niini

From Proto-Finnic *niini (compare Veps nin'), from Proto-Finno-Permic *ńijne (compare Komi-Zyrian нин (ńin)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːni/, [ˈniːni]
• Rhymes: -iːni
• Hyphenation^(key): nii‧ni

niini

1. bast (fibre made from the phloem of certain plants)
2. (obsolete) Ellipsis of niinipuu.

• “niini”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From Proto-Finnic *niini. Cognates include Finnish niini and Estonian niin.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈniːni/, [ˈniːnʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈniːni/, [ˈniːni]
• Rhymes: -iːnʲ, -iːni
• Hyphenation: nii‧ni

niini

1. linden (tree)
2. linden (wood)

Declension of niini (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	niini	niinet
genitive	niinen	niiniin, niinilöin
partitive	niiniä	niinijä, niinilöjä
illative	niinee	niinii, niinilöihe
inessive	niinees	niiniis, niinilöis
elative	niinest	niinist, niinilöist
allative	niinelle	niinille, niinilöille
adessive	niineel	niiniil, niinilöil
ablative	niinelt	niinilt, niinilöilt
translative	niineks	niiniks, niinilöiks
essive	niinennä, niineen	niininnä, niinilöinnä, niiniin, niinilöin
exessive1)	niinent	niinint, niinilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• niinipuu, pärnä

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “нини”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 342

From Proto-Finnic *niini.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈniːni/, [ˈnʲiːnʲi]
• Rhymes: -iːni
• Hyphenation: nii‧ni

niini

1. linden
2. bast

Declension of niini (type X/tuli, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	niini, niin	niined
genitive	niine	niinije, niinii
partitive	niinte	niiniite, niinii
illative	niine, niinese	niiniise
inessive	niinez	niiniiz
elative	niinesse	niiniisse
allative	niinele	niiniile
adessive	niinelle	niiniille
ablative	niinelte	niiniilte
translative	niinessi	niiniissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “niini”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn