nis

nis

1. A nix; a hobgoblin.

nis

1. (obsolete) Contraction of ne is

• INS, Ins, Ins., NSI, SIN, Sin, in's, ins, ins., sin

From Dutch nis, from Middle French niche.

• IPA^(key): /nəs/

nis (plural nisse)

1. niche

From Proto-Albanian *neitša, from Proto-Indo-European *néykʷyeti, related to Lithuanian su-nìkti (“to set upon, to attack”), Proto-Slavic *niknǫti (“to rise, grow”), and, proposed by some, Ancient Greek νεῖκος (neîkos, “quarrel, struggle”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /nis/

nis (aorist nisa, participle nisur)

1. to start, to begin
2. to prepare for a journey

• nits (San Francisco Logueche)

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. (San Cristóbal) water

• SIL / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

nis

1. plural of ni

Borrowed from Middle French niche (17th century).

• IPA^(key): /nɪs/

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• Hyphenation: nis
• Rhymes: -ɪs

nis f (plural nissen, diminutive nisje n)

1. (architecture) niche

   Synonym: muurholte

• niche

• Afrikaans: nis
• → Papiamentu: nis

nis m sg

1. genitive singular of neas (“moulding-block”)

From Proto-Algonquian *nyi·šwi (“two”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis/, [ˈniz˧˦]

nis (initial root nis-)

1. two (in counting)

   Synonym: tapu

• Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
• LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Stubblefield, Mitla Zapotec Texts (1994, SIL)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

• IPA^(key): /ˈnis/

nis

1. Contraction of ne is (“is not”).

Compare a similar contraction in Old English, where it applied to the whole conjugation of wesan and thus created the verb nesan. Such contractions with a verb and the negative part *ne are frequently encountered in ancient Germanic languages, compare Old Saxon nitan, newitan (“to not know”) (from ne + witan), Old English nabban (“to not have”) (from ne + habban), nillan (“to not want”) (from ne + willan) and nesan (“to not be”) (ne + wesan).

nis

1. Contraction of ne is (“is not”).
   • (Can we date this quote?), Heliand, verse 3935:

     uundres an thesaru uueroldi: nis that uureðaro dad

     wonders of this world: it is not the angriest deed

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

• IPA^(key): /nis/

nis (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نِس)

1. it
2. him
3. her
4. this one (prox acc)

• anís (Biori)

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “nis”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

nis f

1. plural of ni

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• López Antonio, Joaquín, Jones, Ted, Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía‎^[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 16, 23

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

• IPA^(key): /niʃ/

nis

1. Alternative form of a-nis (“now”)

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Coatlán-Loxicha Zapotec, in notes, citing Smith Stark

• IPA^(key): /niːs/

nis

1. Nasal mutation of dis.

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• F. López Lorenzo, Cuent que to tiemp ca uk huin nis (Cuando hubo escasez de agua en Yalálag) (1979)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Stephen A. Marlett, Basic Vocabulary (of Zapotec) (2010) / Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water
2. juice

nis

1. watery

• NAOS: notes and materials for the linguistic study of the sacred, volume 1 (4), issue 1 (1984): Yatzachi nEl Bajo Zapotec (I. B.) leˀex̭ (adjective) = holy: nis leˀex̭ = holy water.
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• Butler H., Inez M. (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de Yatzachi: Yatzachi el Bajo, Yatzachi el Alto, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 37)‎^[3], second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 270–271

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water

• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8

From Proto-Zapotec *nissa, from Proto-Zapotecan *nissa.

nis

1. water
2. juice

nis

1. watery

• Aaron Huey Sonnenschein, A Descriptive Grammar of San Bartolomé Zoogocho Zapotec (2005)
• Basic Vocabulary, pages 7-8
• Long C., Rebecca, Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)‎^[4] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 262