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Impi
Impi
See also: impi
Finnish
Proper noun
Impi
- A female given name used around 1900; rare today.
Declension
| Inflection of Impi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Impi | Impit | |
| genitive | Impin | Impien | |
| partitive | Impiä | Impejä | |
| illative | Impiin | Impeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Impi | Impit | |
| accusative | nom. | Impi | Impit |
| gen. | Impin | ||
| genitive | Impin | Impien | |
| partitive | Impiä | Impejä | |
| inessive | Impissä | Impeissä | |
| elative | Impistä | Impeistä | |
| illative | Impiin | Impeihin | |
| adessive | Impillä | Impeillä | |
| ablative | Impiltä | Impeiltä | |
| allative | Impille | Impeille | |
| essive | Impinä | Impeinä | |
| translative | Impiksi | Impeiksi | |
| instructive | — | Impein | |
| abessive | Impittä | Impeittä | |
| comitative | — | Impeineen | |
Inflected differently from the common noun.
impi
impi
See also: Impi
English
Noun
impi (plural impis)
- A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 26:
- But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 26:
Translations
Zulu warrior
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Finnish
Noun
impi
- (dated) virgin
Declension
| Inflection of impi (Kotus type 7/ovi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impi | immet | |
| genitive | immen | impien | |
| partitive | impeä | impiä | |
| illative | impeen | impiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | impi | immet | |
| accusative | nom. | impi | immet |
| gen. | immen | ||
| genitive | immen | impien | |
| partitive | impeä | impiä | |
| inessive | immessä | immissä | |
| elative | immestä | immistä | |
| illative | impeen | impiin | |
| adessive | immellä | immillä | |
| ablative | immeltä | immiltä | |
| allative | immelle | immille | |
| essive | impenä | impinä | |
| translative | immeksi | immiksi | |
| instructive | — | immin | |
| abessive | immettä | immittä | |
| comitative | — | impineen | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Malay
Etymology
Cognate with mimpi, from Proto-Malayic *impi, *mimpi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impi/
- Rhymes: -impi, -pi, -i
Verb
impi (used in the form mengimpi)
- to dream (to hope, to wish)
Derived terms
- impian (“dream”)
Zulu
Noun
impi class 9/10 (plural izimpi)
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Full form | impi | izimpi |
| Simple form | mpi | zimpi |
| Locative | empini | ezimpini |
| Copulative | yimpi | yizimpi |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Class 1 | wempi | wezimpi |
| Class 2 | bempi | bezimpi |
| Class 3 | wempi | wezimpi |
| Class 4 | yempi | yezimpi |
| Class 5 | lempi | lezimpi |
| Class 6 | empi | ezimpi |
| Class 7 | sempi | sezimpi |
| Class 8 | zempi | zezimpi |
| Class 9 | yempi | yezimpi |
| Class 10 | zempi | zezimpi |
| Class 11 | lwempi | lwezimpi |
| Class 14 | bempi | bezimpi |
| Class 15 | kwempi | kwezimpi |
| Class 17 | kwempi | kwezimpi |