kini

See also: Kini and -kini

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Waray-Waray kini.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ki‧ni

Noun

kini

  1. the live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From English gin.

Noun

kini

  1. gin (alcoholic beverage)

Indonesian

Noun

kini (plural kini-kini, first-person possessive kiniku, second-person possessive kinimu, third-person possessive kininya)

  1. present

Pronoun

kini

  1. now

Jamamadí

Adjective

kini

  1. (Banawá) green

References

Japanese

Romanization

kini

  1. Rōmaji transcription of きに

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of kien ki

Determiner

kini

  1. (Cirebon) this, these

Malay

Adjective

kini

  1. present
    masa kini
    the present time

Adverb

kini

  1. now
    kini terdapat di kedai yang berdekatan
    now available in your nearest store

Synonyms

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kini. Compare Hawaiian ʻiniki (“to pinch, to nip; to be sharp and piercing”, intransitive), ʻiniʻini (“to pinch”, transitive).

Verb

kini

  1. to pinch, to nip
  2. to pinch off
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English guinea.

Noun

kini

  1. a guinea (the coin)

To'abaita

Noun

kini

  1. woman

References
  • Frantisek Lichtenberk, A Grammar of Toqabaqita
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