jina
See also: jiná
Martuthunira
Etymology
From Proto-Ngayarda *cina, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *cina.
Noun
jina
- Track, footprint.
- 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
- 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
- Foot.
- 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
- Alternative spelling of hina
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
jina (ma class, plural majina)
- name
- (grammar) noun
- Synonym: nomino
Derived terms
- jina lako nani
- kitenzi jina