# uni
## English
### Etymology 1

Clipping of university.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈjuː.ni/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːni

#### Noun

uni (plural unis)
* (colloquial, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) University.
    I'm going to uni after I leave school.
    Turn left when you reach the uni.

##### Usage notes

Canadian usage is limited to prepositional phrases like to uni or at uni and cannot be used as a countable noun (as in *the uni or *unis).

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 雲丹.

#### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈuː.niː/
* Rhymes: -uːni

#### Noun

uni (uncountable)
* Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
** 2013 July 16, Ken Belson, “In Japan, Searching for Prized Sea Urchins”, in The New York Times‎:The ikura popped in my mouth, the hotate was buttery soft and the uni was creamy and sweet without a seafood aftertaste, the kind of freshness I was hoping we would encounter when we left Tokyo.

### Anagrams

* NUI, Niu

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* uri — Tosk
* uja — Gheg

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *un-, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). Cognate to English wish, Latin venia (“indulgence, kindness”).

### Noun

uni f (definite unia)
* hunger

#### Synonyms

* oreks

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “uni”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

## Anauyá
### Noun

uni
* water

### References

* Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) ?
* native-languages.org

## Baniwa
### Noun

uni
* water
* river

### References

* Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN

## Dutch
### Etymology

From French uni.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

uni (not comparable)
* plain, monocoloured

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une, cognate to Finnish uni, Votic uni, Ludian uńi, and Erzya он (on, “dream”).

### Noun

uni (genitive une, partitive und)
* sleep
    Mul ei tule und. ― I can't sleep. (literally, “Sleep is not coming on me.”)
* dream
    Ma nägin unes suurt põtra. ― I saw a big elk in my dream.

#### Derived terms

* unenägu
* unine

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni, from Proto-Finno-Permic *une. Cognates include Erzya он (on), Western Mari ом (om).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuni/, [ˈuni]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: uni

### Noun

uni
* sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
    Synonym: unitila
    saada unen päästä kiinni ― can get sleep (literally, “to be able to catch sleep”)
    saada unta ― to get sleep, can get sleep
    syvässä unessa ― sound asleep
    En saanut unen päästä kiinni.I could not get sleep.
    Etkö saa unta?Are you having trouble sleeping? / Are you having trouble falling asleep?
* dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping; neutral term, not implied positive)
    Synonym: unennäkö
    nähdä unta ― to have a dream
    unien selittäminen / unista ennustaminen ― oneiromancy

#### Declension

Possessive forms of uni (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
uneni
uneni
accusative
nom.
uneni
uneni
gen.
uneni
genitive
uneni
unieni unteni
partitive
untani
uniani
inessive
unessani
unissani
elative
unestani
unistani
illative
uneeni
uniini
adessive
unellani
unillani
ablative
uneltani
uniltani
allative
unelleni
unilleni
essive
unenani
uninani
translative
unekseni
unikseni
abessive
unettani
unittani
instructive
comitative
—unineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
unesi
unesi
accusative
nom.
unesi
unesi
gen.
unesi
genitive
unesi
uniesi untesi
partitive
untasi
uniasi
inessive
unessasi
unissasi
elative
unestasi
unistasi
illative
uneesi
uniisi
adessive
unellasi
unillasi
ablative
uneltasi
uniltasi
allative
unellesi
unillesi
essive
unenasi
uninasi
translative
uneksesi
uniksesi
abessive
unettasi
unittasi
instructive
comitative
—uninesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
unemme
unemme
accusative
nom.
unemme
unemme
gen.
unemme
genitive
unemme
uniemme untemme
partitive
untamme
uniamme
inessive
unessamme
unissamme
elative
unestamme
unistamme
illative
uneemme
uniimme
adessive
unellamme
unillamme
ablative
uneltamme
uniltamme
allative
unellemme
unillemme
essive
unenamme
uninamme
translative
uneksemme
uniksemme
abessive
unettamme
unittamme
instructive
comitative
—uninemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
unenne
unenne
accusative
nom.
unenne
unenne
gen.
unenne
genitive
unenne
unienne untenne
partitive
untanne
unianne
inessive
unessanne
unissanne
elative
unestanne
unistanne
illative
uneenne
uniinne
adessive
unellanne
unillanne
ablative
uneltanne
uniltanne
allative
unellenne
unillenne
essive
unenanne
uninanne
translative
uneksenne
uniksenne
abessive
unettanne
unittanne
instructive
comitative
—uninenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
unensa
unensa
accusative
nom.
unensa
unensa
gen.
unensa
genitive
unensa
uniensa untensa
partitive
untaan untansa
uniaan uniansa
inessive
unessaan unessansa
unissaan unissansa
elative
unestaan unestansa
unistaan unistansa
illative
uneensa
uniinsa
adessive
unellaan unellansa
unillaan unillansa
ablative
uneltaan uneltansa
uniltaan uniltansa
allative
unelleen unellensa
unilleen unillensa
essive
unenaan unenansa
uninaan uninansa
translative
unekseen uneksensa
unikseen uniksensa
abessive
unettaan unettansa
unittaan unittansa
instructive
comitative
—unineen uninensa :

#### Derived terms

* märkä uni
* uneksia
* unelias
* unelma
* unessa
* uneton
* unettaa
* unikko
* uninen
* unten mailla (“in the Land of Nod, in dreamland”)
* untua
* enneuni
* herkkäuninen
* hidasaaltouni
* horrosuni
* ikiuni
* iltauninen
* kauneusuni
* koiranuni
* lyhytuninen
* nokkaunet
* ortouni
* painajaisuni
* pitkäuninen
* puoliuneen
* päiväuni
* ruususenuni
* selkouni
* sikeäuninen
* talviuni
* toiveuni
* unenaikainen
* unenhorre
* unenhorros
* unenhorteinen
* unenlahja
* unennäkijä
* unennäkö
* unenomainen
* unenpuute
* unenpöpperö
* unenpöpperössä
* unensaanti
* unentarve
* unentulo
* uniaika
* uniapnea
* uniasento
* uniasu
* unielämä
* unienselitys
* unientulkinta
* unihaalari
* unihalvaus
* unihiekka
* unihiiri
* unihygienia
* unihäiriö
* unijakso
* unijukka
* unikauhuhäiriö
* unikeko
* unikirja
* unikoulu
* unikuva
* unilelu
* uniliike
* unilukkari
* unilääke
* unilääkemyrkytys
* unimaito
* unimaski
* uninäytelmä
* uniohjaus
* uniongelma
* unipatja
* unipussi
* unipäiväkirja
* unirytmi
* uniseksi
* unissakulkija
* unissakävelijä
* unissakävely
* unissakävijä
* unissapuhuminen
* unissasaarnaaja
* unissasaarnaaminen
* unitabletti
* unitajunta
* unitauti
* unitautiloisio
* unitila
* unitutkimus
* unityö
* univaje
* uni-valverytmi
* univelka
* valveuni
* vilkeuni
* yöuni

### See also

* painajainen

### Further reading

* “uni”, 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 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* uin

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /y.ni/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i

### Etymology 1
#### Participle

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)
* past participle of unir

#### Adjective

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)
* united

#### Derived terms

* Organisation des Nations Unies
* unis comme les doigts de la main

### Etymology 2

Clipping of uniforme

#### Adjective

uni (feminine unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)
* having only one color, feature, etc.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of université. Compare standard French univ.

#### Noun

uni f (plural unis)
* (Switzerland, informal) university
    Synonyms: univ, fac

### Further reading

* “uni”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* nui

## German
### Etymology

18th century, from French uni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʏni/, /ˈyːni/, (unusual) /yˈniː/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

uni (indeclinable)
* (of clothes, fabrics, chiefly predicative) unicolour, single-colour
    Synonym: einfarbig

## Ilocano
### Noun

uni
* sound; noise; voice

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch unie, from French union, from Latin ūniō f.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʊni]
* Hyphenation: uni

### Noun

uni
* union,
** the act of uniting or joining two or more things into one
** that which is united; something formed by a combination of parts or members
    Uni Eropa ― European Union
    Uni Soviet ― Soviet Union
    Synonyms: perserikatan, persatuan, ikatan

### Further reading

* “uni” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognate with Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈuni/, [ˈuni]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈuni/, [ˈuni]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

### Noun

uni
* sleep
* dream
    paha uni ― bad dream

#### Derived terms

* koiranuni
* talviuni
* unekas
* uneksia
* unenarvaaja
* unenhätä
* unetoin
* uniin
* unilintu

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 623

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.ni/
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: ù‧ni

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Numeral

uni
* masculine plural of uno

#### Pronoun

uni m pl
* plural of uno

### Etymology 2

Clipping of università.

#### Noun

uni f (invariable)
* (informal) university

### Further reading

* uni in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* uni in Dizionario di Italiano online - La Repubblica
* uni in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* uni in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* uni in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* uni in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* uni in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* uni in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Japanese
### Romanization

uni
* Rōmaji transcription of うに
* Rōmaji transcription of ウニ

## Javanese
### Romanization

uni
* Romanization of ꦲꦸꦤꦶ

## Karelian

Regional variants of uni :
| North Karelian (Viena) | uni |
| South Karelian (Tver) | uni |

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈunʲi/
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

### Noun

uni (genitive unen, partitive unta or unda)
* sleep
* dream

#### Declension
### References

* P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “сон”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN
* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “un'i”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

## Ladin
### Adjective

uni (invariable)
* every

## Latin
### Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈuː.niː/, [ˈuːniː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈu.ni/, [ˈuːni]

### Numeral

ūnī
* inflection of ūnus:
** nominative/vocative masculine plural
** dative masculine/feminine/neuter singular

#### Usage notes

In older versions of Latin, this was used as the genitive singular for the masculine and neuter genders, with ūnō (currently exclusive to the Ablative) being used for the dative case and the dative singular in the feminine gender being ūnae (currently exclusive to the nominative and vocative plurals).

## Livvi
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Estonian uni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈunʲi/
* Hyphenation: u‧ni
* Rhymes: -unʲi

### Noun

uni (genitive unen, partitive undu)
* sleep
* dream

#### Declension
### References

* Tatjana Boiko (2019) “uni”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

## Lokono
### Etymology

From Proto-Arawak *hunia.

### Noun

uni
* rain

### References

* de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 255

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni. Cognates include Finnish uni and Veps uni.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈunʲi/
* Rhymes: -unʲi
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

### Noun

uni
* dream

#### Declension
### References

* Juho Kujola (1944) Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 465
* M. Pahomov (2022) “uni”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎, Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 181

## Mwani
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀kʊ́nì.

### Noun

uni
* firewood

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uni/

### Etymology 1

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buñi. Cognate Malay bunyi.

#### Noun

uni
* sound, voice
    Synonyms: ābhā, dhwani, śabda, swabawa, swara, wacana, wuni
* content

##### Alternative forms

* wuni

##### Derived terms

* maṅunyakĕn
* moni
* monyunyan
* muni
* unen-unen
* unyan-unyan
* winuni
* moni manuk
* muni manuk

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦲꦸꦤꦶ (uni)

### Etymology 2
#### Preposition

uni
* Alternative spelling of ṅūni, ṅūnin (“before”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

uni
* Alternative spelling of wuni (“secret”)

### Further reading

* "uni" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Omagua
### Noun

uni
* water

### References

* Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology

## Piapoco
### Noun

uni
* water
* river

### References

* Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN
* Lińguas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)

## Portuguese
### Verb

uni
* inflection of unir:
** first-person singular preterite indicative
** second-person plural imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ūnīre.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈni/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

#### Verb

a uni (third-person singular present unește, past participle unit) 4th conjugation
* (transitive) to unite, join (make united)
    Antonyms: despărți, dezbina, dezuni, separa
* (reflexive) to unite (become united)

##### Derived terms

* unire

##### Related terms

* unic
* un, unu

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French uni.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /yˈni/
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

#### Adjective

uni m or f or n (indeclinable)
* (fashion) monochrome

### Further reading

* uni in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuni/ [ˈu.ni]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Syllabification: u‧ni

### Noun

uni f (plural unis)
* Clipping of universidad (“university”); uni

## Tariana
### Alternative forms

* úuni, húuni

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uːni/

### Noun

uni
* water
* waterway, river; body of water, lake; anything watery

#### Usage notes

* The precise meaning of the word is clarified by using classifiers.

### References

* Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN
* Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, →ISBN

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.ni/

### Verb

uni
* (transitive) alternative form of wuni (“to watch”)

#### Conjugation
### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni.

### Noun

uni
* sleep
* dream

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “сон”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *uni.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈuni/, [ˈunʲi]
* Rhymes: -uni
* Hyphenation: u‧ni

### Noun

uni
* sleep
* dream

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “uni”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɨ̞ni/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈiːni/, /ˈɪni/

### Verb

uni
* second-person singular present/future of uno

## West Makian
### Etymology

Cognate with Ternate au (“blood”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.n̪i/

### Noun

uni
* blood

#### Alternative forms

* wuni

### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics