impi
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪmpi/
Noun
impi (plural impis)
- A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 212:
- And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 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.
Anagrams
Catawba
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *impi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈimpi/, [ˈimpi]
- Rhymes: -impi
- Syllabification(key): im‧pi
Declension
| Inflection of impi (Kotus type 7*H/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 | ||
| abessive | immettä | immittä | ||
| instructive | — | immin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “impi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay impi, from Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi. Doublet of mimpi.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “impi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *impi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impi/
- Rhymes: -impi, -pi, -i
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- impikan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- mengimpi [agent focus] (meN-)
- mengimpikan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- diimpi [patient focus] (di-)
- diimpikan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
- impian (“dream”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
Descendants
- Indonesian: impi
Further reading
- “impi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- "impi" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
Xhosa
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [íːᵐpí]
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /îːmpí/
Inflection
| Class 9/10 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | impi | izimpi | ||
| Locative | empini | ezimpini | ||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Full form | impi | izimpi | ||
| Simple form | mpi | zimpi | ||
| Locative | empini | ezimpini | ||
| Copulative | yimpi | yizimpi | ||
| Possessive forms | ||||
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Modifier | Substantive | Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wempi | owempi | wezimpi | owezimpi |
| Class 2 | bempi | abempi | bezimpi | abezimpi |
| Class 3 | wempi | owempi | wezimpi | owezimpi |
| Class 4 | yempi | eyempi | yezimpi | eyezimpi |
| Class 5 | lempi | elempi | lezimpi | elezimpi |
| Class 6 | empi | awempi | ezimpi | awezimpi |
| Class 7 | sempi | esempi | sezimpi | esezimpi |
| Class 8 | zempi | ezempi | zezimpi | ezezimpi |
| Class 9 | yempi | eyempi | yezimpi | eyezimpi |
| Class 10 | zempi | ezempi | zezimpi | ezezimpi |
| Class 11 | lwempi | olwempi | lwezimpi | olwezimpi |
| Class 14 | bempi | obempi | bezimpi | obezimpi |
| Class 15 | kwempi | okwempi | kwezimpi | okwezimpi |
| Class 17 | kwempi | okwempi | kwezimpi | okwezimpi |
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mpi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mpi (2-8.3)”
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