Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kinning

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
kin-ning
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of kin

Example Sentences

Etymology

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/.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does kinning mean?
present participle and gerund of kin
Where does kinning come from?
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/.

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