kinema

K5I1N1E1M3A1

noun

A Nepali dish of fermented soybean, resembling natto.

OriginNepali किनेमा ← lif →
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Meanings

kinema1

nounkinema (plural kinemas)

plural kinemas

  1. archaicArchaic form 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

kinema2

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

Origin

  1. lif“fermented”
  2. Nepaliकिनेमा
  3. Englishkinema

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

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Anagrams

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APA

kinema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinema

MLA

“kinema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinema. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kinema,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kinema.

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