Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanti

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables: nan-ti
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

det

No; not any.

Example Sentences

"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."
"She's with the trade your mother charvaed yesterday. Some omees have nanti taste!"
"I can't see that over his heaving thews and bulging lallies!¶ Of course he's nanti riah, but with a basket like that, who cares about his eek?"

Etymology

Borrowing from Sabir nanti, from Italian niente, from Latin ne gentem (“no person, no one”), nec entem, ne entem or ne inde.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: nanti, niente, ne gentem

Inflected Forms

nantee (alternative) nanty (alternative) nuntee (alternative) nunty (alternative)

Phrases

nanti palaver nanti dinarly nanti parnarly

Questions

What does nanti mean?: No; not any.
Where does nanti come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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