FromMiddle High Germanmīn, fromOld High Germanmīn, fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz. Cognate withGermanmein,Dutchmijn,Englishmine,Icelandicminn.
miin
- my
1902,Robert Walser,Der Teich:Das isch rächt schön vo Ihne, Fritz, daß Siemim Sohn e chli Gsellschaft chöme cho leischte.- It's very good of you, Fritz, to come and keepmy son company a bit.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker,Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
Also,mini Herre, vil Erfolg bi de Arbeit.- Well, gentlemen, much success in your work.
- Withmiin,diin,siin, the masculine nominative/accusative of a following adjective has strong declension:miin guete Fründ. In all other instances, the adjective has weak declension:miis guet(e) Rächt, mini guete Fründ(e) (not*guets, *gueti).
miin
- (Liptaako, Maasina, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Pulaar)1st person singular emphatic pronounI,me
- Oumar Bah,Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, inSenri Ethnological Studies[1], volume35,→DOI, pages215-230
FromProto-Algonquian*mi·na(“berry”).
miin inan (pluralmiinan,locativemiining,diminutivemiinens)
- blueberry
Ogii-maanikaagonan iniwmiinan gii-miijid.- Theblueberries he was eating didn't agree with him.
- Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “miin”, inOjibwe People's Dictionary[2], University of Minnesota
miin inan
- blueberry
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001),Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page486
