mingi

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See also: mingí and miŋgi

English

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Adjective

mingi (not comparable)

  1. Among certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
    • 1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75:
      Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.
    • 1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, page 179:
      When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women when her breasts are cut off.

Usage notes

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology 1

Likely derived from mis +‎ -gi. See also miski

Pronoun

mingi (genitive mingi, partitive mingit)

  1. some, some kind of
    Mingi jõud tõi ta tagasi.
    Some kind of force brought him back.
Declension
Declension of mingi (ÕS type 1e/veski, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative mingi mingid
accusative nom.
gen. mingi
genitive mingite
partitive mingit mingeid
illative mingisse mingitesse
mingeisse
inessive mingis mingites
mingeis
elative mingist mingitest
mingeist
allative mingile mingitele
mingeile
adessive mingil mingitel
mingeil
ablative mingilt mingitelt
mingeilt
translative mingiks mingiteks
mingeiks
terminative mingini mingiteni
essive mingina mingitena
abessive mingita mingiteta
comitative mingiga mingitega

Determiner

mingi

  1. (colloquial) some, some kind of
    Ta on mingi tähtis tegelane.
    He's some important character.

Adverb

mingi (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) about, approximately
    Tule mingi kell 5 kohale.
    Arrive at about 5 o'clock.

Etymology 2

Noun

mingi

  1. genitive singular of mink

Italian

Verb

mingi

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

Kituba

Adverb

mingi

  1. many

Kongo

Adverb

mingi

  1. many

Latin

Verb

mingī

  1. present passive infinitive of mingō

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

mingi f pl

  1. plural of minge (“balls”)

Swahili

Adjective

mingi

  1. Mi class inflected form of -ingi.
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