miin

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• myn

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn, from Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz. Cognate with German mein, Dutch mijn, English mine, Icelandic minn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːn/

Determiner

miin

1. my
   • 1902, Robert Walser, Der Teich:

     Das isch rächt schön vo Ihne, Fritz, daß Sie mim Sohn e chli Gsellschaft chöme cho leischte.

     It's very good of you, Fritz, to come and keep my son company a bit.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):

     Also, mini Herre, vil Erfolg bi de Arbeit.

     Well, gentlemen, much success in your work.

Usage notes

• With miin, diin, siin, the masculine nominative/accusative of a following adjective has strong declension: miin guete Fründ. In all other instances, the adjective has weak declension: miis guet(e) Rächt, mini guete Fründ(e) (not *guets, *gueti).

Declension

	singular	plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative/accusative	miin	mini	miis	mini
dative	miim	miner(e)	miim	mine

Fula

Pronoun

miin

1. (Liptaako, Maasina, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Pulaar) 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Dialectal variants

• min (Pular)

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

Ojibwe

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

Noun

miin inan (plural miinan, locative miining, diminutive miinens)

1. blueberry

   Ogii-maanikaagonan iniw miinan gii-miijid.

   The blueberries he was eating didn't agree with him.

Related terms

• -min (“berry, seed, grain”)
• miinikaan (“seed”)
• miiniwan (“bear fruit”)

References

• Nora Livesay and John D. Nichols, editors (2012-2021), “miin”, in Ojibwe People's Dictionary‎^[2], University of Minnesota

Ottawa

Noun

miin inan

1. blueberry

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 486