nhinina

Macanese

Etymology

nhi +‎ nina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲiˈni.na/

Noun

nhinina

1. diminutive of nhim: young lady

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “nhi, nhim”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 493
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#nhim