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English
Etymology
From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (“ants”). Compare emmet.
Noun
minga (plural minga)
- (Central Australia, derogatory) A tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.
2004, Australia, →ISBN, page 10:To have Uluru interpreted by an Anangu guide is far more fulfilling than trailing after the minga, or "ants", as those who show their disrespect by climbing the sacred monolith are called.
2008, Frommer's Australia:It's easy to see why local Aborigines refer to these intruders as minga—or little ants.
2009, Rolf Potts, Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer, →ISBN, page 127:I, too, have come to central Australia as a minga tjuta, though I'm not here to scale the slopes of Uluru.
2018, Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:At the end of her patrol yesterday arvo, Ruby went into the crater and found a group of minga off track.
Anagrams
Barngarla
Pronunciation
Noun
minga
- a shrub growing on the sandy coast, and bearing a pod similar to French beans
Usage notes
cf. mingga "sore, sick, ill"
References
Bulu (Cameroon)
Noun
minga (plural binga)
- woman (adult female human)
Garo
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“to name, call”). Analyzable as /ming-/ + -a.
Verb
minga (transitive)
- to name, call by one's personal name (as opposed to one's family name)
See also
References
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 234
Italian
Verb
minga
- inflection of mingere:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Pitjantjatjara
Noun
minga
- ant
Portuguese
Verb
minga
- inflection of mingar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈminɡa/
- Rhymes: -inɡa
- Syllabification: min‧ga
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Quechua mink'a.
Noun
minga f (plural mingas)
- (South America) collective work
Etymology 2
First attested in 1627. Of unclear origin, but similar to the synonym pinga. Possibly derived from the latter. Sometimes considered to derive from Latin mingere (“urinate”), but the considerable time-gap and lack of Romance cognates argue against it.
Noun
minga f (plural mingas)
- (Spain, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Italian mica.
Interjection
minga
- (Argentina, slang) no way; fuck off
Ese juguete es mío. ― ¡Minga! El que lo encuentra, se lo queda.- That toy is mine. ― No way! Finders keepers.
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