# imi
## Albanian
### Etymology

Variant of im.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iˈmi/

### Pronoun

imi
* mine
    Ky libër është imi.This book is mine.
    Këta libra janë të mitë.These books are mine.

#### Declension
### See also
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
* Rhymes: -imi
* Hyphenation: imi

### Verb

imi
* third-person singular past indicative of imeä

## Hdi
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

### Noun

imi
* water

### References

* Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay, A Grammar of Hdi (2002, →ISBN

## Igbo
### Etymology

From Proto-Igboid *é-mî. Cognate with Ekpeye émì, Ogbah ímì, Ezaa ímí, Izi ímí, Ukwuani-Aboh-Ndoni ímí. Further cognates include Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-ŋmʊ̃́ (Yoruba imú).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /í.mí/

### Noun

ímí
* (anatomy) nose

### References

* ↑ Blench, Roger, Williamson, Kay, Ohiri-Aniche, Chinyere (2013) Comparative Igboid‎

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Probably a contamination of nimi and Russian имя (imja).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈimi/, [ˈimi]
* Rhymes: -imi
* Hyphenation: i‧mi

### Noun

imi
* Synonym of nimi (“name”)

#### Declension
### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 703

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mi/
* Rhymes: -imi
* Hyphenation: ì‧mi

### Adjective

imi
* masculine plural of imo

## Japanese
### Romanization

imi
* Rōmaji transcription of いみ

## Kapampangan
### Noun

imi
* urine, pee

## Lamang
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

### Noun

imi
* water

### References

* Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
* Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

## Latin
### Adjective

īmī
* inflection of īmus:
** nominative/vocative masculine plural
** genitive masculine/neuter singular

## Nakame
### Alternative forms

* ime (Gufin)
* imɛ̃ (Popof)
* imẽ (Munguleng)

### Noun

imi
* (Sikalan, Sokam, Wasin, Dzenzen) water

### References

* Rachel Gray, Margaret Potter, Thom Retsema, Mungkip: an endangered language, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 35 (2009), page 25

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈimiː/

### Noun

imi
* accusative/genitive singular of ipmi

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

imi n
* (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of im

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

imi
* (non-standard since 2012) neuter of imen
* (non-standard since 2012) feminine of imen

## Prasuni
### Etymology

From earlier *yëmëy, from Proto-Nuristani *yāmātr̥ka, variant of *jāmātā (“son-in-law”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ā́mātā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Doublet of zëmi and zëmëy.

### Pronunciation

* (Pashki) IPA: /iˈmi/
* (Pronz) IPA: /iˈmi/ (tone class C)
* (Shtive) IPA: /ˈimi/

### Noun

imi (Pashki, Pronz, Shtive)
* brother-in-law

### References

* ↑ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “im′i, ′imi”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [imʲ]

### Verb

imi
* second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ima

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔiˈmiʔ/ [ʔɪˈmiʔ]
* Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: i‧mi

### Noun

imî (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)
* cry of goats

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

### Pronoun

imi
* you

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* im
* i mi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪmi/

### Pronoun

imi
* (literary) first-person singular of i

## West Makian
### Etymology

Possibly sharing the same stem as Ternate ngomi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.mi/

### Pronoun

imi (possessive prefix mi)
* first-person plural exclusive pronoun, we

#### See also

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

### Further reading

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

## Yanomam
### Noun

imi (clitic meronym; singulative imi, dual imikipë, definite plural imikɨ, indefinite plural imipë)
* finger

### References

* Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 116

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

From i- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe; to give life to”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and ìmí. Cognate with Olukumi imí

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.mĩ́/

#### Noun

imí
* (Ekiti, Ondo) strength, power
    Synonyms: agbára, okun

##### Derived terms

* Ifámímíkòmí (“Yoruba name meaning "Ifa bestowed me with strength"”)

### Etymology 2

Possibly euphemistic

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ī.mĩ́/

#### Noun

imí
* feces, excrement
    Synonyms: ìgbẹ́, iyín, iwín, ìṣu

##### Derived terms

* imí-ọjọ́ (“sulphur”)
* yímíyímí (“dung beetle”)
* imí òṣùmàrè (“sulphur, phosphorus”)

### Etymology 3

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mì (“to swallow”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.mĩ̀/

#### Noun

ìmì
* the act of swallowing

### Etymology 4

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ mí (“to breathe”). Doublet of ẹ̀mí, èmí, and imí

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.mĩ́/

#### Noun

ìmí
* the act of breathing
* respiration

##### Derived terms

* ẹ̀yà-ara ìmí (“respiratory system”)