kinner

kinner pl (plural only)

1. (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.

• kintere

From Proto-Finnic *kinder. Cognate with Estonian kinner, Karelian kinner and Votic tšinner.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinːer/,
• Rhymes: -inːer
• Syllabification^(key): kin‧ner
• Hyphenation^(key): kin‧ner

kinner

1. hock (tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped)
2. hock (meat from that part)

• kinttu

• jäntere

• 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

• “kinner”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (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

• kinn

kinner n

1. indefinite plural of kinn

• IPA^(key): /²çɪn.nər/

kinner

1. indefinite plural of kinne f (“churn”)
2. (non-standard since 1959) feminine indefinite plural of kinn f or n (“cheek”)