lini

See also: Lini, líni, and líní

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlini/ [ˈli.ni]
• Rhymes: -ini
• Syllabification: li‧ni

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin lini, linum, from Proto-Italic *līnom, likely from Proto-Indo-European *līnom.

Noun

lini (plural lini-lini)

1. line

   Synonym: garis

Hyponyms

• lini belakang
• lini depan
• lini kredit
• lini masa
• lini produksi
• lini serang
• lini tengah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sundanese [Term?].

Noun

lini (plural lini-lini)

1. small-scale earthquake [since 2020]

Further reading

• “lini”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Noun

lini m

1. plural of lino

Latin

Noun

līnī

1. genitive singular of līnum

Latvian

linu lauks

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Slavic *linъ of uncertain origin, see Russian линь (linʹ).

Noun

lini m pl (1st declension)

1. flax

Declension

Declension of lini (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	—	lini
genitive	—	linu
dative	—	liniem
accusative	—	linus
instrumental	—	liniem
locative	—	linos
vocative	—	lini

Sundanese

Etymology

From earlier *linuy, from Proto-Austronesian *linuʀ.

Noun

lini (Sundanese script ᮜᮤᮔᮤ)

1. earthquake

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*linuR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adverb

lini

1. when (interrogative)

Venetan

Noun

lini

1. plural of lin