minni

Daasanach

Noun

minni

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnːɪ]
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)

  1. memory
  2. souvenir
  3. commemoration
  4. (computing) storage

Declension

n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Accusative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Dative minni minn(i)num minnum minnunum
Genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnːɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

  1. memory, the ability to remember things (/and not a particular recollection)
  2. a computer memory
  3. (dated) a toast to someone
  4. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

Declension

Synonyms

  • (something remembered): minning
  • (computer-memory): tölvuminni
  • (the time as far back as cen be remembered): í manna minnum
  • (a toast): skál
  • (a souvenir): minjagripur m

Derived terms


Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.nɪ/

Adverb

minni

  1. pronominal form of minn: from me

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

  1. definite plural of minne

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)

  1. memory
Declension
Descendants
  • Icelandic: minni
  • Faroese: minni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne
  • Swedish: minne
  • Danish: minde
  • Middle English: minne

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.

Adjective

minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)

  1. less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

Probably related to munnr (mouth).

Alternative forms

Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)

  1. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)
Declension
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

minni f

  1. feminine dative singular of minn

Verb

minni

  1. inflection of minna:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active
    3. second-person singular imperative active

References

  • minni1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • minni2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • minni3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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