kinni

See also: Kinni and kin-nî

Afar

kinní

(stative) be
- Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 3:
  Ummaan ginoh Fulte Racmatta leeh, yeemene marah Gunê Racmatta-le Rabbi kinni.
  He [who] surpasses the mercy of every creation, he is the God who gives mercy to the believing people.

Conjugation of kinni (irregular)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
		1st singular	2nd singular	m	f	1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
present indicative I	V-affirmative	kinniyóh	kinnitóh	kinníh	kinníh	kinninóh	kinnitoonúh	kinnóonuh
	N-affirmative	kinniyó	kinnitó	kinní	kinní	kinninó	kinnitón	kinnón
	negative	hínniyo	hínnito	hínna	hínna	hínnino	hínniton	hínnon
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		kínnuk + perfective of én
past indicative II		kínnuk + perfective of *sugé*
present potential	affirmative	kinniyóm takkéh	kinnitóm takkéh	kinním takkéh	kinním takkéh	kinninóm takkéh	kinnitoonúm takkéh	kinnoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	kínnuk + past conditional of *sugé*
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		kínnih	kínnuk	kinnínnuh	kinníyya

E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kinni”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *kindik. Related to kindel (“sure”). Cognate to Finnish kiinni and Karelian kiini.

kinni (not comparable)

closed
Kas aken on kinni?
Is the window closed?
holding, grabbing ahold of sth
Hoidsin toolist kinni, et ma ümber ei kukuks.
I grabbed ahold of the chair, so I wouldn't fall over.
fastened, attached, in a position where movement is restricted or not possible
Vangi käed seoti kinni.
The prisoner's hands were tied up.
full, filled, covered
Hiireaugud topiti kinni
The mouse holes were filled up.

Seo ta haav kinni.
Tie up his wound.
Refers to catching things.
Püüdsin palli kinni.
I caught the ball.
(with pidama) Refers to stopping.
Auto pidas kinni.
The car stopped.

kinni n

Middle High German: kinne, kin
- Alemannic German: Chimmi
- German: Kinn
- Luxembourgish: Kënn
- Yiddish: קין (kin)

kinni n

Middle Low German: kinne, kin
- Low German: Kinn
- → Old Frisian: kin, ken
  - West Frisian: kin