See also: Minga

English edit

Etymology edit

From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (ants). Compare emmet.

Noun edit

minga (plural minga)

  1. (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 edit

Barngarla edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

minga

  1. a shrub growing on the sandy coast, and bearing a pod similar to French beans

Usage notes edit

cf. mingga "sore, sick, ill"

References edit

Bulu (Cameroon) edit

Noun edit

minga (plural binga)

  1. woman (adult female human)

Garo edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (to name, call). Analyzable as /ming-/ + -a.

Verb edit

minga (transitive)

  1. to name, call by one's personal name (as opposed to one's family name)

See also edit

References edit

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 234

Italian edit

Verb edit

minga

  1. inflection of mingere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams edit

Pitjantjatjara edit

Noun edit

minga

  1. ant

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

minga

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɡa/ [ˈmĩŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -inɡa
  • Syllabification: min‧ga

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Quechua mink'a.

Noun edit

minga f (plural mingas)

  1. (South America) collective work

Etymology 2 edit

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 edit

minga f (plural mingas)

  1. (Spain, vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Italian mica.

Interjection edit

minga

  1. (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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