gini

See also: Gini, giní, Gíní, and gíni-

Finnish

Etymology

From English gin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡini/, [ˈɡini]
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Syllabification(key): gi‧ni

Noun

gini

  1. gin

Declension

Inflection of gini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative gini ginit
genitive ginin ginien
partitive giniä ginejä
illative giniin gineihin
singular plural
nominative gini ginit
accusative nom. gini ginit
gen. ginin
genitive ginin ginien
partitive giniä ginejä
inessive ginissä gineissä
elative ginistä gineistä
illative giniin gineihin
adessive ginillä gineillä
ablative giniltä gineiltä
allative ginille gineille
essive gininä gineinä
translative giniksi gineiksi
instructive ginein
abessive ginittä gineittä
comitative gineineen
Possessive forms of gini (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person ginini ginimme
2nd person ginisi gininne
3rd person gininsä

Garo

Garo cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : gini

Alternative forms

  • (nonstandard) gni

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nɯi⁴ (two), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s (two). Cognate with Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Burmese နှစ် (hnac).

Numeral

gini

  1. two

Synonyms


Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪːnɪ

Verb

gini

  1. first-person singular past subjunctive of gína
  2. third-person singular past subjunctive of gína

Indonesian

Adverb

gini

  1. thus, this way, like this

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani ʒanel (to know).

Verb

a gini (third-person singular present ginește, past participle ginit) 4th conj.

  1. (slang) to notice, to glimpse

Conjugation


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

English guinea

Noun

gini m (genitive singular gini, plural ginidhean)

  1. guinea (coin)

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English guinea.

Pronunciation

Noun

gini f (plural ginïau or ginis)

  1. guinea (coin)

Usage notes

  • Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, gini does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, gini always undergoes nasal mutation to ngini. For a similar examples, see golff, gêm and glwten.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
gini unchanged ngini unchanged
Irregular.
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), gini”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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