minna

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnːa/
• Rhymes: -ɪnːa

Noun

minna n

1. indefinite genitive plural of minni

Pronoun

minna

1. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive masculine of minn
2. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive feminine of minn
3. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive neuter of minn

Verb

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

1. (impersonal, with accusative) to seem to remember, to think something is, to believe

   Mig minnir að svo sé.

   I seem to remember so.

   Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.

   I believe she knows programming.

2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to remind

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

Synonyms

• (remind): rifja upp

Derived terms

• minna einhvern á eitthvað (to remind somebody of something)
• minnast einhvers (to recollect something, to remember something)
• minnast á eitthvað (to mention something)

Anagrams

• manni

Japanese

Romanization

minna

1. Rōmaji transcription of みんな

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.na/
• Homophone: minnha

Adverb

minna

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (noun) minnene
• (verb) minnet
• (verb) minte (simple past)
• (verb) mint (past participle)

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

Related terms

• minnast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

minna n

1. definite plural of minne

References

• “minna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

Verb

minna

1. (ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to remind of
2. (impersonal, ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to remember
3. (reflexive, transitive, with genitive) to remember, call to mind

Conjugation

Descendants

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

References

• “minna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• menna

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

Related 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