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nipan

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Finnish

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Noun

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nipan nwy

  1. genitive singular of nippa

Anagrams

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Iranun

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipən.

Noun

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nipan

  1. tooth

Old English

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Has been connected with Lithuanian niáukti (to become overcast, gloomy), via a hypothetical English pre-form *(kʷ)niaukʷ-;[1] however, this is rather ad hoc.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nīpan

  1. to grow dark, darken

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ niaukti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012