miin
Alemannic German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, English mine, Icelandic minn.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
miin
- my; mine
- 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
- Das isch rächt schön vo Ihne, Fritz, daß Sie mim Sohn e chli Gsellschaft chöme cho leischte.
- It's very good of you, Fritz, to come and keep my son company a bit.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Also, mini Herre, vil Erfolg bi de Arbeit.
- Well, gentlemen, much success in your work.
Declension edit
Declension of miin | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative/accusative | miin | mini | miis | mini |
dative | miim | miner | miim | mine |
Fula edit
Pronoun edit
miin
Dialectal variants edit
- min (Pular)
References edit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993) “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies[1], volume 35, , pages 215-230
Ojibwe edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).
Noun edit
miin inan (plural miinan, diminutive miinens, locative miining)
- blueberry
- Ogii-maanikaagonan iniw miinan gii-miijid.
- The blueberries he was eating didn't agree with him.
Related terms edit
References edit
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/miin-ni
Ottawa edit
Noun edit
miin inan
References edit
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 486