"நீனு" meaning in Tamil

See நீனு in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /n̪iːnɯ/ Audio: LL-Q5885 (tam)-Sriveenkat-நீனு.wav Forms: nīṉu [romanization]
Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *nīn and doublet of நீ (nī). Etymology templates: {{der|ta|kn|ನೀನು}} Kannada ನೀನು (nīnu), {{inh|ta|dra-pro|*nīn}} Proto-Dravidian *nīn, {{dbt|ta|நீ|nocap=1}} doublet of நீ (nī) Head templates: {{ta-pronoun}} நீனு • (nīṉu), {{tlb|ta|dialectal|informal}} (dialectal, informal)
  1. you Tags: dialectal, informal Synonyms: நீ, நீர், நீவீர், நீங்கள், தாங்கள்
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "nīṉu",
      "tags": [
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    }
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  "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"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil personal pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil second person pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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              16,
              19
            ]
          ],
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              9,
              13
            ]
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              9,
              13
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          "english": "Which place are you from?",
          "roman": "enta ūru nīṉu?",
          "text": "எந்த ஊரு நீனு?",
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        }
      ],
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        "you"
      ],
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          "you",
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        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "நீ"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீர்"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீவீர்"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீங்கள்"
        },
        {
          "word": "தாங்கள்"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/n̪iːnɯ/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "நீனு"
}
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "dra-pro",
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "நீனு • (nīṉu)",
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      },
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      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "pron",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Tamil entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tamil informal terms",
        "Tamil lemmas",
        "Tamil personal pronouns",
        "Tamil pronouns",
        "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",
        "Tamil terms with usage examples"
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              13
            ]
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            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "you"
      ],
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        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "நீ"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீர்"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீவீர்"
        },
        {
          "word": "நீங்கள்"
        },
        {
          "word": "தாங்கள்"
        }
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/n̪iːnɯ/"
    },
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  "word": "நீனு"
}

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