ni

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ni [ȵi³³]verb_transitive

ENto want (must have an object as its complement, not a verb)

中文要（希望得到，希望保持）

ni [ȵi³³]adverb

ENday; all day, one whole day; always, frequently; one day and night

中文天; 整天; 总是，老是，经常; 一天一夜

ni [ȵi³³]noun

ENfish; fishbone

中文鱼; 鱼刺

ni [ȵi³³]verb_transitive

ENto borrow or to lend (sth which cannot be consumed, so the original item can be returned)

中文借（借用以后原物归还）

ni [ȵi³³]numeral

ENtwo (used other than when counting)

中文二（用于非数数目的时候）

ni [ɲi³³]

ENsish

中文鱼

Linguistic detail

Ni nimei ni.
(I) want two fish.
我要两条鱼。

Cheeni ddeeni bbei jigaiq mail dal seiq.
Today (I) was busy all day.
今天忙了一整天。

Tee gol yi ddeeni bbei shel la befbef dal waq, xi gge geezheeq komi me zo.
Talking to him is always useless, (he) doesn't listen.
老说他也没用，他不会听。

Ngeq lee kol lee go keel mei, ddeeni ddeehal go seiq.
I was in the fields irrigating all day and night.
我在田里浇灌了一天一夜的水。

Ni beil bbee.
(I) am going fishing. (Lit: [I] am going to hook fish.)
我去钓鱼。

Ngeq rhee loq bbee yil, nee gge daiche ddeezail ni yel.
I want to go to town, so lend me your bike.
我要去城里，请把你的单车借我用一下。

ECura Archive — Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition (ECura project). Naxi subset. https://ecuraarchive.org/find-corpus
Pinson, Latasha. Naxi Dictionary. Webonary.org. SIL International. https://www.webonary.org/naxi/

NaxiAI. Naxi Digital Dictionary, s.v. “ni”. https://naxiai.com/dictionary/ni (accessed 2026-11-14).