English Explanatory Dictionary

kinning

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of kin
name
  1. Alternative form of Jinning (Taiwan)

Word forms

kinning

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/.

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