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kin

See also:Appendix:Variations of "kin"

Translingual

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kin

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforKinyarwanda.

English

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR:kĭn,IPA(key):/kɪn/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Rhymes:-ɪn

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishkyn,fromOld Englishcynn(“kind, sort, rank”),fromProto-West Germanic*kuni,fromProto-Germanic*kunją(“race, generation, descent”),fromProto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₁yom,from*ǵenh₁-(“to produce”).

Cognate withScotskin(“relatives, kinfolk”),North Frisiankinn,kenn(“gender, race, family, kinship”),Dutchkunne(“gender, sex”),Middle Low Germankunne(“gender, sex, race, family, lineage”),Danishkøn(“gender, sex”),Swedishkön(“gender, sex”),Icelandickyn(“gender”),Finnishkunnia(“honour, glory”),Ingriankunnia(“reputation”),and through Indo-European, with Latingenus(“kind, sort, ancestry, birth”),Ancient Greekγένος(génos,“kind, race”),Sanskritजनस्(jánas,“kind, race”),Albaniandhen(“(herd of) small cattle”).

Noun

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kin(countableanduncountable,pluralkinsorkin)

  1. Race;family;breed;kind.
  2. (collectively)Personsof the same race or family;kindred.
  3. One or morerelatives,such assiblingsorcousins,taken collectively.
    • 2016,Saraswati Raju, Santosh Jatrana,Women Workers in Urban India,page280:
      Among those who derive information related to work from personal contacts, nonkins, rather thankins,constitute the most important sources even for women.
  4. Relationship;same-bloodednessoraffinity;nearconnectionoralliance,as of those having commondescent.
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Adjective

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kin(notcomparable)

  1. Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
    It turns out my back-fence neighbor iskinto one of my co-workers.
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Etymology 2

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BorrowedfromMandarinCầm(qín), from a non-palatal dialect akin toPeking;or less likely, fromJapaneseCầm(kin).

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kin(pluralkins)

  1. Alternative form ofqin(“Chinese string instrument”)
    • 1899,Hugo Riemann,Catechism of Musical History: History of musical instruments and history of tone-systems and notation:
      Originally they had only two cither-like instruments, which had flat sound-boxes without fingerboards, over which were strung rather a large number (25) of strings of twisted silk — the kin and tsche.
    • 1840,Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams,The Chinese Repository,page40:
      If a musician were going to give a lecture upon the mathematical part of his art, he would find a very elegant substitute for the monochord in the Chinesekin.

Etymology 3

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Clippingoffictionkin.

Verb

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kin(third-person singular simple presentkins,present participlekinning,simple past and past participlekinned)

  1. (transitive,fandomslang)Toidentifywith; as inspirituallyconnect to a fictional or non-fictional being.

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kin(pluralkinsorkin)

  1. (fandomslang)A fictional or non-fictional being whom one spiritually connects to.(Can we add anexamplefor this sense?)
  2. (fandomslang,in the form(character name)kin)Someone who identifies with a certain fictionalcharacter.
    Alternative form:kinnie

Etymology 4

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Noun

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kin(pluralkins)

  1. Alternative form ofk'in

Etymology 5

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Verb

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kin

  1. Pronunciation spellingofcan.
    • 1959January 5,Walt Kelly,Pogo,comic strip,→ISBN,page 4:
      [Owl:] Oh I ain't stealin' this dime... I just took it for safe-keepin'.
      [Turtle:] Ain't much youkindo with it—'cept make a phone call.

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Noun

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kin(uncountable)

  1. (colloquial)Short forkinesiology.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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FromDutchkin,fromMiddle Dutchkinne,fromOld Dutchkinni,fromProto-Germanic*kinnuz,fromProto-Indo-European*ǵénus.

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Noun

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kin(pluralkinne)

  1. Alternative form ofken

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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FromPersianکین.

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Noun

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kin(definite accusativekini,pluralkinlər)

  1. hiddenanger,spite,malice,grudge
    Synonym:ədavət

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Declension ofkin
singular plural
nominative kin
 kinlər
definite accusative kini
 kinləri
dative kinə
 kinlərə
locative kində
 kinlərdə
ablative kindən
 kinlərdən
definite genitive kinin
 kinlərin
Possessive forms ofkin
nominative
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinim kinlərim
sənin(“your”) kinin kinlərin
onun(“his/her/its”) kini kinləri
bizim(“our”) kinimiz kinlərimiz
sizin(“your”) kininiz kinləriniz
onların(“their”) kiniorkinləri kinləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinimi kinlərimi
sənin(“your”) kinini kinlərini
onun(“his/her/its”) kinini kinlərini
bizim(“our”) kinimizi kinlərimizi
sizin(“your”) kininizi kinlərinizi
onların(“their”) kininiorkinlərini kinlərini
dative
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinimə kinlərimə
sənin(“your”) kininə kinlərinə
onun(“his/her/its”) kininə kinlərinə
bizim(“our”) kinimizə kinlərimizə
sizin(“your”) kininizə kinlərinizə
onların(“their”) kininəorkinlərinə kinlərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinimdə kinlərimdə
sənin(“your”) kinində kinlərində
onun(“his/her/its”) kinində kinlərində
bizim(“our”) kinimizdə kinlərimizdə
sizin(“your”) kininizdə kinlərinizdə
onların(“their”) kinindəorkinlərində kinlərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinimdən kinlərimdən
sənin(“your”) kinindən kinlərindən
onun(“his/her/its”) kinindən kinlərindən
bizim(“our”) kinimizdən kinlərimizdən
sizin(“your”) kininizdən kinlərinizdən
onların(“their”) kinindənorkinlərindən kinlərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim(“my”) kinimin kinlərimin
sənin(“your”) kininin kinlərinin
onun(“his/her/its”) kininin kinlərinin
bizim(“our”) kinimizin kinlərimizin
sizin(“your”) kininizin kinlərinizin
onların(“their”) kinininorkinlərinin kinlərinin

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Further reading

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  • “kin”inObastan.

Caolan

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Verb

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kin

  1. toeat

Czech

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Noun

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kin

  1. genitivepluralofkino

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Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchkinne,fromOld Dutchkinni,fromProto-West Germanic*kinnu,fromProto-Germanic*kinnuz,fromProto-Indo-European*ǵénus.

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Noun

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kinf(pluralkinnen,diminutivekinnetjen)

  1. chin

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans:kin
  • Negerhollands:kin
  • →Papiamentu:kenchi,kinnetje,kintsje(from the diminutive)

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Pronoun

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kin

  1. who

Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofkin– seeCân( “catty,a unit ofweight”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jīform ofCân).

Hungarian

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Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf.postpositions)
ed suffix who? what? this that he/she
(it)*
case v. pr. c.
nom. – ki mi ez az ő* / -∅
az/ -∅		 – –
acc. -t/-ot/
-at / -et / -öt		 kit mit ezt azt őt* / -∅
azt/ -∅		 – c1
c2
dat. -nak/-nek kinek minek ennek annak neki neki- c
ins. -val/-vel kivel mivel ezzel/
evvel		 azzal/
avval		 vele c
c-f. -ért kiért miért ezért azért érte – c
tra. -vá/-vé kivé mivé ezzé azzá – – c
ter. -ig – meddig eddig addig – – c
e-f. -ként (kiként) (miként) ekként akként – – c
e-m. -ul/-ül – – – – – – c
ine. -ban/-ben kiben miben ebben abban benne – c
sup. -n/-on/-en/-ön kin min ezen azon rajta (rajta-) c
ade. -nál/-nél kinél minél ennél annál nála – c
ill. -ba/-be kibe mibe ebbe abba bele bele- c
sub. -ra/-re kire mire erre arra rá rá- c
all. -hoz/-hez/-höz kihez mihez ehhez ahhoz hozzá hozzá- c
el. -ból/-ből kiből miből ebből abból belőle – c
del. -ról/-ről kiről miről erről arról róla – c
abl. -tól/-től kitől mitől ettől attól tőle – c
*:Őandőtrefer to human beings; the forms below them might be
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Etymology

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ki+‎-n

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Pronoun

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kin

  1. superessivesingularofki

Ido

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Ido numbers(edit)
50
← 4 5 6 →
Cardinal:kin
Ordinal:kinesma
Adverbial:kinfoye
Multiplier:kinopla
Fractional:kinima

Etymology

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FromFrenchcinq,Spanishcinco,Italiancinque,ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*pénkʷe.

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kin

  1. five(5)

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Romanization

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kin

  1. Rōmajitranscription ofきん

Middle English

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Noun

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kin

  1. Alternative form ofkyn
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Etymology

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CompareDogribkǫ̀.

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Noun

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kin

  1. market,store
    Kingóódéyá.―I am going to the store.
  2. house,cabin,building
  3. town

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possessives of kin
singular duoplural plural
1st person shikin nihikin danihikin
2nd person nikin nihikin danihikin
3rd person bikin
4th person (3o) yikin
4th person (3a) hakin
Indefinite (3i) akin

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Ngarrindjeri

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Pronoun

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kin

  1. him

Northern Kurdish

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Adjective

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kin(comparativekintir,superlativeherî kin)

  1. short

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Nupe

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Sapa

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Verb

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kin

  1. toeat

Turkish

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Etymology

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InheritedfromOttoman Turkishكین(kin,“a grudge, concealed desire of revenge, malice”),.[1][2]fromPersianكین(kin)orکینه(kine,“hatred, rancour, malevolence”)[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈcin/,(definite accusative)/ciːˈni/
  • Hyphenation:kin

Noun

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kin(definite accusativekini,pluralkinler)

  1. grudge,desire totake revenge
    Synonym:garaz

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kin
Definite accusative kini
Singular Plural
Nominative kin kinler
Definite accusative kini kinleri
Dative kine kinlere
Locative kinde kinlerde
Ablative kinden kinlerden
Genitive kinin kinlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kinim kinlerim
2nd singular kinin kinlerin
3rd singular kini kinleri
1st plural kinimiz kinlerimiz
2nd plural kininiz kinleriniz
3rd plural kinleri kinleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kinimi kinlerimi
2nd singular kinini kinlerini
3rd singular kinini kinlerini
1st plural kinimizi kinlerimizi
2nd plural kininizi kinlerinizi
3rd plural kinlerini kinlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kinime kinlerime
2nd singular kinine kinlerine
3rd singular kinine kinlerine
1st plural kinimize kinlerimize
2nd plural kininize kinlerinize
3rd plural kinlerine kinlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kinimde kinlerimde
2nd singular kininde kinlerinde
3rd singular kininde kinlerinde
1st plural kinimizde kinlerimizde
2nd plural kininizde kinlerinizde
3rd plural kinlerinde kinlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kinimden kinlerimden
2nd singular kininden kinlerinden
3rd singular kininden kinlerinden
1st plural kinimizden kinlerimizden
2nd plural kininizden kinlerinizden
3rd plural kinlerinden kinlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kinimin kinlerimin
2nd singular kininin kinlerinin
3rd singular kininin kinlerinin
1st plural kinimizin kinlerimizin
2nd plural kininizin kinlerinizin
3rd plural kinlerinin kinlerinin

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  1. ^Redhouse, James W.(1890) “كین”,inA Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1],Constantinople: A. H. Boya gian,page1615
  2. ^Kélékian, Diran(1911) “كین”,inDictionnaire turc-français‎[2],Constantinople: Mihran,page1069
  3. ^Nişanyan, Sevan(2002–) “kin”,inNişanyan Sözlük

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromMiddle Low Germankinne,kin,fromOld Saxonkinni.The inherited Old Frisian form waszin.

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kinn(pluralkinnen,diminutivekintsje)

  1. chin

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  • “kin”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011

Yagara

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kin

  1. Alternative form ofginn.

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Yola

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kin

  1. Alternative form ofken
    • 1867,“VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 3, page100:
      Heal, griue, ankin,apaa thee, graacuse Forth,
      Health, wealth, andregardupon thee, gracious Forth,

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland,London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page49
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