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Translingual
Symbol
nyn
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Nkore.
Manx
Etymology
Compare East Ulster Irish nár (“our”), also standard Irish inár (“in our”), both of which cause eclipsis.
Pronoun
nyn
- (possessive) our, belonging to us.
- (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural/formal).
- (possessive) their, belonging to them.
- in our/your/their
- Va shin nyn baitçhyn. ― We were children. (literally, “We were in our children.”)
Scots
Numeral
nyn
- Alternative form of nine
References
- “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Verb
nyn
- to sew
- to stitch