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
dat./abl. 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]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “rini”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Isthmus Zapotec

Etymology

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

Noun

rini

  1. blood

References

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

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. [4]

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)‎[5], volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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