nyn

Translingual

Symbol

nyn

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Nkore.

Manx

Etymology

Compare East Ulster Irish nár (“our”), also standard Irish inár (“in our”), both of which cause eclipsis.

Pronoun

nyn

1. (possessive) our, belonging to us.
2. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural/formal).
3. (possessive) their, belonging to them.
4. in our/your/their

   Va shin nyn baitçhyn. ― We were children. (literally, “We were in our children.”)

Scots

Numeral

nyn

1. Alternative form of nine

References

• “nyn, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 4 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Verb

nyn

1. to sew
2. to stitch

Related terms

• nyt, gynyt