niken

Karelian

Regional variants of niken

North Karelian (Viena)	niken
South Karelian (Tver)	niken

Etymology

From ni- +‎ ken (“who”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʲiken/
• Hyphenation: ni‧ken

Pronoun

niken

1. (+ negative) nobody, no-one

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of niken (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	niken	niket
genitive	nikenen	nikenen
partitive	niketä	niketä
illative	nikeneh	nikeneh
inessive	nikeššä	nikeššä
elative	nikeštä	nikeštä
adessive	nikellä	nikellä
ablative	nikeltä	nikeltä
translative	nikekši	nikekši
essive	nikenenä	nikenenä
comitative	—	nikeneneh
abessive	nikettä	nikettä

Tver Karelian declension of niken (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	niken	niket
genitive	nikenen	nikenen
partitive	nikedä	niketä
illative	nikeneh	nikeneh
inessive	nikeššä	nikeššä
elative	nikeštä	nikeštä
adessive	nikellä	nikellä
ablative	nikeldä	nikeldä
translative	nikekši	nikekši
essive	nikenenä	nikenenä
comitative	nikenenke	nikenenke
abessive	nikettä	nikettä

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “niken”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “niken”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Chemical element
Ni
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Etymology

From French nickel, from German Nickel.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ni˧˧ kɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [nɪj˧˧ kɛn˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [nɪj˧˧ kɛn˧˧]
• Phonetic: ni keń

Noun

niken

1. nickel