minni

minni

1. woman

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnːɪ]

  Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

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

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

1. memory (the ability to remember things; not a particular recollection)

   festa sér í minni ― to commit to memory, to memorize

   leggja á minnið ― to commit to memory, to memorize

   í manna minnum ― in people's memories, as long as people can remember

2. (computing) computer memory

   Synonym: tölvuminni

3. (literature) motif

   Synonyms: mótíf, sagnaminni

4. (dated) a toast to someone

   Synonym: skál

5. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

   Synonym: minjagripur

• velkomandaminni
• leggja á minnið

• minning (“memory, something remembered”)

minni

1. dative feminine singular of minn (“my/mine”)

From Proto-Finnic *minijä. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈminːi/, [ˈminʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈminːi/, [ˈminːi]
• Rhymes: -inʲː, -inːi
• Hyphenation: min‧ni

minni

1. aunt-in-law (one's uncle's wife)
2. fraternal sister-in-law (one's brother's wife)
   • 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi, Tarinaisista, “1966. Soikkola, Säätinä V I 1042”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎^[1], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:

     »Oi minni, velloin vaimo, // Lunassa minuista poisi,

     »Oh sister-in-law, brother's wife, // Rescue me away,

3. (endearing) aunt (woman of an older generation)

• (fraternal sister-in-law): käly

• nato (“one's partner's sister”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.nɪ/

minni

1. first-person singular pronominal form of minn: from me

minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

1. definite plural of minne

From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

minni n (genitive minnis)

2. memory
3. a toast (drunk to someone’s memory)
4. an account of ancient events; myth

• minna
• muna

• Icelandic: minni
• Faroese: minni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
• Norwegian Bokmål: minne, minni
• Swedish: minne
• Danish: minde
• → Middle English: minne
  • English: min

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

minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)

2. less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill

• minka, minnka

• Icelandic: minni
• Faroese: minni
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Nynorsk: mindre

  Norwegian Bokmål: mindre

• Old Swedish: minne, mindre
  • Swedish: mindre
• Old Danish: minnæ, mindræ
  • Danish: mindre

Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).

• mynni

minni n (genitive minnis)

2. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)

• Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

minni f

2. feminine dative singular of minn

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni3”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive