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English
Noun
kinner pl (plural only)
- (in representations of Amish speech) Children.
2018, Patty Stansell, The Ladies of Lancaster County, book 5:... the chair drew the kinner to them, each wanting a ride. Being such gut kinner they all waited their turn. Barbie watched with a warm heart.
2020, Carrie Lighte, Her Amish Suitor's Secret:"... do more babies mean so very much to you?" "Babies are blessings!" he'd said. "Patience, what is a marriage without kinner to bind you? You'll see - you'll want to have kinner of your own. And the kinner will want babies.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kinder. Cognate with Estonian kinner, Karelian kinner and Votic tšinner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkinːer/,
- Rhymes: -inːer
- Syllabification(key): kin‧ner
- Hyphenation(key): kin‧ner
Noun
kinner
- hock (tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)
- hock (meat from that part)
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References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
kinner n
- indefinite plural of kinn
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
kinner
- indefinite plural of kinne f (“churn”)
- (non-standard since 1959) feminine indefinite plural of kinn f or n (“cheek”)