nin
( international standards ) ISO 639-3 language code forNinzo . Probably derived from Welshnain ( “ grandmother ” ) , but see alsoProto-Celtic *nana ( “ grandmother ” ) .
nin (plural nins
( dialect , Liverpool ) Affectionate name for agrandmother . nin
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FromMiddle High German niun Old High German niun Proto-Germanic *newun German neun Dutch negen English nine Icelandic níu
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( Alsatian ) nine ñin ( conjunction ) ñi ( interjection ) ninu ( interjection ) ne ( interjection ) nen ( interjection ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩŋ] Rhymes:-in Syllabification:nin nin
neither ,nor , (not) either1915 Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena , page219 :nin
interjection , usually friendly, used at the end of a phrase when speaking usually to childrenYá pues comer,nin You can eat now,kid ¿Que quies pa Navidá,nin ? What do you want for Christmas,kid ? Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004 ), “nin Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language →ISBN “nin Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language Academia de la Llingua Asturiana ,2000 ,→ISBN nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔
( formal ) of ( mostly for locations and occasions ) Aldawnin Pagkamuot Valentine's Day (Dayof Love) Aldawnin Kamahalan Easter (Dayof Adoration) ( Naga ) of ( expressing possession ) Harongnin ayam. House of dog. ( Naga ) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names Nagkakan sana kaminin pamahawan. We just ate breakfast. nin m plural nins feminine nina feminine plural nines
( dialectal ) alternative form ofnen “nin ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “nin ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “nin” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“nin” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.Esperanto first person plural pronounni -n
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accusative ofni 1 The second-person familiar pronouns are rare.
2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronounsri rin ria ŝli ŝlin ŝlia
3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronouniŝi iŝin iŝia
FromOld Galician-Portuguese nen nin Latin nec ( “ nor, and not ” ) . Akin toPortuguese nem
IPA (key ) : /ˈniŋ/ [ˈnĩŋ] Rhymes:-iŋ Hyphenation:nin nin
nor neither nin
not even Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “nin ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “nin ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “nin ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “nin ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “nin ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN nin
in Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021 ), “nin”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português , 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch nin
Rōmaji transcription ofにん nin
nonstandard spelling ofnín nonstandard spelling ofnǐn Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.nin
alternative form ofnyne nin
third-person singular present indicative ofniy From earlier*nima , metathesized from*nam-i or*ʔi-nam , fromProto-East Cushitic *nam- ( “ man ” ) . Cognate withJiiddu nam Oromo nama Orma inamaa ( “ person ” ) ,Waata inamaa ( “ person ” ) ,Afar num Burji lammi
nin m plural niman
man IPA (key ) : /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn] Rhymes:-in Syllabification:nin nin
obsolete form ofni nin
romanization of𒎏 ( nin ) nin (nominative plural nins
contents 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
