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nin

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nin"

Translingual

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nin

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ninzo.

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English

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Etymology

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Probably derived from Welsh nain (“grandmother”), but see also Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

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Noun

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nin (plural nins)

  1. (dialect, Liverpool) Affectionate name for a grandmother.

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Anagrams

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Abinomn

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Noun

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nin

  1. food

Alemannic German

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cardinal number
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German niun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with German neun, Dutch negen, English nine, Icelandic níu.

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Numeral

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nin

  1. (Alsatian) nine

Asturian

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Alternative forms

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  • ñin (conjunction)
  • ñi (interjection)
  • ninu (interjection)

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Conjunction

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nin

  1. neither, nor, (not) either
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 219:
      Nin en Viernes, nin en Martes
      cases les fies ni múes les vaques.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Interjection

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nin

  1. 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?

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Preposition

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nin (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. (formal) of (mostly for locations and occasions)
    Aldaw nin Pagkamuot
    Valentine's Day (Day of Love)
    Aldaw nin Kamahalan
    Easter (Day of Adoration)
  2. (Naga) of (expressing possession)
    Nagkakan nin sira an ikos.
    The cat ate a fish.
  3. (Naga) indirect marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names
    Nagkakan sana kami nin pamahawan.
    We just ate breakfast.

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Catalan

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Noun

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nin m (plural nins, feminine nina)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of nen

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Esperanto first person plural pronoun ni + accusative/objective case ending -n.

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Pronoun

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nin

  1. accusative of ni

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, nin, from Latin nec (“nor, and not”). Akin to Portuguese nem.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈniŋ/ [ˈnĩŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Hyphenation: nin

Conjunction

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nin

  1. nor
  2. neither

Derived terms

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Adverb

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nin

  1. not even

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Hunsrik

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Adverb

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nin

  1. in

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にん

Mandarin

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Romanization

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nin

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nǐn.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

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Numeral

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nin

  1. Alternative form of nyne

Quechua

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Verb

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nin

  1. third-person singular present indicative of niy

Somali

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Noun

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nin ?

  1. man (plural niman)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnin/ [ˈnĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: nin

Conjunction

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nin

  1. Obsolete form of ni.

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Sumerian

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Romanization

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nin

  1. Romanization of 𒎏 (nin)

Volapük

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Noun

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nin (nominative plural nins)

  1. contents

Declension

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declension of nin
singular plural
nominative nin nins
genitive nina ninas
dative nine nines
accusative nini ninis
vocative 1 o nin! o nins!
predicative 2 ninu ninus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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