See also: Koine, koiné, and koinè

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ), feminine form of κοινός (koinós, common, general).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪniː/, /ˈkɔɪneɪ/

Noun

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koine (plural koines or koinai)

  1. A regional language that becomes standard over time.
  2. A lingua franca.
    Synonym: interlanguage
    • 2004, Steven Roger Fischer, A History of Language, Reaktion Books, page 178:
      If a dominant language was spoken in the area of such trade routes, then this dominant language became the ‘interlanguage’, as it is called. Such an interlanguage, or koiné, is a simplified dialect with which speakers of two or more quite different dialects communicate with one another.
    • 2013, J. E. Wansborough, Lingua Franca in the Mediterranean, Routledge, page 153:
      Now, another term for that product is koine, which, however, I have regularly [] employed in reference to the infrastructure (procedural, juridical, formal, cultural) that enables and informs composition of a lingua franca. [] In linguistic scholarship koine mostly (!) refers to a standard language expanded by input from several dialectal sources with concomitant levelling of morphological and syntactic differences and adoption of a general and possibly restricted lexicon.

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Kari'na

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cariban *koine; compare Apalaí kokonie, Trió kokonje.

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Adverb

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koine

  1. by evening or afternoon, in the afternoon

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References

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  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 297
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “koye”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 230; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[2], Paris, 1956, page 224
  • Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “koije”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[3], University of Oregon, page 750

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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koine m (definite singular koineen, indefinite plural koineer, definite plural koineene)

  1. alternative spelling of koiné

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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koine m (definite singular koineen, indefinite plural koinear, definite plural koineane)

  1. alternative spelling of koiné

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοινή (koinḗ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔˈi.nɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -inɛ
  • Syllabification: ko‧i‧ne

Noun

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koine n (indeclinable)

  1. (historical) Koine Greek (common supra-regional form of Greek spoken and written during the Hellenistic period, the Roman Empire, and the early Byzantine Empire)
  2. (linguistics) koine (regional language that becomes standard over time)

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  • koine in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • koine in PWN's encyclopedia

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Portuguese

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Noun

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koine f or m (plural koines)

  1. Alternative form of koiné

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French koiné.

Noun

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koine f (uncountable)

  1. koine, lingua franca

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