minga
See also: Minga
English edit
Etymology edit
From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (“ants”). Compare emmet.
Noun edit
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 edit
Barngarla edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
minga
- 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
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
Bulu (Cameroon) edit
Noun edit
minga (plural binga)
- 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)
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
- inflection of mingere:
Anagrams edit
Pitjantjatjara edit
Noun edit
minga
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
minga
- inflection of mingar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
minga f (plural mingas)
- (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)
- (Spain, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
Etymology 3 edit
Interjection edit
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.
References edit
Further reading edit
- “minga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014