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nimo

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See also: -nimo

Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *ni (“marker of possession”) + *-mu (“2sg. possessor and agent of passive verb”). Cognate with Tagalog mo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnimo/ [ˈn̪iː.mo], /niˈmo/ [n̪iˈmo]
  • Hyphenation: ni‧mo

Pronoun

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nimo or nimó (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜋᜓ)

  1. 2nd person singular postposed indirect-marked pronoun
    1. (possessive) your; yours
      Coordinate terms: (preposed) imo, imoha
    2. (object of a verb) (by) you

See also

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Cebuano personal pronouns
direct indirect (postposed) indirect (preposed) oblique
Length: full short1 full short2 base suffixed -a full short
singular first person akó ko nakò3 ko3 akò akóa kanakò nakò
second person ikáw ka nímo mo ímo imóha kanímo nímo
third person siyá níya íya iyáha kaníya níya
plural first
person
inclusive kitá ta natò ta atò atóa kanatò natò
exclusive kamí mi namò amò amóa kanamò namò
second person kamó mo nínyo ínyo inyóha kanínyo nínyo
third person silá níla íla iláha kaníla níla

1 Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
2 Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
3 Ta is used over nako or ko where the focus is a second-person singular pronoun.


Hanunoo

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /niˈmu/ [niˈmo]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: ni‧mo

Pronoun

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nimó (Hanunoo spelling ᜨᜲᜫᜳ)

  1. by you; of you; your (singular)

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Hanunoo personal pronouns
Person Number Direct Indirect Oblique
First singular ako niko kangko, kang
plural inclusive kita nita kanta
plural exclusive kami nimi kanmi
Second singular kawo, ka nimo kanmo
plural kamo niyo kanyo
Third singular siya niya kanya
plural sida nida kanda

Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 198

Italian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin nēmō.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈni.mo/
    • Rhymes: -imo
    • Hyphenation: nì‧mo

    Pronoun

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    nimo

    1. (archaic, regional, Tuscany) nobody
      Synonym: nessuno

    Anagrams

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    Lolopo

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    Etymology

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    ni (“younger brother”) +‎ mo (“female”).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    nimo

    1. (Yao'an) younger sister

    Old High German

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    Verb

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    nimo

    1. alternative form of nimu

    Southern Kiwai

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    Noun

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    nimo

    1. louse

    References

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    • Andrew Pawley et al., "The Trans New Guinea family", in The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide (2018, →ISBN)

    Swahili

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    Verb

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    nimo

    1. first-person singular positive degree present of -wamo (“I am (inside there)”)