Kjint

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German kint, from Old Saxon kind, from Proto-West Germanic *kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɪnt/

Noun

Kjint n (plural Kjinja)

1. child

Derived terms

• Brostkjint (“suckling”)
• Fläajkjint (“foster child”)
• Grootkjint (“grandchild”)
• Kjinjabad (“crib”)
• Kjinjabrie (“pabulum”)
• Kjinjajoaren (“childhood”)
• Kjinjalämunk (“polio”)
• Kjinjamejal (“babysitter”)
• Kjinjamort (“infanticide”)
• Kjinjamutta (“nanny”)
• Kjinjanoarunk (“baby food”)
• Kjinjarie (“childishness”)
• Kjinjariemsel (“nursery rhyme”)
• Kjinjaschool (“kindergarten”)
• Kjinjaspältich (“toys”)
• Kjinjastool (“highchair”)
• Kjinjastow (“nursery”)
• Kjinjawoagen (“pram”)
• Kjintheit (“childhood”)
• Leefkjint (“favorite child”)
• Schoolkjint (“pupil”)
• Schootkjint (“babe in arms”)
• Sorjkjint (“delicate child”)
• Steefkjint (“stepchild”)
• Weisenkjint (“orphan”)

Related terms

• kjinjrich (“childish”)

See also

• Sän
• Dochta
• Mutta
• Voda
• Elren

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words