# minni
## Daasanach
### Noun

minni
* woman

### Further reading

* Mauro Tosco, The Dhaasanac Language: Grammar, Text, Vocabulary of a Cushitic Language of Ethiopia

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɪnːɪ]
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

### Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, plural minni or minnir)
* memory
* souvenir
* commemoration
* (computing) storage

#### Declension
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪnːɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɪnːɪ

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse minni, from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją.

#### Noun

minni n (genitive singular minnis, nominative plural minni)
* memory (the ability to remember things; not a particular recollection)
    festa sér í minni ― to commit to memory, to memorize
    leggja á minnið ― to commit to memory, to memorize
    í manna minnum ― in people's memories, as long as people can remember
* (computing) computer memory
    Synonym: tölvuminni
* (literature) motif
    Synonyms: mótíf, sagnaminni
* (dated) a toast to someone
    Synonym: skál
* (obsolete) a keepsake, memento, souvenir
    Synonym: minjagripur

##### Derived terms

* velkomandaminni
* leggja á minnið

##### See also

* minning (“memory, something remembered”)

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

minni
* dative feminine singular of minn (“my/mine”)

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minijä. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈminːi/, [ˈminʲː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈminːi/, [ˈminːi]
* Rhymes: -inʲː, -inːi
* Hyphenation: min‧ni

### Noun

minni
* aunt-in-law (one's uncle's wife)
* fraternal sister-in-law (one's brother's wife)
** 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi, Tarinaisista, “1966. Soikkola, Säätinä V I 1042”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 1-2:»Oi minni, velloin vaimo, // Lunassa minuista poisi,»Oh sister-in-law, brother's wife, // Rescue me away,
* (endearing) aunt (woman of an older generation)

#### Synonyms

* (fraternal sister-in-law): käly

#### Coordinate terms

* nato (“one's partner's sister”)

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 311

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪn.nɪ/

### Adverb

minni
* first-person singular pronominal form of minn: from me

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

minni n
(non-standard since 2012)
* definite plural of minne

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *(ga)minþiją.

#### Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)
* memory
* a toast (drunk to someone’s memory)
* an account of ancient events; myth

##### Related terms

* minna
* muna

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: minni
* Faroese: minni
* Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
* Norwegian Bokmål: minne, minni
* Swedish: minne
* Danish: minde
* → Middle English: minne
** English: min

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of *lītilaz.

#### Adjective

minni (adverb minnr, superlative degree minnstr)
* less, smaller: comparative degree of lítill

##### Derived terms

* minka, minnka

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: minni
* Faroese: minni
* Norwegian:
    Norwegian Nynorsk: mindre
    Norwegian Bokmål: mindre
* Old Swedish: minne, mindre
** Swedish: mindre
* Old Danish: minnæ, mindræ
** Danish: mindre

### Etymology 3

Probably related to munnr (“mouth”).

#### Alternative forms

* mynni

#### Noun

minni n (genitive minnis)
* mouth (of a river, fjord, valley)

##### Descendants

* Norwegian Nynorsk: mynne n

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Determiner

minni f
* feminine dative singular of minn

#### Verb

minni
* inflection of minna:
** first-person singular present indicative active
** third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active
** second-person singular imperative active

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minni3”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive