minna

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Estonian

Verb

minna

  1. Da-infinitive of minema.

Faroese

Verb

minna (third person singular past indicative minti, third person plural past indicative mint, supine mint)

  1. to remind

Conjugation

Conjugation of minna (group v-9nn)
infinitive minna
supine mint
present past
first singular minni minti
second singular minnir minti
third singular minnir minti
plural minna mintu
participle (a39)1 minnandi mintur
imperative
singular minn!
plural minnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

minna n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of minni

Etymology 2

Determiner

minna

  1. genitive plural of minn

Etymology 3

Verb

minna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative minnti, supine minnt)

  1. (impersonal) to cause to think/believe (idiomatically translated as "think, believe, seem to remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Mig minnir að svo sé.
    I seem to remember so.
    Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.
    I believe she knows programming.
  2. to remind
    Synonym: rifja upp
Usage notes
  • Even though the subject is usually in the accusative case (þolfallsfrumlag) it is occasionally used in the dative case (þágufallsfrumlag):
    Mér minnir.
    instead of
    Mig minnir.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

minna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みんな

Maltese

Pronunciation

Adverb

minna

  1. first-person plural pronominal form of minn: from us

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

minna n

  1. definite plural of minne

Verb

minna

  1. inflection of minne:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse minna, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

Alternative forms

  • minne (e and split infinitives)

Verb

minna (present tense minner, past tense minte, past participle mint, passive infinitive minnast, present participle minnande, imperative minn)

  1. to remind
    den fargen minner meg om haust
    that colour reminds me of fall
  2. (reflexive) return, reappear
    sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
    the illness may come back later

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

minna n

  1. definite plural of minne

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

Verb

minna

  1. to remind
  2. (impersonal) to remind, to cause to remember (idiomatically translated as "remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
  3. (reflexive) to remember, to call to mind
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: minna
  • Faroese: minna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne
  • Swedish: minna
  • Danish: minde

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

minna

  1. inflection of minni:
    1. masculine oblique singular
    2. neuter singular

Determiner

minna pl

  1. genitive plural of minn

Noun

minna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of minni
  2. infef genitive plural of minni

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. It should derive from a possibile earlier *minda or *mēnda. Compare, for more, minchia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmin.na/
  • Hyphenation: min‧na

Noun

minna f (plural minni)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial, mostly plural) tit, breast
    Mimma s'a-ritrova 'n paru di minni di chiḍḍi a nùmmiru unu.
    Mimma got such grade-a tits.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: minna (regional)

See also

Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈminːa/
  • Hyphenation: min‧na

Noun

minna f

  1. plural of mine

Declension

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “minna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department