minni

Daasanach

Noun

minni

1. woman

Further reading

• Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)

1. memory
2. souvenir
3. commemoration
4. (computing) storage

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)

1. memory, the ability to remember things (and not a particular recollection)
2. a computer memory
3. (dated) a toast to someone
4. (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir

Declension

Synonyms

• (something remembered): minning
• (computer-memory): tölvuminni
• (the time as far back as cen be remembered): í manna minnum
• (a toast): skál
• (a souvenir): minjagripur m

Derived terms

• velkomandaminni
• leggja á minnið

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minijä. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈminːi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈminːi/,
• Rhymes: -inʲː, -inːi
• Hyphenation: min‧ni

Noun

minni

1. aunt-in-law (one's uncle's wife)
2. fraternal sister-in-law (one's brother's wife)
   • 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi, Tarinaisista, “1966. Soikkola, Säätinä V I 1042”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:

     »Oi minni, velloin vaimo, // Lunassa minuista poisi,

     »Oh sister-in-law, brother's wife, // Rescue me away,

3. (endearing) aunt (woman of an older generation)

Declension

Synonyms

• (fraternal sister-in-law): käly

Coordinate terms

• lanko (“one's sister's husband”)
• nato (“one's partner's sister”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.nɪ/

Adverb

minni

1. first-person singular pronominal form of minn: from me

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

minni n

(non-standard since 2012)

1. definite plural of minne

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)

2. memory
3. a toast (drunk to someone’s memory)
4. an account of ancient events; myth

Declension

Related terms

• minna
• muna

Descendants

• Icelandic: minni
• Faroese: minni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
• Norwegian Bokmål: minne, minni
• Swedish: minne
• Danish: minde
• → Middle English: minne
  • English: min

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.

Adjective

minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)

2. less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill

Declension

Derived terms

• minka, minnka

Descendants

• Icelandic: minni
• Faroese: minni
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Nynorsk: mindre

  Norwegian Bokmål: mindre

• Old Swedish: minne, mindre
  • Swedish: mindre
• Old Danish: minnæ, mindræ
  • Danish: mindre

Etymology 3

Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).

Alternative forms

• mynni

Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)

2. mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

minni f

2. feminine dative singular of minn

Verb

minni

1. inflection of minna:
   1. first-person singular present indicative active
   2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active
   3. second-person singular imperative active

References

• “minni1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “minni2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “minni3”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press