nis

From Danish nisse.

nis (plural nisses)

1. A nix; a hobgoblin, especially one that resides in a farm house.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth:

     No farm-house goes on well without there is a Nis in it, and well is it for the maids and the men when they are in favour with him.

   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 259:

     The people of the Feroes call the Nisses or Brownies Niagruisar, and describe them as little creatures with red caps on their beads, that bring luck to any place where they take up their abode.

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. Clipping 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