jina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jina"

Martuthunira

Etymology

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

Noun

jina

1. Track, footprint.
2. Foot.

References

• Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 409–11
• 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 (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 409–11
• 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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

jina class V (plural majina class VI)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun

   Synonym: nomino

Derived terms

• jina lako nani
• kitenzi jina