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ninne

ninna

masc acc pl of ninna (adj); nt acc pl of ninna (adj); masc loc sg of ninna (adj); nt loc sg of ninna (adj); …

1. ninna (adj): sloping (towards); slanting (towards); inclining down (to); lit. bent down
2. ninna (nt): lowlands; vale; valley; lit. bent down
3. ninna (adj): inclining (towards); lit. bent down
4. ninneti (pr): leads or takes away; takes out; drains; ascertains; lit. leads away

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Spatial prefix signifying downward motion. Cognate with English nether, German nieder.
• nna — root · go, incline
  Root expressing motion or inclination. The ni-prefix reverses or directs this motion downward, creating the sense of descent or sloping.

Etymology. From ni- (down, into) + √i (to go). The prefix ni- keeps its concrete sense of downward motion: something that goes down, slopes down. Cognate in form with English nether (going down), German nieder.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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