jeen

Estonian

Etymology

German Yen.

Noun

jeen (genitive jeeni, partitive jeeni)

1. yen (currency)

Declension

Declension of jeen (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		jeen	jeenid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	jeeni
genitive			jeenide
partitive		jeeni	jeene jeenisid
illative		jeeni jeenisse	jeenidesse jeenesse
inessive		jeenis	jeenides jeenes
elative		jeenist	jeenidest jeenest
allative		jeenile	jeenidele jeenele
adessive		jeenil	jeenidel jeenel
ablative		jeenilt	jeenidelt jeenelt
translative		jeeniks	jeenideks jeeneks
terminative		jeenini	jeenideni
essive		jeenina	jeenidena
abessive		jeenita	jeenideta
comitative		jeeniga	jeenidega

Further reading

• “jeen”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• jeen in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English chain, from Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [tʲɛːnʲ], (enunciated) [tʲɛɛnʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲɛjɛnʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {jeyen}

Noun

jeen

1. a chain

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary