ni

1 1st person sg. pron. "I" according to PE17:68 also “me” as object, with long vowel ní when stressed VT49:51, cf. ní nauva next to nauvan for *“I will be” VT49:19, the former wording emphasizing the pronoun. The pronoun ni represents the original stem-form VT49:50. Dative nin "for me, to me" Arct, Nam, RGEO:67, VT41:11/15. Compare the reflexive pronoun imni, imnë *"myself" and the emphatic pronoun inyë, q.v. – The ancient element ni is said to have implied, originally, “this by me, of my ?concern” VT49:37