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kinema en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (alt-of, archaic) Archaic form of cinema.
   alt of cinema
   • "Ready Rita," repeated Albert deliriously. "Oh, ain't it just like the pictures!" It was. Tuppence was a great frequenter of the kinema. 1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary:

Forms

kinema en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Nepali किनेमा (kinemā, literally “fermented flavour”), from Limbu [script needed] (ki, “fermented”) + [script needed] (nambaa, “flavor”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A Nepali dish of fermented soybean, resembling natto.