binna

See also: Binna and ɓinna

English

Contraction

binna

1. (nonstandard) has been
   • 1917, Julian Street, American Adventures‎^[1]:

     Sam cow binna browse down deh Sam's cow was browsing down there tuh Bull Head Crick.

   • 1909, Herbert Strang, Humphrey Bold‎^[2]:

     The man's language grew more and more violent as the minutes passed and still I did not reappear, until, having consumed as much time as I thought becoming, I went to the doorway, and said, in the manner of stating a simple fact of no importance, "Key binna hangin' on nail, measter.

   • 1900, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen‎^[3]:

     "De'il kens," answered Gapey; "gin it binna i' the boddom o' Rob Bruce's wame."

   • 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Volume 1‎^[4]:

     I am sure, had I been to undergo ony thing of that nature,--that's to say that's beyond nature--I would hae skreigh'd out at once, and raised the house, be the consequence what liket--and, I dare say, the minister wad hae done as mickle, and sae I hae tauld him,--I ken naebody but my brother, Monkbarns himsell, wad gae through the like o't, if, indeed, it binna you, Mr. Lovel."

Anagrams

• Biñan

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• binnen m sg

Noun

binna f sg

1. definite feminine singular of binne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

binna f sg

1. definite feminine singular of binne

Weyewa

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from bin'na according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

Cognate with Laboya ɓinna.

Noun

binna

1. (Loli) door

References

• Lobu Ori, S,Pd, M.Pd (2010) “binna”, in Kamus Bahasa Lolina [Dictionary of the Loli Language] (in Indonesian), Waikabubak: Kepala Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Barat