mingi
English edit
Adjective edit
mingi (not comparable)
- 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, [sic] 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.
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Etymology 1 edit
Likely derived from mis + -gi. See also miski
Pronoun edit
mingi (genitive mingi, partitive mingit)
Declension edit
Declension of mingi (ÕS type 1e/veski, no gradation) | |||
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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 edit
mingi
- (colloquial) some, some kind of
- Ta on mingi tähtis tegelane.
- He's some important character.
Adverb edit
mingi (not comparable)
- (colloquial) about, approximately
- Tule mingi kell 5 kohale.
- Arrive at about 5 o'clock.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mingi
Italian edit
Verb edit
mingi
- inflection of mingere:
Kituba edit
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mingi
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mingi
Latin edit
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mingī
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mingi f pl
Swahili edit
Adjective edit
mingi