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Uni

Uni

See also: uni, úni, uní, unì, unî, ũni, and uni-

Faroese

Proper noun

Uni m

  1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Uni: Unason
  • daughter Uni: Unadóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Uni
Accusative Una
Dative Una
Genitive Una

German

Etymology

Shortened from Universität.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔʊni]

Noun

Uni f (genitive Uni, plural Unis)

  1. (colloquial) uni

uni

uni

See also: Uni, úni, uní, unì, unî, ũni, and uni-

English

Pronunciation

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

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

Inflection of uni (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation)
nominative uni unet
genitive unen unien
unten
partitive unta unia
illative uneen uniin
singular plural
nominative uni unet
accusative nom. uni unet
gen. unen
genitive unen unien
unten
partitive unta unia
inessive unessa unissa
elative unesta unista
illative uneen uniin
adessive unella unilla
ablative unelta unilta
allative unelle unille
essive unena unina
translative uneksi uniksi
instructive unin
abessive unetta unitta
comitative unineen

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

Anagrams


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


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

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

Derived terms

Related terms


Tariana

Alternative forms

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

Inflection of uni
nominative sing. uni
genitive sing. unen
partitive sing. unt
partitive plur. unid
singular plural
nominative uni uned
accusative unen uned
genitive unen uniden
partitive unt unid
essive-instructive unen unin
translative uneks unikš
inessive unes uniš
elative unespäi unišpäi
illative ? unihe
adessive unel unil
ablative unelpäi unilpäi
allative unele unile
abessive uneta unita
comitative unenke unidenke
prolative untme unidme
approximative I unenno unidenno
approximative II unennoks unidennoks
egressive unennopäi unidennopäi
terminative I ? unihesai
terminative II unelesai unilesai
terminative III unessai
additive I ? unihepäi
additive II unelepäi unilepäi

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

Verb

uni

  1. second-person singular present / future of uno