jina

See also: jiná

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *cina, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cina.

Noun

jina

1. Track, footprint.
2. Foot.

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Ottawa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe ajina

Adverb

jina

1. for a little while

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 139

Panyjima

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *cina, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cina.

Noun

jina

1. Foot.
2. Track, footprint.

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Dench, Alan. 1991. ‘Panyjima’. R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake (eds.) The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

Quechua

Adverb

jina

1. Alternative spelling of hina

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

jina (ma class, plural majina)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

   Synonym: nomino

Derived terms

• jina lako nani
• kitenzi jina