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mena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mena"

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīna, *mēna, from Gaulish *meina (“mineral, ore”). Doublet of mina<t:mine>. First attested in 1185.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mena f (plural menes)

  1. (mineralogy) ore
  2. sort, kind, type
    Synonyms: classe, espècie, tipus
  3. (nautical) strand (of a rope)
  4. (nautical) thickness, size (especially of a rope)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mena f (plural menes)

  1. (colloquial, Balearic) lie, falsehood

Noun edit

mena m or f by sense (plural menes)

  1. (colloquial, Balearic) liar

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mena

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

Further reading edit

French edit

Verb edit

mena

  1. third-person singular past historic of mener

Anagrams edit

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

mēna

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰

Hausa edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /méː.nàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [méː.nàː]

Noun edit

mēnā̀ f (possessed form mēnàr̃)

  1. dama gazelle

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mena f (plural mene)

  1. plot, conspiracy
    Synonyms: complotto, trama, intrigo, macchinazione

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mena

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

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 mena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mena (infinitive kũmena)

  1. to dislike, to despise

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

Related terms edit

(Nouns)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 29.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Kituba edit

Verb edit

mena

  1. to grow (as plants do)

Lithuanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mẽna

  1. third-person singular present of miñti
  2. third-person plural present of miñti

Malagasy edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio(file)

Adjective edit

mena

  1. red
  2. (dialectal, Bara, figuratively) angry

See also edit

Colors in Malagasy · volo (layout · text)
     fotsy      volombatolalaka ; vatolalaka      mainty ; ngaly
             mena ; horàka; menapina ; jaky ; dorehitra              haboka ; heza; fiana ; manja ; lañary              vony ; hasaka
                          maitso             
                                       manga
             volomparasy ; katso ; lalena; angana              volomparasy ; katso ; lalena              mavokely

Murui Huitoto edit

Murui Huitoto numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: mena
    Adverbial: menakaño

Etymology edit

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mena and Nüpode Huitoto mena.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛna]
  • Hyphenation: me‧na

Numeral edit

mena

  1. two

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 176
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 148

Occitan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Languedocien)(file)

Noun edit

mena f (plural menas)

  1. type, sort, kind
    Synonyms: sòrta, espècia
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading edit

  • Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[5], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 638.

Old Swedish edit

Verb edit

mena

  1. to mean

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mēna (weak)
present past
infinitive mēna —
participle mēnandi, mēnande mēnder
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnir mēni, mēne —   mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
þū mēnir mēni, mēne mēn mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
han mēnir mēni, mēne —   mēndi, mēnde mēndi, mēnde
vīr mēnum, mēnom mēnum, mēnom mēnum, mēnom mēndum, mēndom mēndum, mēndom
īr mēnin mēnin mēnin mēndin mēndin
þēr mēna mēnin —   mēndu, mēndo mēndin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
þū mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
han mēnis mēnis, mēnes —   mēndis, mēndes mēndis, mēndes
vīr mēnums, mēnoms mēnums, mēnoms —   mēndums, mēndoms mēndums, mēndoms
īr mēnins mēnins —   mēndins mēndins
þēr mēnas mēnins —   mēndus, mēndos mēndins

Verb edit

mēna

  2. (transitive with accusative) to harm
  3. to hinder, prevent
  4. to forbid, prohibit

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mēna (weak)
present past
infinitive mēna —
participle mēnandi, -e mēnaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnar mēni, -e — mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
þū mēnar mēni, -e mēna mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
han mēnar mēni, -e — mēnaþi, -e mēnaþi, -e
vīr mēnum, -om mēnum, -om mēnum, -om mēnaþum, -om mēnaþum, -om
īr mēnin mēnin mēnin mēnaþin mēnaþin
þēr mēna mēnin — mēnaþu, -o mēnaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
þū mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
han mēnas mēnis, -es — mēnaþis, -es mēnaþis, -es
vīr mēnums, -oms mēnums, -oms — mēnaþums, -oms mēnaþums, -oms
īr mēnins mēnins — mēnaþins mēnaþins
þēr mēnas mēnins — mēnaþus, -os mēnaþins

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *men, from Proto-Tupian *men.[1][2]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ména.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mena (possessable)

  1. husband (male partner in marriage)
    Coordinate term: emirekó (“wife”)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: mena

References edit

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎[2], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204

Further reading edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /měːna/
  • Hyphenation: me‧na

Noun edit

ména f (Cyrillic spelling ме́на)

  1. change
    Synonyms: prȍmena, ȉzmena
  2. phase
  3. lunation

Declension edit

Declension of mena
singular plural
nominative ména mene
genitive mene mȇnā
dative meni menama
accusative menu mene
vocative meno mene
locative meni menama
instrumental menom menama

References edit

  • “mena” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

mena f (genitive singular meny, nominative plural meny, genitive plural mien, declension pattern of žena)

  1. currency (finance)
Declension edit
Declension of mena
singular plural
nominative mena meny
genitive meny mien
dative mene menám
accusative menu meny
locative mene menách
instrumental menou menami
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

mena n

  1. genitive singular of meno

Further reading edit

  • “mena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Sotho edit

Verb edit

mena

  1. to fold
    Synonym: phutha

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmena/ [ˈme.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: me‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

mena f (plural menas)

  1. ore

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mena m or f by sense (plural menas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of MENA

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mena

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

Further reading edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, meinen (compare Icelandic meina, Danish mene), from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mein-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mena (present menar, preterite menade, supine menat, imperative mena)

  1. to mean; to convey, or to want to convey
  2. to mean; to be of the opinion that or to have as one's conviction
  3. to mean; to have as one's intention

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of mena (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive mena menas
Supine menat menats
Imperative mena —
Imper. plural1 menen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative menar menade menas menades
Ind. plural1 mena menade menas menades
Subjunctive2 mene menade menes menades
Participles
Present participle menande
Past participle menad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms edit

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