šíin
Phalura
Etymology
From Sanskrit šअयन (šayana, “lying down, bed (neut)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɕíin/
Noun
šíin m (Perso-Arabic spelling شِین)
- bed (charpoy, string bed)
Inflection
a-decl (Obl, pl): -a
Alternative forms
- šéen (Biori)
References
- Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “šíin”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “šíin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Umatilla
Pronoun
šíin
- associative dual of šín (“who?, whoever”)
References
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 2014-2020. Umatilla Language Online Dictionary