nina

See also: Nina, NINA, Nína, niña, ñina, Ņina, and -nina

English

Etymology

From the name Nina, taken from the cartoonist Al Hirschfield's habit of hiding his daughter Nina's name in his drawings.

Noun

nina (plural ninas)

1. A hidden message revealed in the completed grid of a crossword.
   • 2008 April 1, Ilan Caron, “Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 24350 set by Brendan”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The puzzle itself was fairly easy however there was an elegant nina based on the middle entry (INSIDE STORY) in which each of the across answers hid a synonym of "story", e.g. 5A and 6A were: STABle gendER.

   • 2014 August 10, Brian Bethune, “The crossword’s meandering 100-year journey”, in Maclean's‎^[2]:

     Ninas may or may not be present and, even if one is there, it can go unnoticed because, not being intrinsic to the solution, its presence is not advertised—or because it is so well hidden.

   • 2014, Alan Connor, The Crossword Century: 100 Years of Witty Wordplay, Ingenious Puzzles, and Linguistic Mischief, Penguin →ISBN

     Other “personal” ninas are happier and subtler: birthday wishes to loved ones, which, ultimately, have only one intended reader

Anagrams

• Inna, inna

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Aymara

Noun

nina

1. fire

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• (child): nena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈni.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈni.na]

Noun

nina f (plural nines, masculine nin)

1. (anatomy) pupil
2. (dialectal) girl, female child

Synonyms

• (pupil): pupil·la

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ninna, a nursery or infantile word.

Noun

nina f

1. mother

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Estonian

Etymology

From .

Noun

nina (genitive nina, partitive nina)

1. (anatomy) nose
2. tip

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Japanese

Romanization

nina

1. Rōmaji transcription of にな

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Kamano

Noun

nina

1. Alternative form of ni (water)

References

• The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN

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Miskito

Noun

nina

1. name

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Quechua

Noun

nina

1. fire for cooking, candle, match

Declension

declension of nina

	singular	plural
nominative	nina	ninakuna
accusative	ninata	ninakunata
dative	ninaman	ninakunaman
genitive	ninap	ninakunap
locative	ninapi	ninakunapi
terminative	ninakama	ninakunakama
ablative	ninamanta	ninakunamanta
instrumental	ninawan	ninakunawan
comitative	ninantin	ninakunantin
abessive	ninannaq	ninakunannaq
comparative	ninahina	ninakunahina
causative	ninarayku	ninakunarayku
benefactive	ninapaq	ninakunapaq
associative	ninapura	ninakunapura
distributive	ninanka	ninakunanka
exclusive	ninalla	ninakunalla

possessive forms of nina

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	ninay	ninaykuna
accusative	ninayta	ninaykunata
dative	ninayman	ninaykunaman
genitive	ninaypa	ninaykunap
locative	ninaypi	ninaykunapi
terminative	ninaykama	ninaykunakama
ablative	ninaymanta	ninaykunamanta
instrumental	ninaywan	ninaykunawan
comitative	ninaynintin	ninaykunantin
abessive	ninayninnaq	ninaykunannaq
comparative	ninayhina	ninaykunahina
causative	ninayrayku	ninaykunarayku
benefactive	ninaypaq	ninaykunapaq
associative	ninaypura	ninaykunapura
distributive	ninayninka	ninaykunanka
exclusive	ninaylla	ninaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	ninayki	ninaykikuna
accusative	ninaykita	ninaykikunata
dative	ninaykiman	ninaykikunaman
genitive	ninaykipa	ninaykikunap
locative	ninaykipi	ninaykikunapi
terminative	ninaykikama	ninaykikunakama
ablative	ninaykimanta	ninaykikunamanta
instrumental	ninaykiwan	ninaykikunawan
comitative	ninaykintin	ninaykikunantin
abessive	ninaykinnaq	ninaykikunannaq
comparative	ninaykihina	ninaykikunahina
causative	ninaykirayku	ninaykikunarayku
benefactive	ninaykipaq	ninaykikunapaq
associative	ninaykipura	ninaykikunapura
distributive	ninaykinka	ninaykikunanka
exclusive	ninaykilla	ninaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	ninan	ninankuna
accusative	ninanta	ninankunata
dative	ninanman	ninankunaman
genitive	ninanpa	ninankunap
locative	ninanpi	ninankunapi
terminative	ninankama	ninankunakama
ablative	ninanmanta	ninankunamanta
instrumental	ninanwan	ninankunawan
comitative	ninanintin	ninankunantin
abessive	ninanninnaq	ninankunannaq
comparative	ninanhina	ninankunahina
causative	ninanrayku	ninankunarayku
benefactive	ninanpaq	ninankunapaq
associative	ninanpura	ninankunapura
distributive	ninaninka	ninankunanka
exclusive	ninanlla	ninankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	ninanchik	ninanchikkuna
accusative	ninanchikta	ninanchikkunata
dative	ninanchikman	ninanchikkunaman
genitive	ninanchikpa	ninanchikkunap
locative	ninanchikpi	ninanchikkunapi
terminative	ninanchikkama	ninanchikkunakama
ablative	ninanchikmanta	ninanchikkunamanta
instrumental	ninanchikwan	ninanchikkunawan
comitative	ninanchiknintin	ninanchikkunantin
abessive	ninanchikninnaq	ninanchikkunannaq
comparative	ninanchikhina	ninanchikkunahina
causative	ninanchikrayku	ninanchikkunarayku
benefactive	ninanchikpaq	ninanchikkunapaq
associative	ninanchikpura	ninanchikkunapura
distributive	ninanchikninka	ninanchikkunanka
exclusive	ninanchiklla	ninanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	ninayku	ninaykukuna
accusative	ninaykuta	ninaykukunata
dative	ninaykuman	ninaykukunaman
genitive	ninaykupa	ninaykukunap
locative	ninaykupi	ninaykukunapi
terminative	ninaykukama	ninaykukunakama
ablative	ninaykumanta	ninaykukunamanta
instrumental	ninaykuwan	ninaykukunawan
comitative	ninaykuntin	ninaykukunantin
abessive	ninaykunnaq	ninaykukunannaq
comparative	ninaykuhina	ninaykukunahina
causative	ninaykurayku	ninaykukunarayku
benefactive	ninaykupaq	ninaykukunapaq
associative	ninaykupura	ninaykukunapura
distributive	ninaykunka	ninaykukunanka
exclusive	ninaykulla	ninaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	ninaykichik	ninaykichikkuna
accusative	ninaykichikta	ninaykichikkunata
dative	ninaykichikman	ninaykichikkunaman
genitive	ninaykichikpa	ninaykichikkunap
locative	ninaykichikpi	ninaykichikkunapi
terminative	ninaykichikkama	ninaykichikkunakama
ablative	ninaykichikmanta	ninaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	ninaykichikwan	ninaykichikkunawan
comitative	ninaykichiknintin	ninaykichikkunantin
abessive	ninaykichikninnaq	ninaykichikkunannaq
comparative	ninaykichikhina	ninaykichikkunahina
causative	ninaykichikrayku	ninaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	ninaykichikpaq	ninaykichikkunapaq
associative	ninaykichikpura	ninaykichikkunapura
distributive	ninaykichikninka	ninaykichikkunanka
exclusive	ninaykichiklla	ninaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	ninanku	ninankukuna
accusative	ninankuta	ninankukunata
dative	ninankuman	ninankukunaman
genitive	ninankupa	ninankukunap
locative	ninankupi	ninankukunapi
terminative	ninankukama	ninankukunakama
ablative	ninankumanta	ninankukunamanta
instrumental	ninankuwan	ninankukunawan
comitative	ninankuntin	ninankukunantin
abessive	ninankunnaq	ninankukunannaq
comparative	ninankuhina	ninankukunahina
causative	ninankurayku	ninankukunarayku
benefactive	ninankupaq	ninankukunapaq
associative	ninankupura	ninankukunapura
distributive	ninankunka	ninankukunanka
exclusive	ninankulla	ninankukunalla

See also

• ninay
• ninayay

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Sasak

Noun

nina

1. woman, female

References

• Dictionary of the Sasak language of Lombok, with Indonesian and English (1995)

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

niná

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

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Swahili

Verb

nina

1. first-person singular present affirmative of -wa na

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Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronoun

niná

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

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Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niːná/

Pronoun

niná

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -ni, poss. stem -ínú
Full form	niná
Locative	kíni
Full form	niná
Locative	kíni
Copulative	yíni
Possessive forms
	Modifier	Substantive
Class 1	wênu	ówênu
Class 2	bênu	ábênu
Class 3	wênu	ówênu
Class 4	yênu	éyênu
Class 5	lênu	élênu
Class 6	ênu	áwênu
Class 7	sênu	ésênu
Class 8	zênu	ézênu
Class 9	yênu	éyênu
Class 10	zênu	ézênu
Class 11	lwênu	ólwênu
Class 14	bênu	óbênu
Class 15	kwênu	ókwênu
Class 17	kwênu	ókwênu

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “nina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “nina (6.3)”