(declension-3, feminine, figuratively, masculine) ruins of a burned city
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
[ˈkɪ.nɪs]
Etimologia (Inglese)
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kenis, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“dust, ashes”).
Cognate with Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “dust, ash”), Sanskrit कण (kaṇa, “particle, small grain of dust or rice”), and Tocharian B kentse.