kinning
kinning is the present participle and gerund of kin.
Meaning of kin
Verb
kin (third-person singular simple present kins, present participle kinning, simple past and past participle kinned)
- To identify with; as in spiritually connect to a fictional or non-fictional being.
Proper noun capitalized: Kinning
Kinning
- Alternative form of Jinning (Taiwan)
- The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.1966, 中華醫學雜誌, volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 158
- Rural legal consultation services are provided to Wulai by Taipei Branch, to Sanmin Township in Kaohsiung County by Kaohsiung Branch, to Dongyin by Matsu Branch, to Kinning by Kinmen Branch, and to Cimei by Penghu Branch.2008 July, “法扶會周年報告書-英文全 [Legal Aid Foundation Annual Report 2007]”, in 法律扶助基金會 [Legal Aid Foundation], archived from the original on 06 Apr 2017, page 73
Origin of kinning
From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金寧 /金宁 (Jīnníng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
Questions about kinning
- What is kinning the present participle and gerund of?
- Kinning is the present participle and gerund of kin.
- What part of speech is kinning?
- Kinning is a proper noun.
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