nina

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English

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Etymology

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From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfield's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.

Noun

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nina (plural ninas)

  1. A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
    • 2008 April 1, Ilan Caron, “Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24350 set by Brendan”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords[1] (Usenet):
      The puzzle itself was fairly easy however there was an elegant nina based on the middle entry (INSIDE STORY) in which each of the across answers hid a synonym of "story", e.g. 5A and 6A were: STABle gendER.
    • 2014 August 10, Brian Bethune, “The crossword’s meandering 100-year journey”, in Maclean's[2]:
      Ninas may or may not be present and, even if one is there, it can go unnoticed because, not being intrinsic to the solution, its presence is not advertised—or because it is so well hidden.
    • 2014, Alan Connor, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, Penguin, →ISBN:
      Other “personal” ninas are happier and subtler: birthday wishes to loved ones, which, ultimately, have only one intended reader

Anagrams

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Aymara

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Noun

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nina

  1. fire

Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nina f (plural nines, masculine nin)

  1. (anatomy) pupil
    Synonym: pupil·la
  2. doll
  3. (dialectal) girl, female child

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *ninna, a nursery or infantile word.

Noun

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nina f

  1. mother

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nenä.

Noun

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nina (genitive nina, partitive nina)

  1. (anatomy) nose
  2. tip

Declension

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Declension of nina (ÕS type 17u/sõna, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative nina ninad
accusative nom.
gen. nina
genitive ninade
partitive nina ninu
ninasid
illative ninna
ninasse
ninadesse
ninusse
inessive ninas ninades
ninus
elative ninast ninadest
ninust
allative ninale ninadele
ninule
adessive ninal ninadel
ninul
ablative ninalt ninadelt
ninult
translative ninaks ninadeks
ninuks
terminative ninani ninadeni
essive ninana ninadena
abessive ninata ninadeta
comitative ninaga ninadega

Fanagalo

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Etymology

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From Zulu nina.

Pronoun

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nina

  1. you, you all; second-person singular pronoun.

Japanese

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Romanization

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nina

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にな

Kamano

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Noun

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nina

  1. Alternative form of ni (water)

References

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  • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese nina, clipping of menina. Possibly a doublet of nhim.

Noun

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nina

  1. girl
  2. young single woman

Derived terms

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Miskito

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Noun

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nina

  1. name

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ni‧na

Noun

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nina f (plural ninas)

  1. Clipping of menina.

Quechua

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Noun

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nina

  1. fire for cooking, candle, match

Declension

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See also

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Sasak

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Noun

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nina

  1. woman, female

References

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  • Dictionary of the Sasak language of Lombok, with Indonesian and English (1995)

Southern Ndebele

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

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niná

  1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Sumerian

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Romanization

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nina

  1. Romanization of 𒀏 (nina)

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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nina

  1. first-person singular present affirmative of -wa na

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Article

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niná (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈ)

  1. possessive particle, used only with personal names
    Synonym: (colloquial) nila
    mga bisikleta nina Juan at JuanaJuan and Juana's bicycles
  2. ergative marker used with personal names, equivalent of ng mga used with common nouns.

Usage notes

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  • This is used where there is more than one addressee, as a simpler way of saying ni [1st referrent] … at ni [last referrent] (e.g. nina Pedro at Juan).
  • Where it precedes one name, this refers to the person and others surrounding them (e.g. nina Pedro refers to Pedro and anyone other around him, usually unspecified).

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Xhosa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

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niná

  1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Zulu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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niná

  1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Inflection

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Stem -ni, poss. stem -ínú
Full form niná
Locative kíni
Full form niná
Locative kíni
Copulative yíni
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wênu ówênu
Class 2 bênu ábênu
Class 3 wênu ówênu
Class 4 yênu éyênu
Class 5 lênu élênu
Class 6 ênu áwênu
Class 7 sênu ésênu
Class 8 zênu ézênu
Class 9 yênu éyênu
Class 10 zênu ézênu
Class 11 lwênu ólwênu
Class 14 bênu óbênu
Class 15 kwênu ókwênu
Class 17 kwênu ókwênu

References

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