"நீம்" meaning in All languages combined

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Pronoun [Tamil]

IPA: /n̪iːm/ Forms: nīm [romanization]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm. Cognate with Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv), Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu), Malayalam നീം (nīṁ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*nīm|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *nīm, {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*nīm}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm, {{cog|dra-okn|ನೀವ್}} Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv), {{cog|kn|ನೀವು}} Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu), {{cog|ml|നീം}} Malayalam നീം (nīṁ) Head templates: {{ta-pronoun}} நீம் • (nīm), {{tlb|ta|formal|rare}} (formal, rare)
  1. you all (plural) Tags: formal, rare
    Sense id: en-நீம்-ta-pron-skbtgu1t Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil personal pronouns, Tamil plural pronouns, Tamil pronouns, Tamil second person pronouns, Tamil terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Tamil entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Tamil personal pronouns: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tamil plural pronouns: 92 8 Disambiguation of Tamil pronouns: 85 15 Disambiguation of Tamil second person pronouns: 93 7 Disambiguation of Tamil terms with redundant script codes: 100 0
  2. (honorific) you Tags: formal, honorific, rare
    Sense id: en-நீம்-ta-pron-uwNHpGjZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: நீங்கள் (nīṅkaḷ)
Related terms: நான்யான் (yāṉ), நாங்கள்யாம் (yām), நாம் (nām), தான்தாம்தாங்கள் (tāṅkaḷ) [formal], தாங்கள் (tāṅkaḷ), நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம் (nīm) [formal, informal, rare], நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம் (nīm) [rare], proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன் (evaṉ), யாவன் (yāvaṉ), proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள் (evarkaḷ), யாவர் (yāvar), proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள் (evaḷ), யாவள் (yāvaḷ), proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர் (evar), யார் (yār), proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது (etu), யாது (yātu), proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை (evai), யாவை (yāvai)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīṅkaḷ",
      "word": "நீங்கள்"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*nīm",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *nīm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*nīm"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra-okn",
        "2": "ನೀವ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನೀವು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നീം"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നീം (nīṁ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm. Cognate with Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv), Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu), Malayalam നീം (nīṁ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நீம் • (nīm)",
      "name": "ta-pronoun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "formal",
        "3": "rare"
      },
      "expansion": "(formal, rare)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāṉ",
      "word": "நான்யான்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yām",
      "word": "நாங்கள்யாம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nām",
      "word": "நாம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "தான்தாம்தாங்கள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
      "word": "தாங்கள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "informal",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "evaṉ",
      "word": "proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāvaṉ",
      "word": "யாவன்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "evarkaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāvar",
      "word": "யாவர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "evaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāvaḷ",
      "word": "யாவள்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "evar",
      "word": "proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yār",
      "word": "யார்"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "etu",
      "word": "proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yātu",
      "word": "யாது"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "evai",
      "word": "proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yāvai",
      "word": "யாவை"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil plural pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil second person pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you all (plural)"
      ],
      "id": "en-நீம்-ta-pron-skbtgu1t",
      "links": [
        [
          "you all",
          "you all"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "you"
      ],
      "id": "en-நீம்-ta-pron-uwNHpGjZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) you"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "honorific",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நீம்"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tamil formal terms",
    "Tamil lemmas",
    "Tamil personal pronouns",
    "Tamil plural pronouns",
    "Tamil pronouns",
    "Tamil rare terms",
    "Tamil second person pronouns",
    "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
    "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tamil terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "nīṅkaḷ",
      "word": "நீங்கள்"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*nīm",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *nīm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "dra-pro",
        "3": "*nīm"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dra-okn",
        "2": "ನೀವ್"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನೀವು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നീം"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നീം (nīṁ)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīm. Cognate with Old Kannada ನೀವ್ (nīv), Kannada ನೀವು (nīvu), Malayalam നീം (nīṁ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நீம் • (nīm)",
      "name": "ta-pronoun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "formal",
        "3": "rare"
      },
      "expansion": "(formal, rare)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yāṉ",
      "word": "நான்யான்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yām",
      "word": "நாங்கள்யாம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nām",
      "word": "நாம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "தான்தாம்தாங்கள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tāṅkaḷ",
      "word": "தாங்கள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "informal",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "நீநீர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nīm",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "நீவிர்நீங்கள்நீம்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evaṉ",
      "word": "proximal: இவன்distal: அவன் yonder: உவன்interrogative: எவன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāvaṉ",
      "word": "யாவன்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evarkaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāvar",
      "word": "யாவர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāvaḷ",
      "word": "யாவள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evar",
      "word": "proximal: இவர்distal: அவர் yonder: உவர்interrogative: எவர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yār",
      "word": "யார்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "etu",
      "word": "proximal: இதுdistal: அது yonder: உதுinterrogative: எது"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yātu",
      "word": "யாது"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evai",
      "word": "proximal: இவைdistal: அவை yonder: உவைinterrogative: எவை"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāvai",
      "word": "யாவை"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "you all (plural)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you all",
          "you all"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tamil honorific terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(honorific) you"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "honorific",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நீம்"
}

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