Ndebe · Ńdébé
nyi
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body ny with the vowel i.
The three tones
Tone is part of the character in Ndebe, not a mark added to it, so one syllable is written three different ways. These are the same shape family — the character on the left in each box is the one to learn first, and it is the form the chart shows.
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high tone
nyi
U+E599
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mid tone
nyi
U+E59A
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low tone
nyi
U+E59B
Words that use it
Sixty of the Igbo entries here carry this syllable, shortest first. The Ndebe spelling is written under each word, and the syllable you are looking for is in it.
- -nyi-
- -nyì-
- enyi
- enyì
- inyi
- nyiè
- unyi
- unyì
- ònyì
- nyìbe
- -nyiri-
- -nyìdo-
- anyikē
- -kwunyì-
- -nyìgbu-
- anyiikē
- nwaànyì
- onyiisī
- ru unyi
- tē ūnyī
- ànyìnyà
- ènyiūrē
- ìnyìnyà
- ònyinye
- ònyìnye
- ònyìnyò
- ọdụenyī
- -lu inyi-
- -lu unyi-
- ajì enyī
- enyi mbà
- ọdụ enyī
- -gwù unyì-
- -nyì ànyì-
- Enyinnaya
- enyimmīrī
- mmanyiikē
- mmụọ inyī
- (ibu) -nyì() -
- enyì nwokē
- òdùdù enyī
- -nụ nwaànyì-
- enyinnụ̀nụ̀
- enyì nwaàyì
- ife ònyìnyò
- nwaànyì ime
- obì ònyìnye
- onyiisiochē
- unyì okwutē
- ànyìnyà ibū
- ìnyìnyà ibū
- ọgò nwaànyì
- ụmù nwaànyì
- -nye ònyìnye-
- enyi nwaanyị
- obiì ònyìnye
- osisi anyikē
- ànyìnyà igwè
- ànyị̀nyìigwè
- ị̀nyị̀nyìibū