gini
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡini/, [ˈɡini]
- Rhymes: -ini
- Syllabification(key): gi‧ni
- Hyphenation(key): gi‧ni
Noun
gini
Declension
| Inflection of gini (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gini | ginit | |
| genitive | ginin | ginien | |
| partitive | giniä | ginejä | |
| illative | giniin | gineihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gini | ginit | |
| accusative | nom. | gini | ginit |
| gen. | ginin | ||
| genitive | ginin | ginien | |
| partitive | giniä | ginejä | |
| inessive | ginissä | gineissä | |
| elative | ginistä | gineistä | |
| illative | giniin | gineihin | |
| adessive | ginillä | gineillä | |
| ablative | giniltä | gineiltä | |
| allative | ginille | gineille | |
| essive | gininä | gineinä | |
| translative | giniksi | gineiksi | |
| abessive | ginittä | gineittä | |
| instructive | — | ginein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “gini”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Garo
| < 1 | 2 | 3 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : gini | ||
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) gni
Etymology
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nɯi⁴ (“two”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s (“two”). Cognate with Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Burmese နှစ် (hnac).
Numeral
gini
Synonyms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪːnɪ
Verb
gini
Indonesian
Adverb
gini
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani ʒanel (“to know”).
Verb
a gini (third-person singular present ginește, past participle ginit) 4th conjugation
Conjugation
conjugation of gini (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a gini | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ginind | ||||||
| past participle | ginit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | ginesc | ginești | ginește | ginim | giniți | ginesc | |
| imperfect | gineam | gineai | ginea | gineam | gineați | gineau | |
| simple perfect | ginii | giniși | gini | ginirăm | ginirăți | giniră | |
| pluperfect | ginisem | giniseși | ginise | giniserăm | giniserăți | giniseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să ginesc | să ginești | să ginească | să ginim | să giniți | să ginească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | ginește | giniți | |||||
| negative | nu gini | nu giniți | |||||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Noun
gini m (genitive singular gini, plural ginidhean)
- guinea (coin)
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪnɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪni/
- Homophone: Gini (“Guinea”)
Noun
gini f (plural ginïau or ginis)
- guinea (coin)
Usage notes
- Like many other unnaturalised, g-initial words, gini does not undergo soft mutation. Conversely, gini always undergoes nasal mutation to ngini. For similar examples, see golff, gêm and glwten.
See also
- ffyrling (“farthing”)
- dimai (“halfpenny”)
- ceiniog (“penny”)
- dwygeiniog (“twopence, tuppence”)
- chwecheiniog (“sixpence”)
- swllt (“shilling”)
- hanner coron (“half-crown”)
- coron (“crown”)
- sofren (“sovereign”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| gini | unchanged△ | ngini | unchanged |
△Irregular.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gini”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies