ᴹQ. †ní n. “woman, female”

ᴹQ. †ní, n. “woman, female”

References ✧ Ety/INI, NĪ¹; EtyAC/NĪ¹

Glosses

• “female, woman” ✧ Ety/INI
• “woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹ (†ní)

Related

• †ní “woman” was archaic and poetic and usually replaced by nis “woman” ✧ Ety/NĪ¹
• nér “man” was influenced by ní ✧ Ety/NĪ¹

Changes

• nī »» ní ✧ EtyAC/NĪ¹

Element In

• ᴹQ. inimeite “*feminine”
• ᴹQ. inya¹ “female”
• ᴺQ. curuni “witch, *sorceress, female magician (not necessarily evil)”
• ᴺQ. !inimë “femininity, womanliness”
• ᴺQ. !iniva “womanly”

Derivations

• < ᴹ√NĪ¹/INI “female” ✧ Ety/INI (NĪ); Ety/NĪ¹ (NĪ¹)

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ√NĪ > ní	[nī]	✧ Ety/INI
ᴹ√NĪ¹ > †ní	[nī]	✧ Ety/NĪ¹

ᴱQ. ní n. “woman”

Reference ✧ GL/60 ✧ nî

Element In

• ᴱQ. #-ni “feminine suffix”

Cognates

• ᴱN. nain “woman”
• G. †nîr² “woman” ✧ GL/60 (†nîr²)