rini

See also: Rini and ríni

Isthmus Zapotec

Etymology

From Proto-Zapotec *tyene, from Proto-Zapotecan *tyene, from Proto-Oto-Manguean *ni(n).

Noun

rini

blood

References

Pickett, Velma; et al. (2007) Vocabulario zapoteco del Istmo: Español-zapotec y zapoteco-español‎ (in Spanish), fifth edition, Insituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 32

Sicilian

Pronunciation

(Trapani) IPA^(key): [ˈʐi.nɪ]
Hyphenation: rì‧ni

Etymology 1

From Latin rēn, rēnem.

Noun

rini m (plural rini)

(anatomy) kidney
- 1904, Dante Alighieri, Tommaso Cannizzaro, La commedia di Dante Alighieri: Prima traduzione in dialetto siciliano, page 98, lines 55-57:
  Chiddhi d' arredi a li so' cosci stisi, / e la cuda ficcannu ntra ddhi ddui / supra li rini, 'llungannula tisi.
  The hindermost it stretched upon his thighs, / And put its tail through in between the two, / And up behind along the reins [kidneys] outspread it.

Etymology 2

Noun

rini f

plural of rina

Southern Ohlone

Noun

rini

hill

References

Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta (1861) Grammar of the Mutsun language, spoken at the Mission of San Juan Bautista, Alta California (Shea’s Library of American Linguistics)‎, volume IV, Cramoisy Press.

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