"நீ" meaning in All languages combined

See நீ on Wiktionary

Pronoun [Tamil]

IPA: /n̪iː/ Audio: Ta-நீ.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīn. Cognate to Telugu నీవు (nīvu), Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu), Malayalam നീ (nī). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*nīn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Dravidian *nīn, {{inh+|ta|dra-pro|*nīn}} Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīn, {{cog|te|నీవు}} Telugu నీవు (nīvu), {{cog|kn|ನೀನು}} Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu), {{cog|ml|നീ}} Malayalam നീ (nī) Head templates: {{ta-pronoun}} நீ • (nī), {{tlb|ta|in the singular|informal}} (in the singular, informal) Inflection templates: {{ta-decl|நீ|-|நீயே|உன்ன|abl_s=உன்னிடமிருந்து|ben_s=உனக்காக|dat_s=உனக்கு|gen2_s=உன்}} Forms: [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], நீ [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], நீயே [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative], உன்னை [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], உனக்கு [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], உனக்காக [benefactive, singular], - [benefactive, plural], உன்னுடைய [error-unrecognized-form, singular], - [error-unrecognized-form, plural], உன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], உன்னில் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], உன்னிடம் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], உன்னோடு [error-unrecognized-form, singular], உன்னுடன் [error-unrecognized-form, singular], உன்னால் [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], உன்னிடமிருந்து [ablative, singular], - [ablative, plural]
  1. you Tags: informal, singular
    Sense id: en-நீ-ta-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tamil entries with incorrect language header, Tamil pronouns, Tamil terms with redundant script codes 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), proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள் (evarkaḷ), யாவர் (yāvar), proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள் (evaḷ), 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)

Inflected forms

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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
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    {
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        "2": "dra-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Dravidian *nīn",
      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "inh+"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "te",
        "2": "నీవు"
      },
      "expansion": "Telugu నీవు (nīvu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kn",
        "2": "ನೀನು"
      },
      "expansion": "Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ml",
        "2": "നീ"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നീ (nī)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīn. Cognate to Telugu నీవు (nīvu), Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu), Malayalam നീ (nī).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நீ",
      "roman": "nī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நீயே",
      "roman": "nīyē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னை",
      "roman": "uṉṉai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உனக்கு",
      "roman": "uṉakku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உனக்காக",
      "roman": "uṉakkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னுடைய",
      "roman": "uṉṉuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்",
      "roman": "uṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னில்",
      "roman": "uṉṉil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னிடம்",
      "roman": "uṉṉiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னோடு",
      "roman": "uṉṉōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னுடன்",
      "roman": "uṉṉuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னால்",
      "roman": "uṉṉāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னிடமிருந்து",
      "roman": "uṉṉiṭamiruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நீ • (nī)",
      "name": "ta-pronoun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "in the singular",
        "3": "informal"
      },
      "expansion": "(in the singular, informal)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "நீ",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "நீயே",
        "4": "உன்ன",
        "abl_s": "உன்னிடமிருந்து",
        "ben_s": "உனக்காக",
        "dat_s": "உனக்கு",
        "gen2_s": "உன்"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tamil",
  "lang_code": "ta",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you"
      ],
      "id": "en-நீ-ta-pron-uwNHpGjZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "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": "evarkaḷ",
          "word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāvar",
          "word": "யாவர்"
        },
        {
          "roman": "evaḷ",
          "word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iː/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "நீ"
}
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      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
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    },
    {
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        "2": "dra-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "നീ"
      },
      "expansion": "Malayalam നീ (nī)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nīn. Cognate to Telugu నీవు (nīvu), Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu), Malayalam നീ (nī).",
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      "form": "nī",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ta-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நீ",
      "roman": "nī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "நீயே",
      "roman": "nīyē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னை",
      "roman": "uṉṉai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உனக்கு",
      "roman": "uṉakku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உனக்காக",
      "roman": "uṉakkāka",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "benefactive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னுடைய",
      "roman": "uṉṉuṭaiya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்",
      "roman": "uṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னில்",
      "roman": "uṉṉil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னிடம்",
      "roman": "uṉṉiṭam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னோடு",
      "roman": "uṉṉōṭu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னுடன்",
      "roman": "uṉṉuṭaṉ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னால்",
      "roman": "uṉṉāl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "உன்னிடமிருந்து",
      "roman": "uṉṉiṭamiruntu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நீ • (nī)",
      "name": "ta-pronoun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ta",
        "2": "in the singular",
        "3": "informal"
      },
      "expansion": "(in the singular, informal)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "நீ",
        "2": "-",
        "3": "நீயே",
        "4": "உன்ன",
        "abl_s": "உன்னிடமிருந்து",
        "ben_s": "உனக்காக",
        "dat_s": "உனக்கு",
        "gen2_s": "உன்"
      },
      "name": "ta-decl"
    }
  ],
  "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": "evarkaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவர்கள்distal: அவர்கள் yonder: உவர்கள்interrogative: எவர்கள்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāvar",
      "word": "யாவர்"
    },
    {
      "roman": "evaḷ",
      "word": "proximal: இவள்distal: அவள் yonder: உவள்interrogative: எவள்"
    },
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tamil informal terms",
        "Tamil irregular nouns",
        "Tamil lemmas",
        "Tamil pronouns",
        "Tamil terms derived from Proto-Dravidian",
        "Tamil terms inherited from Proto-Dravidian",
        "Tamil terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
        "Tamil ī-stem nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iː/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ta-நீ.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80.ogg/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Ta-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "நீ"
}

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