minni

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Daasanach

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Noun

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minni

  1. woman

Further reading

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  • Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

Faroese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)

  1. memory
  2. souvenir
  3. commemoration
  4. (computing) storage

Declension

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n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Accusative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Dative minni minn(i)num minnum minnunum
Genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

  1. memory, the ability to remember things (and not a particular recollection)
  2. a computer memory
  3. (dated) a toast to someone
  4. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

Declension

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Declension of minni (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnið minni minnin
accusative minni minnið minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *minijä. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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minni

  1. aunt-in-law (one's uncle's wife)
  2. fraternal sister-in-law (one's brother's wife)
    • 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi, Tarinaisista, “1966. Soikkola, Säätinä V I 1042”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎[1], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:
      »Oi minni, velloin vaimo, // Lunassa minuista poisi,
      »Oh sister-in-law, brother's wife, // Rescue me away,
  3. (endearing) aunt (woman of an older generation)

Declension

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Declension of minni (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative minni minnit
genitive minnin minniin, minnilöin
partitive minniä minnijä, minnilöjä
illative minnii minnii, minnilöihe
inessive minniis minniis, minnilöis
elative minnist minniist, minnilöist
allative minnille minniille, minnilöille
adessive minniil minniil, minnilöil
ablative minnilt minniilt, minnilöilt
translative minniks minniiks, minnilöiks
essive minninnä, minniin minniinnä, minnilöinnä, minniin, minnilöin
exessive1) minnint minniint, minnilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

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  • (fraternal sister-in-law): käly

Coordinate terms

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  • nato (“one's partner's sister”)

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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minni

  1. first-person singular pronominal form of minn: from me

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

  1. definite plural of minne

Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

Noun

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minni n (genitive minnis)

  2. memory
  3. a toast (drunk to someone’s memory)
  4. an account of ancient events; myth
Declension
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  Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnit minni minnin
accusative minni minnit minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: minni
  • Faroese: minni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne, minni
  • Swedish: minne
  • Danish: minde
  • → Middle English: minne

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.

Adjective

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minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)

  2. less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill
Declension
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    Declension of minni
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative minni minni minna
accusative minna minni minna
dative minna minni minna
genitive minna minni minna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative minni minni minni
accusative minni minni minni
dative minnum minnum minnum
genitive minni minni minni
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 3

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Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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minni n (genitive minnis)

  2. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)
Declension
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  Declension of minni (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnit minni minnin
accusative minni minnit minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna
Descendants
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

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minni f

  2. feminine dative singular of minn

Verb

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minni

  1. inflection of minna:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active
    3. second-person singular imperative active

References

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  • “minni1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minni2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “minni3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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