nina
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Nina
=== Etymology ===
From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfeld's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.
=== Noun ===
nina (plural ninas)
(crosswording) A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
=== Anagrams ===
Inna, inna, Nain, nain, nani, Nian
== Aymara ==
=== Noun ===
nina
fire
== Bangi ==
=== Noun ===
nina
fish sp., electric fish
== Catalan ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nena (child)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈni.nə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈni.na]
=== Noun ===
nina f (plural nines, masculine nin, masculine plural nins)
(anatomy) pupil
Synonym: pupil·la
doll
(dialectal) girl, female child
== Dalmatian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *ninna, a nursery or infantile word.
=== Noun ===
nina f
mother
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *nina.
=== Noun ===
nina (genitive nina, partitive nina)
(anatomy) nose
tip
==== Declension ====
== Fanagalo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Zulu nina.
=== Pronoun ===
nina
you, you all; second-person singular pronoun.
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
nina
Rōmaji transcription of にな
== Kamano ==
=== Noun ===
nina
alternative form of ni (water)
=== References ===
The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN
== Lingala ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Bangi nina.
=== Noun ===
nina
fish sp., electric fish
== Macanese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese nina, clipping of menina. Possibly a doublet of nhim.
=== Noun ===
nina
girl
young single woman
==== Derived terms ====
nhinina
=== References ===
https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#n
== Miskito ==
=== Noun ===
nina
name
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ni‧na
=== Noun ===
nina f (plural ninas)
clipping of menina
=== Further reading ===
“nina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“nina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Quechua ==
=== Noun ===
nina
fire for cooking, candle, match
==== Declension ====
==== See also ====
ninay
ninayay
== Sasak ==
=== Noun ===
nina
woman, female
=== References ===
Dictionary of the Sasak language of Lombok, with Indonesian and English (1995)
== Southern Ndebele ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
=== Pronoun ===
niná
you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
== Sumerian ==
=== Romanization ===
nina
romanization of 𒀏 (nina)
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
nina
first-person singular present affirmative of -wa na
== Tagalog ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /niˈna/ [n̪ɪˈn̪a]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ni‧na
=== Article ===
niná (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜈ)
possessive particle, used only with personal names
Synonym: (colloquial) nila
mga bisikleta nina Juan at Juana ― Juan and Juana's bicycles
ergative marker used with personal names, equivalent of ng mga used with common nouns.
==== Usage notes ====
This is used where there is more than one addressee, as a simpler way of saying ni [1st referrent] … at ni [last referrent] (e.g. nina Pedro at Juan).
Where it precedes one name, this refers to the person and others surrounding them (e.g. nina Pedro refers to Pedro and anyone other around him, usually unspecified).
=== See also ===
== Xhosa ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
=== Pronoun ===
niná
you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
== Zulu ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Nguni *niná.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /niːná/
=== Pronoun ===
niná
you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.
==== Inflection ====
=== References ===
C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “nina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “nina (6.3)”