minni

Daasanach

Noun

minni

  1. woman

Further reading
  • Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnːɪ]
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)

  1. memory
  2. souvenir
  3. commemoration
  4. (computing) storage

Declension
n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Accusative minni minnið minni(r) minnini
Dative minni minn(i)num minnum minnunum
Genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪnːɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

  1. memory, the ability to remember things
  2. a memory, something remembered
  3. a computer memory
  4. memory, the time as far back as can be remembered
  5. (dated) a toast to someone
  6. something which matters (in a storytelling, narration..)
  7. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

Declension
declension of minni
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative minni minnið minni minnin
accusative minni minnið minni minnin
dative minni minninu minnum minnunum
genitive minnis minnisins minna minnanna

Synonyms
  • (something remembered): minning
  • (computer-memory): tölvuminni
  • (the time as far back as cen be remembered): í manna minnum
  • (a toast): skál
  • (a souvenir): minjagripur m

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

  1. definite plural of minne
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