mina

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Noun

mina (plural minas)

  1. Alternative spelling of myna.
Translations

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, mna). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.

Noun

mina (plural minas or minae)

  1. (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
    • 1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174:
      What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).
  2. (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams.
    • 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VI:
      Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
Translations

References

Anagrams

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *muən.

Noun

mina

  1. brains
  2. dirt
  3. matter
  4. pus

References

Asturian

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Noun

mina f (plural mines)

  1. mine (e.g. diamond mine)
  2. mine (explosive)
  3. lead (of pencil)

Derived terms

Barngarla

Pronunciation

Noun

mina

  1. eye

References

Basque

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mina (mine), from French mine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Noun

mina inan

  1. lead (of a pencil)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

mina

  1. Short form of minatu (to mine).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mina/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /miɲa/
  • (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ina
  • (Southern) Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Adjective

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min (dear)

Noun

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min (pain)

Further reading

  • "mina" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • mina” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mina.

Pronunciation

Noun

mina f (plural mines)

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
  3. lead (of a pencil)
Related terms
Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

mina

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

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mina.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

Chickasaw

Adverb

mina

  1. always
  2. habitually

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

mīna

  1. (transitive) to shoot arrows, to pierce something

Synonyms

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (explosive device)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mina

  1. enamel, painting
    Synonym: emal
Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • mina”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Noun

mina f

  1. (explosive): mine

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Ese

Noun

mina

  1. size

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɑ/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Pronoun

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

  1. I (1st person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

  • Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, the short form ma is used.
  • Singular short forms of cases other than nominative, genitive and the locative cases exist, but they are considered nonstandard and dialectal, e.g. muga for the singular comitative.

Declension

Declension of mina
1st person singular plural
long short long short
nominative mina ma meie me
genitive minu mu meie me
partitive mind meid
illative minusse musse meisse
inessive minus mus meis
elative minust must meist
allative minule mulle meile
adessive minul mul meil
ablative minult mult meilt
translative minuks meieks meiks
terminative minuni meieni
essive minuna meiena
abessive minuta meieta
comitative minuga muga meiega

See also

Further reading

  • mina in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • mina”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • mina”, in Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (online version, in Estonian), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu mina.

Pronoun

mina

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

Finnish

Etymology

From a clipping of minuutti.

Pronunciation

Noun

mina (slang)

  1. minute

Declension

Inflection of mina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mina minat
genitive minan minojen
partitive minaa minoja
illative minaan minoihin
singular plural
nominative mina minat
accusative nom. mina minat
gen. minan
genitive minan minojen
minainrare
partitive minaa minoja
inessive minassa minoissa
elative minasta minoista
illative minaan minoihin
adessive minalla minoilla
ablative minalta minoilta
allative minalle minoille
essive minana minoina
translative minaksi minoiksi
abessive minatta minoitta
instructive minoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative minani minani
accusative nom. minani minani
gen. minani
genitive minani minojeni
minainirare
partitive minaani minojani
inessive minassani minoissani
elative minastani minoistani
illative minaani minoihini
adessive minallani minoillani
ablative minaltani minoiltani
allative minalleni minoilleni
essive minanani minoinani
translative minakseni minoikseni
abessive minattani minoittani
instructive
comitative minoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative minasi minasi
accusative nom. minasi minasi
gen. minasi
genitive minasi minojesi
minaisirare
partitive minaasi minojasi
inessive minassasi minoissasi
elative minastasi minoistasi
illative minaasi minoihisi
adessive minallasi minoillasi
ablative minaltasi minoiltasi
allative minallesi minoillesi
essive minanasi minoinasi
translative minaksesi minoiksesi
abessive minattasi minoittasi
instructive
comitative minoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative minamme minamme
accusative nom. minamme minamme
gen. minamme
genitive minamme minojemme
minaimmerare
partitive minaamme minojamme
inessive minassamme minoissamme
elative minastamme minoistamme
illative minaamme minoihimme
adessive minallamme minoillamme
ablative minaltamme minoiltamme
allative minallemme minoillemme
essive minanamme minoinamme
translative minaksemme minoiksemme
abessive minattamme minoittamme
instructive
comitative minoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative minanne minanne
accusative nom. minanne minanne
gen. minanne
genitive minanne minojenne
minainnerare
partitive minaanne minojanne
inessive minassanne minoissanne
elative minastanne minoistanne
illative minaanne minoihinne
adessive minallanne minoillanne
ablative minaltanne minoiltanne
allative minallenne minoillenne
essive minananne minoinanne
translative minaksenne minoiksenne
abessive minattanne minoittanne
instructive
comitative minoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative minansa minansa
accusative nom. minansa minansa
gen. minansa
genitive minansa minojensa
minainsarare
partitive minaansa minojaan
minojansa
inessive minassaan
minassansa
minoissaan
minoissansa
elative minastaan
minastansa
minoistaan
minoistansa
illative minaansa minoihinsa
adessive minallaan
minallansa
minoillaan
minoillansa
ablative minaltaan
minaltansa
minoiltaan
minoiltansa
allative minalleen
minallensa
minoilleen
minoillensa
essive minanaan
minanansa
minoinaan
minoinansa
translative minakseen
minaksensa
minoikseen
minoiksensa
abessive minattaan
minattansa
minoittaan
minoittansa
instructive
comitative minoineen
minoinensa

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

mina

  1. third-person singular past historic of miner

Anagrams

Galician

Mina da Perxubeira megalith

Etymology

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (ore, mine).

Pronunciation

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine
  2. barrow

References

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

Pronunciation

Verb

mina

  1. to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost
    Mina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai.
    I regret she did not graduate from school.
  2. to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost
    He mea mina ʻia ke keiki.
    A child is to be prized.

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “mina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Iban

Pronunciation

Conjunction

mina

  1. only
    Synonym: aja

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1

From English myna, from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. myna (Sturnidae).
    Synonyms: beo, jalak

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. fish.
    Synonym: ikan

Compounds

Etymology 3

From Arabic مِينَاء (mīnāʔ, port, harbour).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. port, harbor.
    Synonym: pelabuhan

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish , from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (ore, metal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: mì‧na

Noun

mina f (plural mine)

  1. mine, land mine
  2. lead in pencils
  3. mine which produces ore

Related terms

Anagrams

Jamamadí

Noun

mina

  1. (Banawá) morning

References

Japanese

Romanization

mina

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

Javanese

Romanization

mina

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦶꦤ

Kituba

Verb

mina

  1. to swallow

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas
  2. A Greek silver coin equal to 100 drachmas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gaulish *mēnā (ore, mine).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) ore, mine
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Clipping of hemina, from Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A dry measure equivalent to two bushels
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From minor (threaten).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) ambush

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mina minae
Genitive minae minārum
Dative minae minīs
Accusative minam minās
Ablative minā minīs
Vocative mina minae

See also

  • minae (battlements, peaks, threats)

References

Latvian

Verb

mina

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mīt

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

Pronoun

mina

  1. I

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

mina f (plural mini)

  1. tunnel

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

Pronunciation

Noun

mina

  1. desire; wish
  2. aspiration
  3. longing
  4. appetite

Verb

mina (passive minatia or minahia or minaia)

  1. to desire
  2. to feel an inclination
  3. to wish
  4. to have a craving for

References

  • mina” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Miskito

Noun

mina

  1. foot

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

Pronoun

miná

  1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

mina m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of mine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From mine.

Alternative forms

Verb

mina (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mina/min)

  1. to mine

Etymology 2

Noun

mina f

  1. definite singular of mine

References

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mīna or Vulgar Latin *mēna.

Pronunciation

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine

Phuthi

Verb

-mina

  1. to roll up, to fold up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mina

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. waterhole
Synonyms

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mina

  1. nest

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (ore, mine).

Noun

mina f

  1. mine (exploding device)
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mine, from Breton min (beak, muzzle).

Noun

mina f (diminutive minka)

  1. face, facial expression
Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

mina

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (ore, mine).

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
  2. (figuratively) fount
  3. mine (explosive)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

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

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat.

Verb

mina

  1. to like, love; be fond of, delight in
    Antonym: veia
    Ko mina au i te tupu o te tamāwine ia.
    I love that girl's face.
  2. to favour, prefer
    Na mina au i te manatunga a te tama ia.
    I prefer that man's suggestion.

Related terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French miner.

Verb

a mina (third-person singular present minează, past participle minat) 1st conj.

  1. to mine
  2. to undermine

Conjugation

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

mȋna f

  1. mine (exploding device)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. mína
gen. sing. míne
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
mína míni míne
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
míne mín mín
dative
(dajȃlnik)
míni mínama mínam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
míno míni míne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
míni mínah mínah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
míno mínama mínami

Further reading

  • mina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmina/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
  3. lead (of a pencil)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lunfardo, probably a contraction of Galician meniña (girl) or a contraction of Italian femmina (woman).

Noun

mina f (plural minas, masculine mino, masculine plural minos)

  1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, colloquial) woman
  2. (Argentina, slang) prostitute

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

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

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mina

  1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Noun

mina c

  1. mine; a device intended to explode when stepped upon, touched, or in proximity to a ship or vehicle.

Declension

Declension of mina 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mina minan minor minorna
Genitive minas minans minors minornas

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Ternate

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mina (subject clitic mo, possessive prefix mi, Jawi مين)

  1. (feminine) third-person singular pronoun, she

See also

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *miñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak. Compare Malay minyak.

Noun

mina

  1. oil (petroleum-based liquid)
  2. fat, grease

Tsonga

Pronoun

mina

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

Warlpiri

Noun

mina

  1. nest

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

miná

  1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

Inflection

Stem -mi
Full form miná
Locative kími
Full form miná
Locative kími
Copulative yími
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wámi ówámi
Class 2 bámi ábámi
Class 3 wámi ówámi
Class 4 yámi éyámi
Class 5 lámi élámi
Class 6 ámi áwámi
Class 7 sámi ésámi
Class 8 zámi ézámi
Class 9 yámi éyámi
Class 10 zámi ézámi
Class 11 lwámi ólwámi
Class 14 bámi óbámi
Class 15 kwámi ókwámi
Class 17 kwámi ókwámi

References