nanti
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Sabir nanti, from Italian niente, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem or ne inde.
Determiner
nanti
- (Polari) No; not any.
- 1851, Mayhew, Henry, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, The Canvas Clown, page 126:
- There was no clown for the pantomime, for he had disappointed us, and of course they couldn't get on without one; so, to keep the concern going, old Johnson, who know I was a good tumbler, came up to me, and said 'he had nanti vampo, and your nabs must fake it;' which means,—We have no clown, and you must do it.
- 2004, Baker, Paul, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang:
- She's with the trade your mother charvaed yesterday. Some omees have nanti taste!
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Derived terms
- nanti palaver (“hold your tongue”), nanti dinarly (“no money”), nanti parnarly (“be careful”)
French
Etymology
Past participle of nantir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ̃.ti/
Adjective
nanti (feminine singular nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)
- paid, having received wages
- rich, well-off, well-to-do
Verb
nanti m (feminine singular nantie, masculine plural nantis, feminine plural nanties)
- past participle of nantir
Further reading
- “nanti” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nan.ti/
Noun
nanti (plural nanti-nanti, first-person possessive nantiku, second-person possessive nantimu, third-person possessive nantinya)
Derived terms
- menanti
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