paani

See also: pääni

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi पानी (pānī), perhaps via another Hindi belt language.

Noun

paani

  1. water

References
  • Satendra Pratap Nandan; Kavita Ivy Nandan (2001) Requiem for a Rainbow: A Fijian Indian Story, Pacific Indian Publications, OCLC 1057994370, page 118

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani pani. Note the change of grammatical gender from masculine to feminine.

Pronunciation

Noun

paani f

  1. water[1][2][3][4]
  2. lake[3]

References
  1. Kimmo Granqvist (2002), “Finnish Romani Phonology and Dialect Geography”, in SKY Journal of Linguistics‎, volume 15, Linguistic Association of Finland, archived from the original on 2022-01-28, pages 61-83
  2. Márton A. Baló (2020), “Romani Phonology”, in Yaron Matras; Anton Tenser, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 127
  3. “paani” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  4. Kimmo Granqvist (2011) Lyhyt Suomen romanikielen kielioppi [Consice grammar of Finnish Romani]‎ (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland, →ISBN, ISSN 1796-041X, retrieved February 20, 2022, pages 12-13, 36, 39, 74, 156, 167, 190
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