kini

See also: Kini and -kini

Hawaiian

Etymology

From English gin.

Noun

kini

gin (alcoholic beverage)

Indonesian

Noun

kini

present

Pronoun

kini

now

Jamamadí

Adjective

kini

(Banawá) green

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

kini

Rōmaji transcription of きに

Javanese

Etymology

Clipping of kien ki

Determiner

kini

(Cirebon) this, these

Malay

Adjective

kini

present
masa kini
the present time

Adverb

kini

now
kini terdapat di kedai yang berdekatan
now available in your nearest store

Synonyms

sekarang

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *kini. Compare Hawaiian ʻiniki (“to pinch, to nip; to be sharp and piercing”, intransitive), ʻiniʻini (“to pinch”, transitive).

Verb

kini

to pinch, to nip
to pinch off

Derived terms

kini pepa: a paperclip

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English guinea.

Noun

kini

a guinea (the coin)

To'abaita

Noun

kini

woman

References

Frantisek Lichtenberk, A Grammar of Toqabaqita

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