meene

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Estonian

Etymology 1

From meenuma +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

Noun

meene (genitive meene, partitive meenet)

  1. memento, keepsake
Declension
Declension of meene (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative meene meened
accusative nom.
gen. meene
genitive meenete
partitive meenet meeneid
illative meenesse meenetesse
meeneisse
inessive meenes meenetes
meeneis
elative meenest meenetest
meeneist
allative meenele meenetele
meeneile
adessive meenel meenetel
meeneil
ablative meenelt meenetelt
meeneilt
translative meeneks meeneteks
meeneiks
terminative meeneni meeneteni
essive meenena meenetena
abessive meeneta meeneteta
comitative meenega meenetega

Etymology 2

From mesi +‎ -ne.

Pronunciation

Adjective

meene (genitive meese, partitive meest, comparative meesem, superlative kõige meesem)

  1. covered with honey
Declension
Declension of meene (ÕS type 10/soolane, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative meene meesed
accusative nom.
gen. meese
genitive meeste
partitive meest meeseid
illative meesesse meestesse
meeseisse
inessive meeses meestes
meeseis
elative meesest meestest
meeseist
allative meesele meestele
meeseile
adessive meesel meestel
meeseil
ablative meeselt meestelt
meeseilt
translative meeseks meesteks
meeseiks
terminative meeseni meesteni
essive meesena meestena
abessive meeseta meesteta
comitative meesega meestega

Northern Ohlone

Alternative forms

  • mēne (Harrington's orthography)

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone meen (“I”).

Pronoun

meene

  1. you (second-person, singular, subject pronoun)

See also

Northern Ohlone personal pronouns
Number Person Subject Object Possesive
Disjunctive1 Proclitic
 Enclitic Disjunctive1 Proclitic Enclitic
Singular First kaana ek- -ek, -k kiš, kaaniš kiš- -kiš ek-, kaanak
Second meene em-, im- -em, -im, -m miš emiš-, imiš-, miš- -miš em-, meenem
Third waaka Ø-2 -Ø2 wiš Ø-2, eš- -Ø2, -eš i-, waakai-
Plural First makkin mak- -mak makkiš, makkinše — — mak-, makkinmak
Second makkam kam- -kam makkamše — — kam-, makkam
Third waakamak ya- -ya yaṭiš — — ya-, waakamak
1Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek).
2Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.
Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine an undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (“let me do to him/her/it”) = elle +‎ -eš +‎ -ek

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎, Unpublished

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German meinen.

Verb

meene

  1. (transitive) to think, to opine
  2. (transitive) to mean, to be sincere/serious about
  3. (transitive) to mean, to signify
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