ien

ien

See also: -ien, iëŋ, and ἴεν

Catalan

Noun

ien m (plural iens)

1. yen (currency of Japan)

Further reading

• “ien” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ien”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “ien” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Dutch Low Saxon

Numeral

ien

1. Alternative form of een

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Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse einn, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz. Cognate with Swedish en.

Article

ien (ᛁᛆᚿ) m

1. a, an

Numeral

ien (ᛁᛆᚿ) m

1. one

Usage notes

The masculine and feminine forms are used only together with a following noun. When used alone (such as when counting), the neuter form iett is used instead.

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Esperanto

Etymology

ie +‎ -n

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

ien

1. somewhither, to somewhere, ("accusative" of ie)

Related terms

• kien
• tien
• ĉien
• nenien
• ien ajn

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *igen, from Proto-Uralic *ikene, possibly from *ike(-ne/-ńe). Cognates include Estonian ige, Komi-Permyak ан (an) and Hungarian íny.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈie̯n/, [ˈie̞̯n]
• Rhymes: -ien
• Syllabification^(key): ien

Noun

ien

1. gum (part of mouth)

Declension

Inflection of ien (Kotus type 32*D/sisar, k- gradation)
nominative		ien	ikenet
genitive		ikenen	ikenien ienten
partitive		ientä	ikeniä
illative		ikeneen	ikeniin
		singular	plural
nominative		ien	ikenet
accusative	nom.	ien	ikenet
	gen.	ikenen
genitive		ikenen	ikenien ienten
partitive		ientä	ikeniä
inessive		ikenessä	ikenissä
elative		ikenestä	ikenistä
illative		ikeneen	ikeniin
adessive		ikenellä	ikenillä
ablative		ikeneltä	ikeniltä
allative		ikenelle	ikenille
essive		ikenenä	ikeninä
translative		ikeneksi	ikeniksi
instructive		—	ikenin
abessive		ikenettä	ikenittä
comitative		—	ikenineen

Possessive forms of ien (type sisar)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	ikeneni	ikenemme
2nd person	ikenesi	ikenenne
3rd person	ikenensä

Compounds

• ientulehdus

Anagrams

• -ine, ein

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *igen. Cognates include Finnish ien and Estonian ige.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈien/, [ˈie̞n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈien/, [ˈie̞n]
• Rhymes: -ien
• Hyphenation: i‧en

Noun

ien

1. gum (of the mouth)

Declension

Declension of ien (type 12/tytär, k- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ien	ikenet
genitive	ikenen	ikeniin
partitive	ientä	ikeniä
illative	ikenee	ikenii
inessive	ikenees	ikeniis
elative	ikenest	ikenist
allative	ikenelle	ikenille
adessive	ikeneel	ikeniil
ablative	ikenelt	ikenilt
translative	ikeneks	ikeniks
essive	ikenennä, ikeneen	ikeninnä, ikeniin
exessive1)	ikenent	ikenint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 87

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *igen, from Proto-Uralic *ikene, *ikeńe. Cognates include Finnish ien, Estonian ige, Komi-Permyak ан (an) and Hungarian íny.

Noun

ien

1. gums

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Akin to German ein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in/
• Hyphenation: ien
• Rhymes: -in

Adverb

ien

1. (of motion, chiefly in compounds) in, inside

Antonyms

• uut

Related terms

• in

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015), “ien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iə̯n/

Numeral

West Frisian cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : ien     Ordinal : earst

ien

1. one

Derived terms

• iental
• in

Further reading

• “ien (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

ien c (plural ienen)

1. one

Further reading

• “ien (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Pronoun

ien

1. one, someone

Further reading

• “ien (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 煙 (MC ʔen).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ʔiːn˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ien¹
• Hyphenation: ien

Noun

ien (classifier go, 1957–1982 spelling ien)

1. tobacco (plant)

ien (classifier ci, 1957–1982 spelling ien)

1. cigarette

Derived terms

• iencaej
• iencaij