miin

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, English mine, Icelandic minn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːn/

Determiner

miin

  1. my; mine
    • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:
      Das isch rächt schön vo Ihne, Fritz, daß Sie mim Sohn e chli Gsellschaft chöme cho leischte.
      It's very good of you, Fritz, to come and keep my son company a bit.
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
      Also, mini Herre, vil Erfolg bi de Arbeit.
      Well, gentlemen, much success in your work.

Declension

Declension of miin
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative/accusative miin mini miis mini
dative miim miner miim mine

Fula

Pronoun

miin

  1. (Liptaako, Maasina, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Pulaar) 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Dialectal variants

References

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (berry).

Noun

miin inan (plural miinan, diminutive miinens, locative miining)

  1. blueberry
    Ogii-maanikaagonan iniw miinan gii-miijid.
    The blueberries he was eating didn't agree with him.
  • -min (berry, seed, grain)
  • miinikaan (seed)
  • miiniwan (bear fruit)

References

Ottawa

Noun

miin inan

  1. blueberry

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 486

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