# ani
## Translingual
### Symbol

ani
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Andi.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Andi terms

## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑː.ni/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːni

#### Noun

ani (plural anis)
* Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.

##### Derived terms

* greater ani (Crotophaga major)
* smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
* groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

##### Translations
#### Further reading

* Ani (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Crotophaga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Crotophaga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeɪnaɪ/
* Rhymes: -eɪnaɪ

#### Noun

ani
* plural of anus

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ani”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Ian, nai, INA, AIN, Nia, Ain, NIA, ain', Ina, -ian, nia, ain

## Akan
### Pronunciation

* Tone: LH

### Noun

ani
* eye, eyes
    M'ani agye
       My eyes are brightened (I am happy)
    ani den
       (having) hard eyes (= tough, not putting up with anything)

#### Synonyms

* aniwa

### References

* ↑ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
* Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “ani”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, pages 322–325
* Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “àníwa”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎, Basel, page 332
* Dolphyne, Florence Abena (1996). A Comprehensive Course in Twi (Asante) for the Non-Twi Learner.
* Gyekye, Kwame (1995). An Essay on African Philosophical Thought: The Akan.
* Hollington, Andrea (2015). Traveling Conceptualization.

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

### Noun

ani
* harvest

## Albanian
### Etymology

Cognate to tani (“now, at present, then”), from Proto-Albanian *nū, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”) (cognate to Sanskrit नू (nū, “now”)). Occurs in coordination with other particles, compare nani, nime.
Further related to Arvanitika Albanian αί (e, “yes”) and (Standard) Albanian a (“probably, whether; or, there”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ani/

### Adverb

ani
* (conversational) then, later; later (on)
    Synonyms: pastaj, më vonë, tani, andej, atëherë, tash, tashti
* well, so, fine, now, OK
    Synonyms: bet (Gheg), paçka, oni (Ilirida-Gheg)
    Ani, në rregull.Well, all right.
    Gheg examples: Ani de?So what?
    Ani de...Well then...

### Particle

ani
* even, as if; alas, oh look, ah (expressing laughter, irony, sarcasm, pity, concern, grief, annoyance, distrust)
    Synonym: kish (kishe Gheg), si, sikur, nesë
    Ani kush po qesh!As if someone (specific) should laugh! / Oh look who's laughing!
* (folklore, poetic) come on, hey; yes, well, alright; oh/ah (a vocative particle or/and complementary poetic tool)
    Synonyms: mori, more, ore, moj, (mar, mana Gheg); po, hej
    Ani mori nuse...Well, (oh) you bride... (traditional wedding song)

#### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 206
* ↑ William Martin Leake (1814), RESEARCHES IN GREECE, Part 1 (chapter romaico (greek) - arvanetic vocabulary), page 335 aí (yes)

#### Further reading

* adverb and particle ani / aní • Fjalori Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

## Australian Kriol
### Etymology 1

Inherited from English honey.

#### Noun

ani
* honey

### Etymology 2

Inherited from English only.

#### Adverb

ani
* only

## Baure
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈani/

### Noun

ani
* sky

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔa.n̪i]
* Hyphenation: a‧ni

### Noun

áni (Basahan spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* harvest

#### Derived terms

* anihon
* aranihan
* mag-ani
* para-ani
* tig-ani

## Biloxi
### Alternative forms

* ni

### Etymology

From Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́• (“water”).

### Noun

ani
* water

### References

* Paula Ferris Einaudi, A grammar of Biloxi (1976)
* James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton, A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages (1912)

## Brunei Malay
### Pronoun

ani
* this, these

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔa.n̪ɪ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ni

### Etymology 1

Compare Aklanon ani.

#### Noun

ani (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* a harvest, crop; the yield of harvesting
    Synonym: kutsitsa
** (especially) a harvest of rice
* a gain; what is gained

#### Verb

ani (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* to harvest
** (especially) to harvest rice
* (figurative) to get benefit from something

##### Synonyms

* (to harvest bananas): tuba
* (to harvest corn): kayas, lagpi, sanggi
* (to harvest coconuts): dugnas
* (to harvest mangoes): guno
* (to harvest yam): panglin

#### Derived terms

* inani

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

ani (Badlit spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* Short for niani (“of this”).
* Short for ing-ani, ingon ani (“like this”).

## Chickasaw
### Etymology

Compare Choctaw ani, Alabama aɬi, Koasati athilaho̱. Compare also Timucua ule (“fruit”) or Tunica elu (“to bear fruit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ni/

### Verb

ani (short verb)
* (stative, intransitive, nominal subject) to produce or bear fruit
* (active voice, transitive, nominal object) to stuff
* (active voice, ditransitive, tri-plural or mass object) to put in, to pour in

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* aa-ani
* ahá̱ni
* aniichi
* aniꞌ
* ibaa-ani
* ibaani
* imanni
* á̱ni
* áꞌni

#### Related terms

* fokhi (singular object)
* abihili (dual object)
* aani

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* ʋni (traditional)
* ạni (Byington/Swanton)

### Etymology

Cognate with Chickasaw ani, Alabama aɬi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aní(ʔ)/
* Transcription: ani'

### Noun

ani (inalienable)
* berry
* nut
* fruit

#### Declension

| possessive (inalienable) | singular | paucal | plural |
| first-person ("my, our") | siani | piani | hapiani |
| second-person ("thy, your") | chiani | hachiani | hachiani |
| third-person ("his, her, its, their") | ani | ani | ani |

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ani, from Proto-Slavic *ani.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɲɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Conjunction

ani
* neither, nor, or (in negative)
    Do Prahy nepojedu ani v sobotu ani v pátek. ― I will go to Prague neither on Saturday nor on Friday.
* even (with negative clause)
    Ani nevím, jestli to udělá. ― I don't even know if he will do it.
    Ani náhodou! ― No way!
    Ani nedutal. ― He stood still; He didn't even blink.

### Further reading

* “ani”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ani”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ani
* plural of anus

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ano +‎ -i.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈani]
* Rhymes: -ani
* Hyphenation: an‧i

### Verb

ani (present anas, past anis, future anos, conditional anus, volitive anu)
* (intransitive) to be a member, belong (to an organization, group, etc.)
** January 2011, Christian Declerck, Kontraŭmilita literaturo en Esperanto in La Gazeto 151
    La ĉefroluloj anas en du generacioj de unu familioThe main characters belong to two generations of one family

#### Conjugation
## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑni/, [ˈɑ̝ni]
* Rhymes: -ɑni
* Hyphenation: ani

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *ani (compare Karelian ani, Veps ani), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *an +‎ -i.

#### Adverb

ani
* very, extremely

##### Usage notes

Except for some archaic expressions, used only to strengthen the words harvoin, harva (“few”), harvinainen, varhain and varhainen. Sometimes the words are written together, but this is deemed incorrect by language authorities, who decree that ani be spelled as a separate word.

##### Derived terms

* aniharva
* aniharvoin

##### Further reading

* “ani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

From Portuguese ani or Spanish aní, both from Old Tupi any.

#### Noun

ani
* ani (bird of genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of ani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anini
anini
accusative
nom.
anini
anini
gen.
anini
genitive
anini
anieni
partitive
aniani
anejani
inessive
anissani
aneissani
elative
anistani
aneistani
illative
aniini
aneihini
adessive
anillani
aneillani
ablative
aniltani
aneiltani
allative
anilleni
aneilleni
essive
aninani
aneinani
translative
anikseni
aneikseni
abessive
anittani
aneittani
instructive
comitative
—aneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
anisi
anisi
accusative
nom.
anisi
anisi
gen.
anisi
genitive
anisi
aniesi
partitive
aniasi
anejasi
inessive
anissasi
aneissasi
elative
anistasi
aneistasi
illative
aniisi
aneihisi
adessive
anillasi
aneillasi
ablative
aniltasi
aneiltasi
allative
anillesi
aneillesi
essive
aninasi
aneinasi
translative
aniksesi
aneiksesi
abessive
anittasi
aneittasi
instructive
comitative
—aneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
animme
animme
accusative
nom.
animme
animme
gen.
animme
genitive
animme
aniemme
partitive
aniamme
anejamme
inessive
anissamme
aneissamme
elative
anistamme
aneistamme
illative
aniimme
aneihimme
adessive
anillamme
aneillamme
ablative
aniltamme
aneiltamme
allative
anillemme
aneillemme
essive
aninamme
aneinamme
translative
aniksemme
aneiksemme
abessive
anittamme
aneittamme
instructive
comitative
—aneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aninne
aninne
accusative
nom.
aninne
aninne
gen.
aninne
genitive
aninne
anienne
partitive
anianne
anejanne
inessive
anissanne
aneissanne
elative
anistanne
aneistanne
illative
aniinne
aneihinne
adessive
anillanne
aneillanne
ablative
aniltanne
aneiltanne
allative
anillenne
aneillenne
essive
aninanne
aneinanne
translative
aniksenne
aneiksenne
abessive
anittanne
aneittanne
instructive
comitative
—aneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
aninsa
aninsa
accusative
nom.
aninsa
aninsa
gen.
aninsa
genitive
aninsa
aniensa
partitive
aniaan aniansa
anejaan anejansa
inessive
anissaan anissansa
aneissaan aneissansa
elative
anistaan anistansa
aneistaan aneistansa
illative
aniinsa
aneihinsa
adessive
anillaan anillansa
aneillaan aneillansa
ablative
aniltaan aniltansa
aneiltaan aneiltansa
allative
anilleen anillensa
aneilleen aneillensa
essive
aninaan aninansa
aneinaan aneinansa
translative
anikseen aniksensa
aneikseen aneiksensa
abessive
anittaan anittansa
aneittaan aneittansa
instructive
comitative
—aneineen aneinensa :

##### Hypernyms

* käki

##### Derived terms

* anikäki
* isoani
* uurrenokka-ani

### Anagrams

* ain, nai

## French
### Noun

ani m (plural anis)
* ani (bird)

## Gagauz
### Alternative forms

* hani

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قنی (qanı), from Proto-Turkic *ka-. Compare Turkish hani, Azerbaijani hanı

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑni/
* Hyphenation: a‧ni

### Adverb

ani
* (interrogative) where?
    ani oyuncakların?where are your toys?

### Conjunction

ani
* that
    o biler, ani bän gelecämhe knows that I will come
* because, so that

### Pronoun

ani
* (relative) what, which, who
    kiyat, ani bän okêêrımthe book that I'm reading
    adam, ani bana lääzımthe man that I need

#### Derived terms

* aniki

#### Related terms

* açan
* angı

### Further reading

* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “ani”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, pages 235, 327
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “ани”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 48

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛ.ni/

### Noun

ani (plural anit)
* a girl's elder brother

#### References

* ani in Katersat

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ni/, [ˈɐ.ni]

### Verb

ani
* to blow softly (as a breeze)
* to beckon; wave

#### Derived terms

* hoʻāni (“to let wind”)
* aniani (“cool, refreshing”)

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ani”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ni/
* Rhymes: -ani
* Hyphenation: à‧ni

### Noun

ani m
* plural of ano

### Anagrams

* -ina, ain

## Japanese
### Romanization

ani
* Rōmaji transcription of あに

## Karao
### Noun

ani
* rice harvest

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
* Rhymes: -aɲi
* Syllabification: a‧ni

### Conjunction

ani
* neither, nor, or

### Particle

ani
* not even

### Further reading

* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ani”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “ani”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Ladin
### Noun

ani
* plural of an

## Latin
### Noun

ānī
* inflection of ānus:
** genitive singular
** nominative/vocative plural

### References

* "ani", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* aniȝ, any, ayny, æniȝ, eani, eni, eniȝ, ony, oony

### Etymology

From Old English ǣniġ, āniġ (“any”), from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaniː/, /ˈɛniː/, /ˈɔniː/
* (early) IPA: /ˈɑːniː/, /ˈɛːniː/

### Determiner

ani
* any

#### Descendants

* English: any
* Geordie English: ony
* Scots: onie, ony, onny
* Yola: aany, any

#### References

* “anī, limiting adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.nĩ́/

### Adverb

aní
* already
    Mi jin u aní. ― I've done it already.
    A gí yangíci kpáátá aní, u á zo. ― They've eaten all the food already, it's finished.
    Ǹdá á bici aní. ― Father had run off.

#### Usage notes

* Used to form the present perfect tense, and can be used with á for emphasis or to express the pluperfect.

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈaɲi/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈaɲi/

### Conjunction

ani
* and not
* nor
* (repeated) neither … nor
* (comparative) than
* but neither

### Particle

ani
* even (in reality; implying an extreme example in the case mentioned, as compared to the implied reality)

#### Descendants

* Czech: ani

### References

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ani”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

## Old Irish
### Pronoun

ani
* Alternative spelling of aní

## Old Polish
### Alternative forms

* hani

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ani. First attested in 1386.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /ani/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ani/

### Conjunction

ani
* (attested in Lesser Poland) connects negated elements; not, and not
** 1915 [1396], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎, Krakow, page 537:Palatinus nigdi ne bil tey nyue w dzerzenu, o yansz zalowal, any gospodarzem[Palatinus nigdy nie był tej niwie w dzierżeniu, o jąż żałował, ani gospodarzem]
** 1895 [1420], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎, volume VIIIa, page 152:Falislaw s Wiszni ne wsząl gymena v Maczea za gedennacze grziwen... ani mney, ani wanczey[Falisław z Wiszni nie wziął jimienia u Macieja za jedennacie grzywien... ani mniej, ani więcej]
** 15th century, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume III, number 3:Ne szabyay bratha svadą, rąką, caszną any slą radą[Nie zabijaj brata swadą, ręką, kaźnią ani złą radą]
** 1399, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume III, number 1:Ne szabyay bratha swadą any røkø, kasnø, any radø[Nie zabijaj brata zwadą ani ręką, kaźnią, ani radą]
** 1440, Dekalog - Dziesięcioro przykazań bożych - Decem praecepta Dei, volume V, number 4:Non occides nicogo røkø ani szlim przicladem, ani rzeczø slowa slego, ani k[a]sznø, ani kthorą szlą radą[Non occides nikogo ręką ani złym przykładem, ani rzeczą słowa złego, ani k[a]źnią, ani ktorą złą radą]
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 74, 6:Nechaycze molwicz... lichoty. Bo ani ode wzchoda, ani od zachoda, ani od pustich gor (neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus, Puł: ny... ny... ny), bo bog sødzø iest[Niechajcie mołwić... lichoty. Bo ani ode wschoda, ani od zachoda, ani od pustych gor (neque ab oriente, neque ab occidente, neque a desertis montibus, Puł: ni... ni... ni), bo Bog sędzią jest]
** 1884 [c. 1455-1460], “Die Magdeburger Urtheile. Ein Deutschen Rechtes in polnischer Sprache aus der Mitte des XV Jahrhunderts”, in Aleksander Brückner, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie, volume VI, page 364:Raczcze any zadny czlowyek ma szadzycz przyszasznyka... przesz gego vyny[Radźce ani żadny człowiek ma sędzić przysiężnika... przez jego winy]
** 1856-1870 [1399], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki‎, volume VIII, number 8277:Ani czy dedziczi, ani Borek byli gospodarzmi dzedziny[e][Ani ci dziedzicy, ani Borek byli gospodarzmi dzedziny[e]]
** 1874-1891 [1453], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎, volume XXV, page 212:Any lylya byalosczya, czyrvona roza krassznosczya, any nardus szva vonyosczya, zamorszky kvyat szva drogosczya Maryey szya rowna[Ani lilija białością, czyrwona roża krasnością, ani nardus swą wonnością, zamorski kwiat swą drogością Maryjej się rowna]
** 1895 [1427], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎, volume VIIIa, page 167:Czterdzesczy grzywen possasnich, a ne skodnich any platowych, Vochna... wnosla do Lubanyey[Czterdzieści grzywien posażnych, a nie szkodnych ani płatowych, Wochna... wniosła do Lubaniej]
** 1892 [1484], Hieronim Łopaciński, editor, Reguła trzeciego zakonu św. Franciszka i drobniejsze zabytki języka polskiego z końca w. XV i początku XVI‎, Krakow, page 708:Braczya wszythczy... mayą myeczi odzyenye schare pospolyczye any barzo byale, any barzo czarne (in... colore non prorsus albo vel nigro)[Bracia wszytcy... mają mieć(i) odzienie szare pospolicie ani barzo białe, ani barzo czarne (in... colore non prorsus albo vel nigro)]
** 1902 [1406], “Wybór zapisek sądowych grodzkich i ziemskich wielkopolskich z XV wieku”, in Franciszek Piekosiński, editor, Studia, rozprawy i materiały z dziedziny historii polskiej i prawa polskiego‎, volume 6, Poznań, Pyzdry, Kościan, Gniezno, page 306:Dzerszek yest krwø bliszszi... ku Szacovu nisz Ramsz ani gego strig[Dzierżek jest krwią bliższy... ku Żakowu niż Ramsz ani jego stryj]
* (reduplicated, attesed in, Lesser Poland, Sieradz-Łęczyca, Greater Poland) neither … nor
** 1915 [1396], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎, Krakow, page 537:Pecz ne vcradl duos equos... ani tego wzitka jma[Piecz nie ukradł duos equos... ani tego użytka ima]
** End of the 14th century, Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, number 1:Szpowadami szø..., yszeszmi... podrosznika na nocz ne polozili any yemw drogy ne wkazali[Spowiadamy się..., iżesmy... podrożnika na noc nie położyli ani jemu drogi nie ukazali]
** 1915 [1474], Jan Łoś, editor, Przegląd językowych zabytków staropolskich do r. 1543‎, Sieradz, page 540:Jacobus... za poczestnego, czsnego od zadnego w szadnem zawodze podesrzany ani yest nalesøn y prze dobri luth... za *tagego myan, dzirsan y chowan[Jacobus... za poczestnego, czsnego od żadnego w żadnem zawodzie podeźrzany ani jest nalezion i prze dobry lud... za takiego mian, dzirżan i chowan]
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 5, 5:Ani przebiwacz bødze przi tobe zglobliwi, any przebywacz bødø neprawy (neque habitabit iuxta te malignus, neque permanebunt iniusti)[Ani przebywać będzie przy tobie zgłobliwy, ani przebywać będą nieprawi (neque habitabit iuxta te malignus, neque permanebunt iniusti)]
** 1895 [1426], Archiwum Komisji Prawniczej. Collectanea ex Archivo Collegii Iuridici‎, volume VIIIa, page 166:Ianow oczecz any szam ne prossyl kmeczy pana Yanowich do Zagorzicz..., any naymowal[Janow ociec ani sam nie prosił kmieci pana Janowych do Zagorzyc..., ani najmował]
** 1921 [1471], Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editor, Procesy twórcze formowania się społeczeństwa polskiego w wiekach średnich‎, page 197:W xanzeyi pusczyey... any stampycz na swyerz nye stawyam, anym xanzego swyaza ny[e] pokrathl[W księżej puszczej... ani stępic na źwierz nie stawiam, anim księżego źwie[r]za ni[e] pokradł]
** Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎, Krakow, page 175a:Abiscze vy tose ne kradly any slodzegmy byly, any ktorego cloueka szabyly[Abyście wy teże nie kradli ani złodziejmi byli, ani ktorego człowieka zabili]
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 130, 1–2:Ne gest powyszono sercze moge any wznesle gesta se oczy moge, any chodzyl gesm w welykych, any w dzywech nad mø (non est exaltatum... neque elati sunt..., neque ambulavi..., neque in mirabilibus super me)[Nie jest powyszono sierce moje ani wznieśle jesta sie oczy moje, ani chodził jeśm w wielikich, ani w dziwiech nad mię (non est exaltatum... neque elati sunt..., neque ambulavi..., neque in mirabilibus super me)]
** 1861 [1435–1437], Pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi‎, volume III, Biblioteka Warszawska, page 24:Sczepan Brilewsky Thomy dwayczy ne *szodzal w klodą y dwayczy ne wyszadzal any mu mecza gwaltem wsąl[Szczepan Brylewski Tomy dwajcy nie sadzał w kłodę i dwajcy nie wysadzał ani mu miecza gwałtem wziął]
** 1887 [Fifteenth century], Wacław Ubogi z Brodni, edited by Lucjan Malinowski, Modlitwy Wacława. Zabytek języka polskiego z wieku XV odkryty i skopjowany przez Aleksandra Przezdzieckiego wydał i objaśnił Lucyjan Malinowski‎, Krakow, Brodnia, page 111a:Oczecz od nikogo iest vczynyon any stworzon, any porodzon (pater a nullo est factus nec creatus nec genitus Ath 20)[Ociec od nikogo jest uczynion ani stworzon, ani porodzon (pater a nullo est factus nec creatus nec genitus Ath 20)]
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 17, 24:Strzegl iesm drog boszich any iesm zle nosil od boga (custodivi vias domini nec impie gessi a deo)[Strzegł jeśm drog bożych ani jeśm złe nosił od Boga (custodivi vias domini nec impie gessi a deo)]
** 1925 [1432-1437], Roczniki Historyczne‎, volume XV, Pyzdry, page 68:Then czlowyek sbyegl any nye vczynyw dosszycz podle prawa, nye oszadzywsszy podla szemszkyego wkładu[Ten człowiek zbiegł ani nie uczyniw dosyć podle prawa, nie osądziwszy podla ziemskiego układu]

#### Derived terms

* anić
* aniż

### Particle

ani
* (attested in Lesser Poland) not even
** 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 17, 41:Gonicz bødø neprzyacele moie y polapø ie; any se obroczø alisz zginø (persequar inimicos meos et comprehendam illos et non convertar donec deficiant)[Gonić będę nieprzyjaciele moje i połapię je; ani sie obrocę aliż zginą (persequar inimicos meos et comprehendam illos et non convertar donec deficiant)]

#### Descendants

* Polish: ani
* Silesian: ani

### References

* Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ani”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
* Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ani”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
* Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “ani”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “ani”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
* B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ani”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
* (Masovia):
** (Ostróda) IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
** (Warmia) IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
** (Masuria) IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɲi
* Syllabification: a‧ni
* Homophone: Ani

### Conjunction

ani
* neither, nor, or
    Synonym: ni
    Antonyms: abo, albo, bądź, czy, i, lub, oraz
    Nie chce mi się ani jeść, ani pić. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.
* nary, not a, not even one
    Synonym: ni
    Nie było ani jednego ciasteczka. ― There wasn't even a single cookie.

### Particle

ani
* (Middle Polish) not even
* (Middle Polish) not also; Further details are uncertain.
** 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎, page 692a:Nec, et Neque - Ani tez.
** 1588, Ambrogio Calepino, Dictionarium decem linguarum‎, page 691b:Ne - Nie, ani.
* (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
** 1501–1558, Zapiski i roty polskie‎:Jakom ya slachathnegonego pawla segzowa nyeothbyla gwalthem oth kmyecza yego sbyeglego zvrzadem zyemskyem a nym gwalthv szwolala (a ny) y dalyey wedluk posw.

#### Derived terms

* ani rusz
* ani trochę
* ani w ząb
* aniżeli
* aniżeliby
* ani be, ani me
* ani, ani

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), ani is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 46 times in scientific texts, 13 times in news, 42 times in essays, 117 times in fiction, and 116 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 333 times, making it the 151st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “ani”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 8

### Further reading

* ani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ani in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ani”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
* “ANI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2011 April 2
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ani”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 37
* Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “ani”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 124-125

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [anʲ]

### Noun

ani
* plural of an

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* anè (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
* anel (Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin ānellus (“finger ring”).

### Noun

ani m (plural anials or aneals)
* (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ring

## Shona
### Pronoun

aní (plural vanáaní)
* (interrogative) who

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *ʔani, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔanāku. Cognates include Afar anú, Hadiyya ane, Oromo ani and Somali aniga, furthermore Amharic እኔ (ʾəne).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈani/
* Hyphenation: a‧ni

### Pronoun

ani
* I

#### See also
### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 70

## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ani. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ ni

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɲi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɲi
* Syllabification: a‧ni

### Conjunction

ani
* neither, nor, or

### Particle

ani
* not even

### Further reading

* ani in silling.org

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaɲi]

### Conjunction

ani
* neither
* nor
    Nechce sa mi ani jesť ani piť. ― I feel neither like eating nor drinking.
* even (with negative clause)
    Ani neviem. ― I don't even know.

### Further reading

* “ani”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih (“harvest”), from Proto-Austronesian *qaniS (“harvest”). Compare Aklanon ani, Cebuano ani, and Tausug ani, as well as dialectal Malay ani-ani (“harvesting knife”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ani
* Syllabification: a‧ni

#### Noun

ani (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* harvest; crop
* act of harvesting
* (figurative) outcome of one's work; consequence of one's effort

##### Derived terms

* anihan
* anihin
* mag-ani
* pag-aani
* pag-anihan
* tag-ani

### Etymology 2

Univerbation of clipping of wika ni.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔani/ [ˈʔaː.n̪ɪ], /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈn̪i]
* Rhymes: -ani, -i
* Syllabification: a‧ni

#### Adverb

ani or aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* said by; according to

##### Usage notes

* The word is used before names of persons.

##### Derived terms

* aniko
* anila
* animo
* anito
* aniya

##### Related terms

* anang

##### See also

* 'ika
* 'ka

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈni/ [ʔɐˈn̪i]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: a‧ni

#### Noun

aní (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒ)
* loathing; disgust

##### Derived terms

* ani-ani
* kaani-ani
* kaanihan
* maani
* pagkaani

### Further reading

* “ani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaniS”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Anagrams

* ina

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanih.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔani/ [ʔɑˈn̪i]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: a‧ni

### Noun

ani (Sulat Sūg spelling اَنِ)
* harvest

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آنِيّ (ʔāniyy, “timely, present”).

### Adjective

ani
* sudden (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
    Ani bir hareketle onun omzunu kavradı, öne itti, sonra aynı kuvvetle geri çekip bastırdı.With a sudden movement, he grabbed his shoulder, pushed him forward, then pulled him back with the same force and pressed him.

#### Derived terms

* aniden

#### Related terms

* an
* ansızın

### Further reading

* “ani”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ia-)ni, from Proto-Austronesian *(ia-)ni. Compare Cebuano ani.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ani/

### Pronoun

ani
* this

### Further reading

* Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 367

## Venetan
### Noun

ani
* plural of ano

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ani.

### Adverb

ani
* quite, rather
* very, highly, extremely
* nearly, practically, just about
* absolutely, totally
* sufficiently, enough
* just, exactly
* generally, in general

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “абсолютно, весьма, вообще, довольно, как раз, крайне, очень, практически, совершенно, чрезвычайно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Zaghawa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔanɪ/

### Noun

ani
* ant-eater
* arrow

### References

* Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad