✶ni pron. “I, me”

✶ni pron. “I, me”

References ✧ PE17/68, 130, 168; PE22/152; PE23/69, 113-114, 119-120, 131; VT49/50, 52

Glosses

• “First person S.” ✧ PE23/113
• “First reference S.” ✧ PE23/119
• “I, 1st. sg.” ✧ PE23/69
• “I, me” ✧ PE23/114
• “me” ✧ PE17/68; PE17/168
• “S[ingular] 1” ✧ VT49/50
• “Sg. 1” ✧ VT49/52

Variations

• NI ✧ PE17/68; PE17/130; PE17/168; PE23/69; PE23/113; PE23/114; PE23/114; PE23/119; PE23/120; VT49/50; VT49/52; PE23/131 (ni)
• nĭ ✧ PE22/152; PE23/120

Related

• ne an unemphatic form [of] ni ✧ PE23/114
• nĕ “first singular” beside nĭ ✧ PE23/120

Element In

• ✶inni “I (emphatic)”
• ✶-nyā “my”
• ✶lā̆-ni “I (am/do) not, not me” ✧ PE23/114
• ✶nki “*thou-and-I” ✧ PE17/130 (in-ke); VT49/51

Derivatives

• > ᴺS. ni “I”
• > Q. ni “me, I” ✧ PE17/68; VT49/51
  • ⇒ 20 compounds
• > Q. -n(yë) “I” ✧ VT49/51
  • ⇒ Q. Mettanyë “?I End”
• > S. nin “me”
• > S. nín “my”
• > T. ni “me, *I”
• > T. nia “my”

ᴹ✶ni pron. “I, me” (Category: Pronoun)

References ✧ Ety/NI²; EtyAC/NI²; PE21/61, 65; PE22/92, 94-95; PE23/74, 76, 96

Glosses

• “1st person” ✧ PE23/96
• “I” ✧ Ety/NI² (NĪ²); PE21/65; PE22/94; PE22/95; PE22/92 (ni)
• “sg. 1” ✧ PE23/74

Variations

• ni ✧ PE21/65; PE22/94; PE22/95; PE23/74; PE23/96; PE22/92 (ni)
• NĪ² ✧ Ety/NI²
• ni· ✧ PE23/76
• nye ✧ PE23/76

Related

• ne is in some Eldarin languages a variant of ni· ✧ PE23/76

Changes

• nitse >> nithe ✧ PE21/61
• NI² »» NĪ² ✧ EtyAC/NI²

Inflections

nithe	dative	“to me”	✧ PE21/61
nitse	dative	“to me”	✧ PE21/61

Element In

• ᴹ✶ni-ndakubākyē, uklaina ndere “I will slay thee, wicked man” ✧ PE21/65
• ᴹ✶kabinjē antāsa “I can give it” ✧ PE22/92
• ᴹ✶ni mati-te “I eat it (him/her)” ✧ PE22/95
• ᴹ✶ni mati-te mati-the “I eat it and that” ✧ PE22/95; PE22/95
• ᴹ✶ni matite yu the “I eat it and that” ✧ PE22/95

Derivatives

• > ᴹQ. ni “I, me” ✧ PE23/75
  • ⇒ 71 compounds
• > ᴹQ. -nye “I” ✧ EtyAC/NI²
• > ᴹQ. nye “me, I” ✧ PE23/74
  • ⇒ 20 compounds