ani² past participle of anu 1 lit. having said, having thought, saying, thinking. 2 used as a connecting particle (i) as a marker of indirect report or command Dabbu istaanu ~ ceppEEDu he said he would give money; weNTanee bayaldeeram ~ aajña waccindi an order came to start immediately; (ii) to subordinate a clause to a verb expressing knowledge, thinking, fearing, etc. adi elaa ceeyaalaa ~ digulu paDutunnaanu I am worried about how I should do it; kanna talli manassu baadha peTTaDam enduku ~ neenu aa wiSayaaleemii maaTLaaDaleedu thinking, why should I worry my own mother (or not wanting to worry my own mother), I talked of none of those things; puujak ~ teccina bellam gaDDalanu engili ceesEEDu he defiled the jaggery balls that had been brought for (use in) worship; (iii) to subordinate a causal clause to a main clause in which the subject is human oNTiki mancidi kaad ~ sigareTLu taagaDam maaneesEEnu I gave up smoking cigarettes because it was not good for my health. 3 other usages (i) `to want' is expressed by an infinitive + [w] aali + ani, e.g., naaku sinimaa cuuDaal ~ undi I want to see a movie; (ii) suffixed to onomatopoeic words ~ gives adverbial force, e.g., (of snakes) bussum ~ hissingly; (iii) ~ kaadu negates a preceding clause or sentence, e.g., andukani paraayi padaalanu anniTinii neTTaDam ~ kaadu that is not to say (or that does not mean) that for that reason we should reject all foreign words.