nina
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfield's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.
NounEdit
nina (plural ninas)
- A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
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2008 April 1, Ilan Caron, “Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24350 set by Brendan”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords, Usenet[1]:
- The puzzle itself was fairly easy however there was an elegant nina based on the middle entry (INSIDE STORY) in which each of the across answers hid a synonym of "story", e.g. 5A and 6A were: STABle gendER.
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2014 August 10, Brian Bethune, “The crossword’s meandering 100-year journey”, in Maclean's[2]:
- Ninas may or may not be present and, even if one is there, it can go unnoticed because, not being intrinsic to the solution, its presence is not advertised—or because it is so well hidden.
- 2014, Alan Connor, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, Penguin ISBN 9780698157019
- Other “personal” ninas are happier and subtler: birthday wishes to loved ones, which, ultimately, have only one intended reader
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AnagramsEdit
AymaraEdit
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (child): nena
NounEdit
nina f (plural nines, masculine nin)
SynonymsEdit
- (pupil): pupil·la
DalmatianEdit
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *nenä.
NounEdit
nina (genitive nina, partitive nina)
DeclensionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
JapaneseEdit
KamanoEdit
MiskitoEdit
QuechuaEdit
NounEdit
nina
DeclensionEdit
declension of nina
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nina | ninakuna |
| accusative | ninata | ninakunata |
| dative | ninaman | ninakunaman |
| genitive | ninap | ninakunap |
| locative | ninapi | ninakunapi |
| terminative | ninakama | ninakunakama |
| ablative | ninamanta | ninakunamanta |
| instrumental | ninawan | ninakunawan |
| comitative | ninantin | ninakunantin |
| abessive | ninannaq | ninakunannaq |
| comparative | ninahina | ninakunahina |
| causative | ninarayku | ninakunarayku |
| benefactive | ninapaq | ninakunapaq |
| associative | ninapura | ninakunapura |
| distributive | ninanka | ninakunanka |
| exclusive | ninalla | ninakunalla |
possessive forms of nina
ñuqap - first-person singular
| ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninay | ninaykuna |
| accusative | ninayta | ninaykunata |
| dative | ninayman | ninaykunaman |
| genitive | ninaypa | ninaykunap |
| locative | ninaypi | ninaykunapi |
| terminative | ninaykama | ninaykunakama |
| ablative | ninaymanta | ninaykunamanta |
| instrumental | ninaywan | ninaykunawan |
| comitative | ninaynintin | ninaykunantin |
| abessive | ninayninnaq | ninaykunannaq |
| comparative | ninayhina | ninaykunahina |
| causative | ninayrayku | ninaykunarayku |
| benefactive | ninaypaq | ninaykunapaq |
| associative | ninaypura | ninaykunapura |
| distributive | ninayninka | ninaykunanka |
| exclusive | ninaylla | ninaykunalla |
qampa - second-person singular
| qampa (your) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninayki | ninaykikuna |
| accusative | ninaykita | ninaykikunata |
| dative | ninaykiman | ninaykikunaman |
| genitive | ninaykipa | ninaykikunap |
| locative | ninaykipi | ninaykikunapi |
| terminative | ninaykikama | ninaykikunakama |
| ablative | ninaykimanta | ninaykikunamanta |
| instrumental | ninaykiwan | ninaykikunawan |
| comitative | ninaykintin | ninaykikunantin |
| abessive | ninaykinnaq | ninaykikunannaq |
| comparative | ninaykihina | ninaykikunahina |
| causative | ninaykirayku | ninaykikunarayku |
| benefactive | ninaykipaq | ninaykikunapaq |
| associative | ninaykipura | ninaykikunapura |
| distributive | ninaykinka | ninaykikunanka |
| exclusive | ninaykilla | ninaykikunalla |
paypa - third-person singular
| paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninan | ninankuna |
| accusative | ninanta | ninankunata |
| dative | ninanman | ninankunaman |
| genitive | ninanpa | ninankunap |
| locative | ninanpi | ninankunapi |
| terminative | ninankama | ninankunakama |
| ablative | ninanmanta | ninankunamanta |
| instrumental | ninanwan | ninankunawan |
| comitative | ninanintin | ninankunantin |
| abessive | ninanninnaq | ninankunannaq |
| comparative | ninanhina | ninankunahina |
| causative | ninanrayku | ninankunarayku |
| benefactive | ninanpaq | ninankunapaq |
| associative | ninanpura | ninankunapura |
| distributive | ninaninka | ninankunanka |
| exclusive | ninanlla | ninankunalla |
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
| ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninanchik | ninanchikkuna |
| accusative | ninanchikta | ninanchikkunata |
| dative | ninanchikman | ninanchikkunaman |
| genitive | ninanchikpa | ninanchikkunap |
| locative | ninanchikpi | ninanchikkunapi |
| terminative | ninanchikkama | ninanchikkunakama |
| ablative | ninanchikmanta | ninanchikkunamanta |
| instrumental | ninanchikwan | ninanchikkunawan |
| comitative | ninanchiknintin | ninanchikkunantin |
| abessive | ninanchikninnaq | ninanchikkunannaq |
| comparative | ninanchikhina | ninanchikkunahina |
| causative | ninanchikrayku | ninanchikkunarayku |
| benefactive | ninanchikpaq | ninanchikkunapaq |
| associative | ninanchikpura | ninanchikkunapura |
| distributive | ninanchikninka | ninanchikkunanka |
| exclusive | ninanchiklla | ninanchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
| ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninayku | ninaykukuna |
| accusative | ninaykuta | ninaykukunata |
| dative | ninaykuman | ninaykukunaman |
| genitive | ninaykupa | ninaykukunap |
| locative | ninaykupi | ninaykukunapi |
| terminative | ninaykukama | ninaykukunakama |
| ablative | ninaykumanta | ninaykukunamanta |
| instrumental | ninaykuwan | ninaykukunawan |
| comitative | ninaykuntin | ninaykukunantin |
| abessive | ninaykunnaq | ninaykukunannaq |
| comparative | ninaykuhina | ninaykukunahina |
| causative | ninaykurayku | ninaykukunarayku |
| benefactive | ninaykupaq | ninaykukunapaq |
| associative | ninaykupura | ninaykukunapura |
| distributive | ninaykunka | ninaykukunanka |
| exclusive | ninaykulla | ninaykukunalla |
qamkunap - second-person plural
| qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninaykichik | ninaykichikkuna |
| accusative | ninaykichikta | ninaykichikkunata |
| dative | ninaykichikman | ninaykichikkunaman |
| genitive | ninaykichikpa | ninaykichikkunap |
| locative | ninaykichikpi | ninaykichikkunapi |
| terminative | ninaykichikkama | ninaykichikkunakama |
| ablative | ninaykichikmanta | ninaykichikkunamanta |
| instrumental | ninaykichikwan | ninaykichikkunawan |
| comitative | ninaykichiknintin | ninaykichikkunantin |
| abessive | ninaykichikninnaq | ninaykichikkunannaq |
| comparative | ninaykichikhina | ninaykichikkunahina |
| causative | ninaykichikrayku | ninaykichikkunarayku |
| benefactive | ninaykichikpaq | ninaykichikkunapaq |
| associative | ninaykichikpura | ninaykichikkunapura |
| distributive | ninaykichikninka | ninaykichikkunanka |
| exclusive | ninaykichiklla | ninaykichikkunalla |
paykunap - third-person plural
| paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ninanku | ninankukuna |
| accusative | ninankuta | ninankukunata |
| dative | ninankuman | ninankukunaman |
| genitive | ninankupa | ninankukunap |
| locative | ninankupi | ninankukunapi |
| terminative | ninankukama | ninankukunakama |
| ablative | ninankumanta | ninankukunamanta |
| instrumental | ninankuwan | ninankukunawan |
| comitative | ninankuntin | ninankukunantin |
| abessive | ninankunnaq | ninankukunannaq |
| comparative | ninankuhina | ninankukunahina |
| causative | ninankurayku | ninankukunarayku |
| benefactive | ninankupaq | ninankukunapaq |
| associative | ninankupura | ninankukunapura |
| distributive | ninankunka | ninankukunanka |
| exclusive | ninankulla | ninankukunalla |
See alsoEdit
SasakEdit
NounEdit
nina
ReferencesEdit
- Dictionary of the Sasak language of Lombok, with Indonesian and English (1995)
XhosaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
PronounEdit
niná
- you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
ZuluEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
niná
- you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
InflectionEdit
| Stem -ni, poss. stem -ínú | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full form | niná | |
| Locative | kuni | |
| Full form | niná | |
| Locative | kuni | |
| Copulative | yini | |
| Possessive forms | ||
| Modifier | Substantive | |
| Class 1 | wenu | owenu |
| Class 2 | benu | abenu |
| Class 3 | wenu | owenu |
| Class 4 | yenu | eyenu |
| Class 5 | lenu | elenu |
| Class 6 | enu | awenu |
| Class 7 | senu | esenu |
| Class 8 | zenu | ezenu |
| Class 9 | yenu | eyenu |
| Class 10 | zenu | ezenu |
| Class 11 | lwenu | olwenu |
| Class 14 | benu | obenu |
| Class 15 | kwenu | okwenu |
| Class 17 | kwenu | okwenu |
ReferencesEdit
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “nina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ISBN 0 85494 027 8: “nina (6.3)”