meene
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
meene (genitive meene, partitive meenet)
Declension edit
| Declension of meene (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meene | meened | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | meene | ||
| genitive | meenete | ||
| partitive | meenet | meeneid | |
| illative | meenesse | meenetesse meeneisse | |
| inessive | meenes | meenetes meeneis | |
| elative | meenest | meenetest meeneist | |
| allative | meenele | meenetele meeneile | |
| adessive | meenel | meenetel meeneil | |
| ablative | meenelt | meenetelt meeneilt | |
| translative | meeneks | meeneteks meeneiks | |
| terminative | meeneni | meeneteni | |
| essive | meenena | meenetena | |
| abessive | meeneta | meeneteta | |
| comitative | meenega | meenetega | |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
meene (genitive meese, partitive meest, comparative meesem, superlative kõige meesem)
Declension edit
| Declension of meene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | meene | meesed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | meese | ||
| genitive | meeste | ||
| partitive | meest | meeseid | |
| illative | meesesse | meestesse meeseisse | |
| inessive | meeses | meestes meeseis | |
| elative | meesest | meestest meeseist | |
| allative | meesele | meestele meeseile | |
| adessive | meesel | meestel meeseil | |
| ablative | meeselt | meestelt meeseilt | |
| translative | meeseks | meesteks meeseiks | |
| terminative | meeseni | meesteni | |
| essive | meesena | meestena | |
| abessive | meeseta | meesteta | |
| comitative | meesega | meestega | |
Northern Ohlone edit
Alternative forms edit
- mēne (Harrington's orthography)
Etymology edit
Compare Southern Ohlone meen (“I”).
Pronoun edit
meene
- you (second-person, singular, subject pronoun)
See also edit
Northern Ohlone personal pronouns
| Number | Person | Subject | Object | Possesive | ||||
| Disjunctive1 | Proclitic |
Enclitic | Disjunctive1 | Proclitic | Enclitic | |||
| Singular | First | kaana | ek- | -ek, -k | kiš, kaaniš | kiš- | -kiš | ek-, kaanak |
| Second | meene | em-, im- | -em, -im, -m | miš | emiš-, imiš-, miš- | -miš | em-, meenem | |
| Third | waaka | Ø-2 | -Ø2 | wiš | Ø-2, eš- | -Ø2, -eš | i-, waakai- | |
| Plural | First | makkin | mak- | -mak | makkiš, makkinše | — | — | mak-, makkinmak |
| Second | makkam | kam- | -kam | makkamše | — | — | kam-, makkam | |
| Third | waakamak | ya- | -ya | yaṭiš | — | — | ya-, waakamak | |
| 1Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek). 2Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used. Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine an undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle + -eš + -ek | ||||||||
References edit
María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)[1], Unpublished
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
meene
- (transitive) to think, to opine
- (transitive) to mean, to be sincere/serious about
- (transitive) to mean, to signify