rini

See also: Rini, riní, riŋi, and ríni

Albanian

Etymology

From ri (“young”) +‎ -ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾiˈni/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

rini f (definite rinia)

1. youth

Declension

Declension of rini

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	rini	rinia
accusative		rininë
dative/ablative	rinie	rinisë

Further reading

• “rini”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “rini”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

Isthmus Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *tyene, from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n).

Noun

rini

1. blood

References

• Pickett, Velma; et al. (2007), Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo: Español-zapotec y zapoteco-español‎ (in Spanish), fifth edition, Insituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Participle

rini

1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine of rinen
2. (non-standard since 2012) neuter of rinen

Verb

rini

1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of rina

Etymology 2

Noun

rini n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of rin

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

rini (Cyrillic spelling рини)

1. second-person singular imperative of rinuti

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʐi.nɪ]
• Hyphenation: rì‧ni

Etymology 1

Sicilian Wikipedia has an article on:

rini

Wikipedia ^scn

From Latin rēn, rēnem.

Noun

rini m (plural rina)

1. (anatomy) kidney
   • 1904, Dante Alighieri, Tommaso Cannizzaro, La commedia di Dante Alighieri: Prima traduzione in dialetto siciliano, page 98, lines 55–57:

     Chiddhi d' arredi a li so' cosci stisi, / e la cuda ficcannu ntra ddhi ddui / supra li rini, 'llungannula tisi.

     The hindermost it stretched upon his thighs, / And put its tail through in between the two, / And up behind along the reins [kidneys] outspread it.

Etymology 2

Noun

rini f

1. plural of rina

Southern Ohlone

Noun

rini

1. hill

References

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861), Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎, volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• rine
• dine
• dini

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɾini/ [ˈɾiː.n̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: ri‧ni

Adverb

rini (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜈᜒ) (dialectal)

1. here (near the speaker)

   Synonym: dito

Usage notes

• When the preceding word does not end with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, dini is used instead.

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.