nin
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forNinzo.
Probably derived from Welshnain(“grandmother”), but see alsoProto-Celtic*nana(“grandmother”).
nin (pluralnins)
- (dialect, Liverpool)Affectionate name for agrandmother.
nin
- food
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FromMiddle High Germanniun, fromOld High Germanniun, fromProto-Germanic*newun. Cognate withGermanneun,Dutchnegen,Englishnine,Icelandicníu.
nin
- (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) either
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes,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 children
Yá 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”, inDiccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana,→ISBN
- “nin”, inDiccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición,Academia de la Llingua Asturiana,2000,→ISBN
nin m (pluralnins,femininenina,feminine pluralnines)
- (dialectal)alternative form ofnen
- “nin”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “nin”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2026
- “nin” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nin” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
nin (Basahan spellingᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- (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.
Esperanto first person plural pronounni + accusative/objective case ending-n.
nin
- accusative ofni
1 The second-person familiar pronouns are rare.
2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronounsri (rin,ria) andŝli (ŝlin,ŝlia) are not widely used.
3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronouniŝi (iŝin,iŝia) is not widely used.
FromOld Galician-Portuguesenen,nin, fromLatinnec(“nor, and not”). Akin toPortuguesenem.
- 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] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: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] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: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] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: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-personsingularpresentindicative ofniy
From earlier*nama. The sequence*an/am may becomein/im in Somali (cf. Arabicقَلَم(qalam) > Somaliqalin, Jiidduhanjhisaal vs. Somalihindhis).
Cognate withJiiddulam,Oromonama,Ormainamaa(“person”),Waatainamaa(“person”),Afarnum,Burjilammi.
nin m (pluralniman)
- man
- IPA(key): /ˈnin/[ˈnĩn]
- Rhymes:-in
- Syllabification:nin
nin
- obsolete form ofni
nin
- romanization of𒎏(nin)
nin (genitivenina,pluralnins)
- contents
