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Japanese
Etymology 1
⟨mi2na⟩ → */mʷina/ → /mina/
From Old Japanese.
Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
みな • (mina)
- everyone, everybody
- all, everything
Usage notes
Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.
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See also
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of みな – see the following entry: 蜷
|
(The following entry is uncreated: 蜷.)
Etymology 3
Other various kanji spellings.
Proper noun
みな • (Mina)
- 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: a female given name
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Old Japanese
Noun
みな (mi2na)
- 皆: everybody, everyone