emi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "emi"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈemi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Hyphenation: e‧mi

Verb

emi (present emas, past emis, future emos, conditional emus, volitive emu)

  1. (intransitive) to have a tendency; tend (to)
    Synonym: inklini

Conjugation

Conjugation of emi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense emas emis emos
active participle emanta emantaj eminta emintaj emonta emontaj
acc. emantan emantajn emintan emintajn emontan emontajn
nominal active participle emanto emantoj eminto emintoj emonto emontoj
acc. emanton emantojn eminton emintojn emonton emontojn
adverbial active participle emante eminte emonte
infinitive emi imperative emu conditional emus

Finnish

Etymology

emä +‎ -i. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1859; a similar form was found in dialects, referring to a part of a plough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈemi/, [ˈe̞mi]
  • Rhymes: -emi
  • Syllabification(key): e‧mi
  • Hyphenation(key): emi

Noun

emi

  1. (botany) pistil

Declension

Inflection of emi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative emi emit
genitive emin emien
partitive emiä emejä
illative emiin emeihin
singular plural
nominative emi emit
accusative nom. emi emit
gen. emin
genitive emin emien
partitive emiä emejä
inessive emissä emeissä
elative emistä emeistä
illative emiin emeihin
adessive emillä emeillä
ablative emiltä emeiltä
allative emille emeille
essive eminä emeinä
translative emiksi emeiksi
abessive emittä emeittä
instructive emein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of emi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emini emini
accusative nom. emini emini
gen. emini
genitive emini emieni
partitive emiäni emejäni
inessive emissäni emeissäni
elative emistäni emeistäni
illative emiini emeihini
adessive emilläni emeilläni
ablative emiltäni emeiltäni
allative emilleni emeilleni
essive eminäni emeinäni
translative emikseni emeikseni
abessive emittäni emeittäni
instructive
comitative emeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative emisi emisi
accusative nom. emisi emisi
gen. emisi
genitive emisi emiesi
partitive emiäsi emejäsi
inessive emissäsi emeissäsi
elative emistäsi emeistäsi
illative emiisi emeihisi
adessive emilläsi emeilläsi
ablative emiltäsi emeiltäsi
allative emillesi emeillesi
essive eminäsi emeinäsi
translative emiksesi emeiksesi
abessive emittäsi emeittäsi
instructive
comitative emeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative emimme emimme
accusative nom. emimme emimme
gen. emimme
genitive emimme emiemme
partitive emiämme emejämme
inessive emissämme emeissämme
elative emistämme emeistämme
illative emiimme emeihimme
adessive emillämme emeillämme
ablative emiltämme emeiltämme
allative emillemme emeillemme
essive eminämme emeinämme
translative emiksemme emeiksemme
abessive emittämme emeittämme
instructive
comitative emeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative eminne eminne
accusative nom. eminne eminne
gen. eminne
genitive eminne emienne
partitive emiänne emejänne
inessive emissänne emeissänne
elative emistänne emeistänne
illative emiinne emeihinne
adessive emillänne emeillänne
ablative emiltänne emeiltänne
allative emillenne emeillenne
essive eminänne emeinänne
translative emiksenne emeiksenne
abessive emittänne emeittänne
instructive
comitative emeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative eminsä eminsä
accusative nom. eminsä eminsä
gen. eminsä
genitive eminsä emiensä
partitive emiään
emiänsä
emejään
emejänsä
inessive emissään
emissänsä
emeissään
emeissänsä
elative emistään
emistänsä
emeistään
emeistänsä
illative emiinsä emeihinsä
adessive emillään
emillänsä
emeillään
emeillänsä
ablative emiltään
emiltänsä
emeiltään
emeiltänsä
allative emilleen
emillensä
emeilleen
emeillensä
essive eminään
eminänsä
emeinään
emeinänsä
translative emikseen
emiksensä
emeikseen
emeiksensä
abessive emittään
emittänsä
emeittään
emeittänsä
instructive
comitative emeineen
emeinensä

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qemi (flinch, draw back). Cognate with Maori emi (ashamed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.mi/, [ˈɛ.mi]

Verb

emi

  1. (intransitive) to diminish, to reduce, to decrease, to become smaller
  2. (stative) cheap, inexpensive

Derived terms

  • emiemi (lowering)
  • ‎hoʻēmi (diminish, cheapen, verb)
  • kūʻaiemi (sale)

Noun

emi

  1. (music) flat

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmi
  • Hyphenation: è‧mi

Noun

emi m

  1. plural of eme

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

emi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of えみ

Latin

Verb

ēmī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of emō

Verb

emī

  1. present passive infinitive of emō

Nupe

Etymology 1

Cognate with Gbari emi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.mĩ́/

Noun

emí

  1. fat; oil; grease
Derived terms
  • emí dzúrú (palm oil)
  • emí guzhiya (groundnut oil)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.mĩ̀/

Noun

èmì (plural èmìzhì)

  1. compound (in particular) a complex of houses and courtyards in Nupe vernacular architecture, typically walled and multigenerational.
  2. house; home

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.mĩ̄/

Noun

emi (plural emizhì)

  1. mouth
  2. opening
  3. edge
  4. voice; speech

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

emi

  1. first-person singular present/imperative active of eti (to come)

Tetum

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

emi

  1. you

Further reading

  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

Contraction

emi

  1. contraction of em i

Tsou

Noun

emi

  1. wine

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.mĩ̄/

Pronoun

èmi

  1. I (emphatic first-person singular personal pronoun)
See also
Yoruba personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo / mi mi èmi
2nd person o / ìwọ
3rd person ó [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òun
plural 1st person a wa àwa
2nd person yín ẹ̀yin
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn àwọn
1 Except for yín, object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.


Ijebu personal pronouns
subject object1 emphatic
affirmative negative
singular 1st person mo mèé mi èmi
2nd person wo ìwọ
3rd person ó, é [pronoun dropped] [preceding vowel repeated for mono­syllabic verbs] / ẹ̀ òwun, òun
plural 1st person a á ẹni àwa
2nd person wẹn wẹ́n wẹn ẹ̀wẹn
3rd person wọ́n wọn wọn ọ̀wọn
1 Object pronouns have a high tone following a low or mid tone monosyllabic verb, and a mid tone following a high tone. For complex verbs, the tone does not change.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.mĩ̄/

Pronoun

emi

  1. what
    Synonym:
    Emi l'ẹ̀ ń ṣe t'ẹ́ ẹ fi pọ̀ báyìí
    What are you doing that you gather together in this large group?
Usage notes
  • It occurs only in focus structures