# kinn
## Hungarian
### Etymology

Lexicalization of Old Hungarian ki (“outside area”) +‎ -n (case suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkinː]
* Hyphenation: kinn
* Rhymes: -inː

### Adverb

kinn (comparative kijjebb, superlative legkívül)
* outside
    Synonyms: kint, odakint, (dialectal or literary) künn, (dialectal or literary) künt
    Antonyms: benn, bent

#### Usage notes

Suffixes can be attached only to its synonym kint: kintre, kintről, kinti.

#### Derived terms

* idekinn
* odakinn
(Expressions):
* se kinn, se benn

### References

* ↑ kinn in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kinn in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- (“cheek”). Compare Faroese and Norwegian kinn, Danish and Swedish kind, German Kinn, Dutch kin, English chin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cʰɪnː/
    Rhymes: -ɪnː

### Noun

kinn f (genitive singular kinnar, nominative plural kinnar)
* cheek
** Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
    Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic.

#### Declension
### See also

* kjammi
* vangi

## Middle English
### Noun

kinn
* Alternative form of kin

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse kinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus. Compare English chin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /çɪnː/
    Rhymes: -ɪnː

### Noun

kinn n (definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn or kinner, definite plural kinna or kinnene)
* (anatomy) cheek
    å vende det andre kinnet til ― to turn the other cheek
* (in placenames): A steep hill(side) or slope.

### References

* “kinn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “kinn_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /çɪnː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse kinn f, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, likely from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus.

#### Noun

kinn n (definite singular kinnet, indefinite plural kinn, definite plural kinna)
* (anatomy) cheek
* (in placenames): A steep hill(side) or slope.

##### Usage notes

* Was considered grammatically feminine until the 1959 spelling reform.
* Neuter gender has been considered standard since the 1938 spelling reform, but was allowed already in 1917.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kinn
* imperative of kinne

### References

* “kinn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
* “kinn”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
* “kinn” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kinnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénu- (“cheek”).

### Noun

kinn f (genitive kinnar, plural kinnr)
* cheek

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: kinn
* Faroese: kinn
* Norwegian Nynorsk: kinn
* Norwegian Bokmål: kinn
* Old Swedish: kin
** Swedish: kind
* Danish: kind

### Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kinn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive