Faroese

Proper noun

Uni m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Uni: Unason
• daughter Uni: Unadóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

Shortened from Universität.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔʊni]

Noun

Uni f ‎(genitive Uni, plural Unis)

1. (colloquial) uni

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈjuː.niː/

Noun

uni ‎(plural unis)

1. (colloquial) University.

   I'm going to uni after I leave school.‎

   Turn left when you reach the uni.‎

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Japanese 雲丹.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.niː/

Noun

uni ‎(uncountable)

1. Sea urchin eaten as sushi.
   • The New York Times

     Uni became my litmus test for sushi fans.

Anauyá

Noun

uni

1. 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

1. water
2. river

References

• Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ISBN 0199283087)

Estonian

Noun

uni ‎(genitive une, partitive und)

1. sleep
2. dream

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• unenägu

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuni/
• Hyphenation: u‧ni

Noun

uni

1. dream
2. sleep

Declension

Synonyms

• (dream) unennäkö
• (sleep) unitila

Derived terms

• märkä uni
• nähdä unta ‎(“to have a dream”)
• olla unten mailla ‎(“to be in the Land of Nod, in sleepland”)
• saada unen päästä kiinni ‎(“can get to sleep”) (literally: to be able to catch sleep)

  En saanut unen päästä kiinni.‎

  I could not get sleep.

• uneksia
• unelias
• unelma
• unessa ‎(“asleep”)
• syvässä unessa ‎(“sound asleep”)
• uneton
• unien selittäminen, unista ennustaminen ‎(“oneiromancy”)
• uninen
• unikko
• unitutkimus

Compounds

See also

• painajainen

Anagrams

• uin

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yni/
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

Verb

uni m ‎(feminine singular unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

1. past participle of unir

Adjective

uni m ‎(feminine singular unie, masculine plural unis, feminine plural unies)

1. united

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of université.

Noun

uni f ‎(plural unis)

1. (Switzerland, informal) university

Anagrams

• nui

Japanese

Romanization

uni

1. rōmaji reading of うに
2. rōmaji reading of ウニ

Karelian

Noun

uni ‎(genitive unen, partitive undu)

1. dream
2. sleep

Ladin

Adjective

uni ‎(invariable)

1. every

Latin

Etymology

Inflected form of ūnus ‎(“one”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.niː/

Numeral

ūnī

1. nominative masculine plural of ūnus
2. dative masculine singular of ūnus
3. dative feminine singular of ūnus
4. dative neuter singular of ūnus

Omagua

Noun

uni

1. water

References

• Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology

Piapoco

Noun

uni

1. water
2. river

References

• Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ISBN 0199283087)
• Lińguas arawak da Amazônia setentrional (2001), page 570 (úuni)

Portuguese

Verb

uni

1. Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative of unir
2. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of unir

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.

Verb

a uni ‎(third-person singular present unește, past participle unit) 4th conj.

1. to unite, merge, join

Conjugation

Antonyms

• dezuni

Derived terms

• unire

Related terms

• unu

Tariana

Alternative forms

• úuni (húuni)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːni/

Noun

uni

1. water
2. 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 0199593566)
• Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Robert M. W. Dixon, Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance (2006, ISBN 0199283087)

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish uni.

Noun

uni

1. sleep
2. 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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈiːnɪ/

Verb

uni

1. second-person singular present / future of uno