mena

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīna, *mēna, from Gaulish *meina (“mineral, ore”). Doublet of mina<t:mine>. First attested in 1185.

Pronunciation

Noun

mena f (plural menes)

  1. (mineralogy) ore
  2. sort, kind, type
    Synonyms: classe, espècie, tipus
  3. (nautical) strand (of a rope)
  4. (nautical) thickness, size (especially of a rope)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

mena f (plural menes)

  1. (colloquial, Balearic) lie, falsehood

Noun

mena m or f by sense (plural menes)

  1. (colloquial, Balearic) liar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

mena

  1. inflection of menar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

French

Verb

mena

  1. third-person singular past historic of mener

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

mēna

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

mēnā̀ f (possessed form mēnàr̃)

  1. dama gazelle

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.na/, /ˈmɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ena, -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: mé‧na, mè‧na

Noun

mena f (plural mene)

  1. plot, conspiracy
    Synonyms: complotto, trama, intrigo, macchinazione

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.na/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: mé‧na

Verb

mena

  1. inflection of menare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 mena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

mena (infinitive kũmena)

  1. to dislike, to despise

Antonyms

Derived terms

(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

Related terms

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 29.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Kituba

Verb

mena

  1. to grow (as plants do)

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Verb

mẽna

  1. third-person singular present of miñti
  2. third-person plural present of miñti

Malagasy

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

mena

  1. red
  2. (dialectal, Bara, figuratively) angry

See also

Colors in Malagasy · volo (layout · text)
     fotsy      volombatolalaka ; vatolalaka      mainty ; ngaly
             mena ; horàka; menapina ; jaky ; dorehitra              haboka ; heza; fiana ; manja ; lañary              vony ; hasaka
                          maitso             
                                       manga
             volomparasy ; katso ; lalena; angana              volomparasy ; katso ; lalena              mavokely

Murui Huitoto

Murui Huitoto numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: mena
    Adverbial: menakaño

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mena and Nüpode Huitoto mena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: me‧na

Numeral

mena

  1. two

Derived terms

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 176
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 148

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Noun

mena f (plural menas)

  1. type, sort, kind
    Synonyms: sòrta, espècia
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Further reading

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 638.

Old Swedish

Verb

mena

  1. to mean

Conjugation

Conjugation of mēna (weak)
present past
infinitive mēna —
participle mēnandi, mēnande mēnder
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnir mēni, mēne —   mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
þū mēnir mēni, mēne mēn mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
han mēnir mēni, mēne —   mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
vīr mēnum, mēnom mēnum, mēnom mēnum, mēnom mēndum, mēndom mēndum, mēndom
īr mēnin mēnin mēnin mēndin mēndin
þēr mēna mēnin —   mēndu, mēndo mēndin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
þū mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
han mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
vīr mēnums, mēnoms mēnums, mēnoms —   mēndums, mēndoms mēndums, mēndoms
īr mēnins mēnins —   mēndins mēndins
þēr mēnas mēnins —   mēndus, mēndos mēndins

Verb

mēna

  2. (transitive with accusative) to harm
  3. to hinder, prevent
  4. to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation

Conjugation of mēna (weak)
present past
infinitive mēna —
participle mēnandi, -e mēnaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnar mēni, -e — mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
þū mēnar mēni, -e mēna mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
han mēnar mēni, -e — mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
vīr mēnum, -om mēnum, -om mēnum, -om mēnaþum, -om mēnaþum, -om
īr mēnin mēnin mēnin mēnaþin mēnaþin
þēr mēna mēnin — mēnaþu, -o mēnaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
þū mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
han mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
vīr mēnums, -oms mēnums, -oms — mēnaþums, -oms mēnaþums, -oms
īr mēnins mēnins — mēnaþins mēnaþins
þēr mēnas mēnins — mēnaþus, -os mēnaþins

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *men, from Proto-Tupian *men.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ména.

Pronunciation

Noun

mena (possessable)

  1. husband (male partner in marriage)
    Coordinate term: emirekó (“wife”)

Related terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mena

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /měːna/
  • Hyphenation: me‧na

Noun

ména f (Cyrillic spelling ме́на)

  1. change
    Synonyms: prȍmena, ȉzmena
  2. phase
  3. lunation

Declension

Declension of mena
singular plural
nominative ména mene
genitive mene mȇnā
dative meni menama
accusative menu mene
vocative meno mene
locative meni menama
instrumental menom menama

References

  • “mena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

mena f (genitive singular meny, nominative plural meny, genitive plural mien, declension pattern of žena)

  1. currency (finance)
Declension
Declension of mena
singular plural
nominative mena meny
genitive meny mien
dative mene menám
accusative menu meny
locative mene menách
instrumental menou menami
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mena n

  1. genitive singular of meno

Further reading

  • “mena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sotho

Verb

mena

  1. to fold
    Synonym: phutha

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: me‧na

Etymology 1

Noun

mena f (plural menas)

  1. ore

Etymology 2

Noun

mena m or f by sense (plural menas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of MENA

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mena

  1. inflection of menar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, meinen (compare Icelandic meina, Danish mene), from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mein-.

Pronunciation

Verb

mena (present menar, preterite menade, supine menat, imperative mena)

  1. to mean; to convey, or to want to convey
  2. to mean; to be of the opinion that or to have as one's conviction
  3. to mean; to have as one's intention

Conjugation

Conjugation of mena (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive mena menas
Supine menat menats
Imperative mena —
Imper. plural1 menen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative menar menade menas menades
Ind. plural1 mena menade menas menades
Subjunctive2 mene menade menes menades
Participles
Present participle menande
Past participle menad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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