different between pinna vs finna

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?
• Homophone: Pinner (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology

From Latin pinna (“dorsal fin; wing, feather”)

Noun

pinna (plural pinnas or pinnae)

1. (anatomy) The visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
2. (botany) A leaflet or primary segment of a pinnate compound leaf.
3. (zoology) A feather, wing, fin, or other similar appendage.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• PanIN, panni

Estonian

Noun

pinna

1. genitive singular of pind

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish pinne (“stick, spoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pin??/, [?pin??]
• Rhymes: -in??
• Syllabification: pin?na

Noun

pinna

1. spoke (of a wheel, ie. in bicycle)
2. (nautical) tiller

   Synonym: peräsinkampi

3. (music) sound post (dowel inside an instrument of violin family)
4. (colloquial) point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (colloquial) temper, nerve, fuse (in the sense of losing one's temper)

   Marian pinna paloi.

   Maria lost her temper.

   Marialla on lyhyt pinna.

   Maria's got a short fuse.

6. (colloquial) percent

Declension

Synonyms

• (point): piste
• (temper): hermot
• (percent): prosentti

Compounds

• irtopinna
• pinnasänky
• pinnatuoli
• pyöränpinna

Anagrams

• napin, nipan, panin, panni

Italian

Noun

pinna f (plural pinne)

1. fin
2. flipper

Anagrams

• panni

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain, could be a merger of two etymons:

• in the sense "fin", from Proto-Indo-European *(s)piHn- (“backbone, dorsal fin”), cognate to Old Irish ind (“end, point”), Tocharian A spin (“hook”), Sanskrit ????? (sphyá, “splinter, staff”), English fin;
• in other senses, a dialectal form of penna with either pre-nasal (as in dignus) or post-labial (as in firmus) raising, from Proto-Italic *petn?, from Proto-Indo-European *péth?r? ~ pth?én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth?- (“to fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pin.na/, [?p?n?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pin.na/, [?pin??]

Noun

pinna f (genitive pinnae); first declension

1. Alternative form of penna (“wing, feather”)
2. a fin
   1. a merlon, cop (the raised part of a parapet or battlement)
3. (Medieval Latin) a peg, pin, bolt

Usage notes

• Senses (2) and (3) are not found for the form penna.

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne (eds.) (1975–2013) , “pinna”, in Dictionary of medieval Latin from British sources?^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, ?ISBN, OCLC 1369101

Further reading

• pinna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pinna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pinna in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pinna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• pinna in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pinna in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• pinna in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

pinna f

1. pen (writing instrument)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin penna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pinna/
• Hyphenation: pin?na

Noun

pinna f (plural pinni)

1. feather
2. pen
3. fin

English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n(n)?/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Contraction

finna

1. African-American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm finna go to the store.

See also

• gonna; going to; finne

Anagrams

• Finan

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

finna f (genitive singular finnu, plural finnur)

1. (chess) pawn
2. small woman

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Verb

finna (third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative funnu, supine funnið)

1. to find
2. to meet

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?a/
• Rhymes: -?n?a

  Homophones: Finna

Verb

finna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fann, third-person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)

1. (with accusative) to find
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “The raven croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Raven, my namesake.”

   Ég fann þig!

   I found you!

2. (with accusative) to meet
3. (with accusative) to sense, to feel something

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (find): uppgötva
• (meet): hitta
• (sense): skynja

Derived terms

Anagrams

• nafni

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• finne (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic ???????????????????????? (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²f?n??/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

finna (present tense finn, past tense fann, supine funne, past participle funnen, present participle finnande, imperative finn)

1. to find

References

• “finna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognate with Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Saxon findan, Old Dutch findan, Old High German findan, Gothic ???????????????????????? (finþan).

Verb

finna (singular past indicative fann, plural past indicative fundu, past participle fundinn)

1. to find

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• finna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?.

Verb

finna

1. to find
2. to notice
3. to deem, consider

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: finna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish finna, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?a/

Verb

finna (present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)

1. (slightly formal) to find, to locate, to discover

2. (formal) to have come a conclusion or opinion

3. (passive only) to exist

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (find): hitta