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kinner
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English
Noun
kinner pl (plural only)
- (in representations of Amish speech) Children.
- 2018, Patty Stansell, The Ladies of Lancaster County, book 5:
- ... the chair drew the kinner to them, each wanting a ride. Being such gut kinner they all waited their turn. Barbie watched with a warm heart.
- 2020, Carrie Lighte, Her Amish Suitor's Secret:
- "... do more babies mean so very much to you?" "Babies are blessings!" he'd said. "Patience, what is a marriage without kinner to bind you? You'll see - you'll want to have kinner of your own. And the kinner will want babies.
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kinder. Cognate with Estonian kinner, Karelian kinner and Votic tšinner.
Pronunciation
Noun
kinner
Declension
Derived terms
- kinneri
- kinnerjänne
- kinnernivel (“id.”)
- kinnerpatti
- kinnerpuu (“skinning implement”)
- kinturi (“type of trap”)
- olla jonkun kintereillä
Related terms
See also
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
- “kinner”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
kinner n
- indefinite plural of kinn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
kinner
- indefinite plural of kinne f (“churn”)
- (non-standard since 1959) feminine indefinite plural of kinn f or n (“cheek”)
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