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English

Noun

kinner pl (plural only)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkinːer/, [ˈk̟inːe̞r]
  • Rhymes: -inːer
  • Syllabification(key): kin‧ner
  • Hyphenation(key): kin‧ner

Noun

kinner

  1. hock (tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)
  2. hock (meat from that part)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kinner n

  1. indefinite plural of kinn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

kinner

  1. indefinite plural of kinne f (churn)
  2. (non-standard since 1959) feminine indefinite plural of kinn f or n (cheek)

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