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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling

⟨mi2na⟩ → */mɨna//mina/

From Old Japanese.

Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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みな (mina

  1. everyone, everybody
  2. all, everything
Usage notes
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Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.

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Etymology 2

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Alternative spelling

From Old Japanese (mi₁na), from Proto-Japonic *mina.

Pronunciation

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  • Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: [1]

Noun

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みな (mina

  1. [from early 900s] (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialectal) synonym of 川蜷 (kawanina, melanian snail (Semisulcospira libertina))

Etymology 3

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Other various kanji spellings.

Proper noun

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みな (Mina

  1. 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: a female given name

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典 第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

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Noun

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みな (mi2na)

  1. : everybody, everyone