nij

Dutch Low Saxon

Etymology

From Middle Low German nîe, nü̂we, from Old Saxon niuwi. Related to West Frisian nij, Dutch nieuw, German neu, English new, Swedish ny.

Adjective

nij (Gronings)

  1. new
  2. curious

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nī, nīe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛi̯/

Adjective

nij

  1. new

Inflection
Inflection of nij
uninflected nij
inflected nije
comparative nijer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial nijnijerit nijst
it nijste
indefinite c. sing. nijenijerenijste
n. sing. nijnijernijste
plural nijenijerenijste
definite nijenijerenijste
partitive nijsnijers—

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “nij”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰniːꟲ (“debt”). Cognate with Thai หนี้ (nîi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩦ᩶, Lao ໜີ້ (nī), Lü ᦐᦲᧉ (ṅii2), Shan ၼီႈ (nīi), Tai Nüa ᥘᥤᥲ (lì), Phake ꩫီ (nī), Ahom 𑜃𑜣 (nī), Nong Zhuang nij, Zuojiang Zhuang nij.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ni˥/

  • Tone numbers: ni3
  • Hyphenation: nij

Noun

nij (Sawndip form 𪥤, 1957–1982 spelling niз)

  1. debt
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