-kin is still...
in reply to a message by Nell
an active diminutive in Wales, the land of Jenkin and Daykin. A friend often addresses her niece Ffion as Ffionkin.I have heard -kins used occasionally in England.
Strictly speaking though, -kins is the surname form, with the genitive s on the end.
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-kins a diminutive?  ·  Nell  ·  6/17/2003, 12:40 PM
Re: -kins a diminutive?  ·  Yahalome  ·  6/29/2003, 3:23 PM
-kin is still...  ·  Merriment Demonkin  ·  6/18/2003, 3:37 AM
Re: -kin is still...  ·  Jenni  ·  12/24/2003, 3:28 AM
Re: -kin is still...  ·  Nell  ·  6/18/2003, 9:50 AM
Re: -kins a diminutive?  ·  Anneza  ·  6/18/2003, 1:00 AM
Your dad. Dads are always right =o) n/t  ·  Ivayla  ·  6/17/2003, 2:46 PM