi	fonyanyi	minyanyi
2nd	nonyanyi	ninyanyi
3rd	Masculine	onyanyi	inyanyi, yonyanyi†
Feminine	monyanyi
Neuter	inyanyi
† - archaic

References

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

Warlpiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲa.ɲi/

Verb

nyanyi

1. to see
2. to perceive

Inflection

Conjugation of nyanyi

nonpast	past	imperative	immediate future	present continuous	infinitive	irrealis	nomic	andative
nyanyi	nyangu	nyangka	nyangku	nyanganya	nyanja	nyangkarla	nyangu	nyanji

† The andative is inflected like a verb of the ni-class (5^th class), except that the andative imperative of verbs of the nyi-class (3^rd class) is -nka instead of -nta