menda

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See also: ménda, meṇḍa, mendą, and Menda

Basque

Noun

menda inan

  1. (botany) mint

Caló

Pronoun

menda

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

References

  • menda” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 61.
  • menda” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
  • menda” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Galician

Verb

menda

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

Guaraní

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

menda

  1. wedding

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin menda.

Noun

menda f (plural mende)

  1. (literary) mistake, error
    Synonyms: difetto, errore
  2. (literary, obsolete) sin
    Synonym: peccato

Further reading

  • menda1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Deverbal from mendare (to amend, correct) +‎ -a.

Noun

menda f (plural mende)

  1. (obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation
    Synonyms: ammenda, indennità

Further reading

  • menda2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

menda

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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (physical defect, fault), same source as Old Irish mennar (blemish, stain).

Pronunciation

Noun

menda f (genitive mendae); first declension

  1. defect, blemish (on the body)
  2. mistake, error, blunder

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sicilian: sminnari (from *exmendare)

References

  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • menda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • menda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

Noun

menda

  1. ram
  2. sheep

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of mendoweszka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

menda f

  1. (dated) pubic louse
  2. (derogatory) scum, scoundrel

Declension

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • menda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • menda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló menda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmenda/
  • Rhymes: -enda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

menda m (plural mendas)

  1. (colloquial) guy, dude, geezer

Pronoun

menda

  1. yours truly, muggins
    Synonym: menda lerenda

Further reading