Wiktionary

mina

See also: Mina, mína, miná, miña, minā, mină, minä, miną, -mina, and mīna

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا‎ (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

NounEdit

mina (plural minas)

  1. Alternative spelling of myna
TranslationsEdit
myna — see myna

Etymology 2Edit

 
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Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה‎ (māne), as well as maund.

NounEdit

mina (plural minas or minae)

  2. (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]
    • 1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174,
      What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).
  4. (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent. [From 16th C.]
    • 1999, Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh, VI:
      Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.
TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

A-PucikwarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Great Andamanese *muən.

NounEdit

mina

  1. brains
  2. dirt
  3. matter
  4. pus

ReferencesEdit

AsturianEdit

 
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NounEdit

mina f (plural mines)

  1. mine (e.g. diamond mine)
  2. mine (explosive)
  3. lead (of pencil)

Derived termsEdit

BarngarlaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. eye

ReferencesEdit

BasqueEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Spanish mina (“mine”), from French mine.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina inan

  1. lead (of a pencil)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mina (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive mina mina minak
ergative minak minak minek
dative minari minari minei
genitive minaren minaren minen
comitative minarekin minarekin minekin
causative minarengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minarentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minaz minaz minez
inessive minatan minan minetan
locative minatako minako minetako
allative minatara minara minetara
terminative minataraino minaraino minetaraino
directive minatarantz minarantz minetarantz
destinative minatarako minarako minetarako
ablative minatatik minatik minetatik
partitive minarik — —
prolative minatzat — —
Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

mina

  1. Short form of minatu.

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): (Southern) /miɲa/, [mi.ɲa]
  • IPA(key): (Northern) /mina/, [mi.na]

AdjectiveEdit

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min

NounEdit

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min

Further readingEdit

  • "mina" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “mina” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mina.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina f (plural mines)

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
  3. lead (of a pencil)

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish mina.

NounEdit

mina

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

ChickasawEdit

AdverbEdit

mina

  1. always
  2. habitually

Classical NahuatlEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mīna

  1. (transitive) to shoot arrows, to pierce something

SynonymsEdit

Crimean TatarEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French mine.

NounEdit

mina

  1. mine (explosive device)

Etymology 2Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

mina

  1. enamel, painting
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mina
nominative mina
genitive minanıñ
dative minağa
accusative minanı
locative minada
ablative minadan

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

CzechEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪna]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

NounEdit

mina f

  1. (explosive): mine

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mina
singular plural
nominative mina miny
genitive miny min
dative mině minám
accusative minu miny
vocative mino miny
locative mině minách
instrumental minou minami

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • mina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

EseEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. size

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɑ/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

PronounEdit

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

  1. I (1st person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notesEdit

  • Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, the short form ma is used.
  • Singular short forms of cases other than nominative, genitive and the locative cases exist, but they are considered nonstandard and dialectal, e.g. muga for the singular comitative.

DeclensionEdit

declension of mina
1st person singular
nominative mina (ma)
genitive minu (mu)
partitive mind
illative minusse (musse)
inessive minus (mus)
elative minust (must)
allative minule (mulle)
adessive minul (mul)
ablative minult (mult)
translative minuks
terminative minuni
essive minuna
abessive minuta
comitative minuga

See alsoEdit

Estonian personal pronouns
singular plural
long short long short
1st person mina ma meie me
2nd person familiar sina sa teie te
polite teie te
3rd person animate tema ta nemad nad
inanimate see need

Further readingEdit

FanagaloEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Zulu mina.

PronounEdit

mina

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a clipping of minuutti.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɑ/, [ˈminɑ]
  • Rhymes: -inɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mi‧na

NounEdit

mina

  1. (slang) minute

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of mina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mina minat
genitive minan minojen
partitive minaa minoja
illative minaan minoihin
singular plural
nominative mina minat
accusative nom. mina minat
gen. minan
genitive minan minojen
minainrare
partitive minaa minoja
inessive minassa minoissa
elative minasta minoista
illative minaan minoihin
adessive minalla minoilla
ablative minalta minoilta
allative minalle minoille
essive minana minoina
translative minaksi minoiksi
instructive — minoin
abessive minatta minoitta
comitative — minoineen
Possessive forms of mina (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person minani minamme
2nd person minasi minanne
3rd person minansa

SynonymsEdit

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

mina

  1. third-person singular past historic of miner

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

 
Mina da Perxubeira megalith

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine
  2. barrow

ReferencesEdit

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/, [ˈminə]

VerbEdit

mina

  1. to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost
    Mina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai.
    I regret she did not graduate from school.
  2. to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost
    He mea mina ʻia ke keiki.
    A child is to be prized.

ReferencesEdit

  • “mina” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmina]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1Edit

From English myna, from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا‎ (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

NounEdit

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. myna (Sturnidae).
    Synonyms: beo, jalak

Etymology 2Edit

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna).

NounEdit

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. fish.
    Synonym: ikan

CompoundsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Arabic مِينَاء‎ (mīnāʔ, “port, harbour”).

NounEdit

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. port, harbor.
    Synonym: pelabuhan

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *mēnis (“ore, metal”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mì‧na

NounEdit

mina f (plural mine)

  1. mine, land mine
  2. lead in pencils
  3. mine which produces ore

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

JamamadíEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. (Banawá) morning

ReferencesEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

mina

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

JavaneseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit मीन (mīna, “fish”).

NounEdit

mina (kawi mina)

  1. (literary) fish
    Synonym: iwak

ReferencesEdit

  • “[ mina]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

NounEdit

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas
  2. A Greek silver coin equal to 100 drachmas

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

NounEdit

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) ore, mine
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of hemina, from Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína).

NounEdit

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A dry measure equivalent to two bushels
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

From minor (“threaten”).

NounEdit

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) ambush

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mina minae
Genitive minae minārum
Dative minae minīs
Accusative minam minās
Ablative minā minīs
Vocative mina minae

See alsoEdit

  • minae (“battlements, peaks, threats”)

ReferencesEdit

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

mina

  1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of mīt
  2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of mīt

LudianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

PronounEdit

mina

  1. I

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina f (plural mini)

  1. tunnel

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. desire; wish
  2. aspiration
  3. longing
  4. appetite

VerbEdit

mina (passive minatia or minahia or minaia)

  1. to desire
  2. to feel an inclination
  3. to wish
  4. to have a craving for

ReferencesEdit

  • “mina” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

MiskitoEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. foot

Northern NdebeleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

PronounEdit

miná

  1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

mina m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of mine

Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From mine.

Alternative formsEdit

VerbEdit

mina (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mina/min)

  1. to mine

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

mina f

  1. definite singular of mine

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *mīna or Vulgar Latin *mēna.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine

PhuthiEdit

VerbEdit

-mina

  1. to roll up, to fold up

InflectionEdit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

PitjantjatjaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

NounEdit

mina

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. waterhole
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

NounEdit

mina

  1. nest

PolishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

NounEdit

mina f

  1. mine (exploding device)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mina
singular plural
nominative mina miny
genitive miny min
dative minie minom
accusative minę miny
instrumental miną minami
locative minie minach
vocative mino miny

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French mine, from Breton min (“beak, muzzle”).

NounEdit

mina f (diminutive minka)

  1. face, facial expression
DeclensionEdit
Declension of mina
singular plural
nominative mina miny
genitive miny min
dative minie minom
accusative minę miny
instrumental miną minami
locative minie minach
vocative mino miny

Further readingEdit

  • mina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

 
mina

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1Edit

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
  2. (figuratively) fount
  3. mine (explosive)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas)

  1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal

PukapukanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat.

VerbEdit

mina

  1. to like, love; be fond of, delight in
    Ko mina au i te tupu o te tamāwine ia.
    I love that girl's face.
    Antonym: veia
  2. to favour, prefer
    Na mina au i te manatunga a te tama ia.
    I prefer that man's suggestion.

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French miner.

VerbEdit

a mina (third-person singular present minează, past participle minat) 1st conj.

  1. to mine
  2. to undermine

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of mina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a mina
gerund minând
past participle minat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present minez minezi minează minăm minați minează
imperfect minam minai mina minam minați minau
simple perfect minai minași mină minarăm minarăți minară
pluperfect minasem minaseși minase minaserăm minaserăți minaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să minez să minezi să mineze să minăm să minați să mineze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative minează minați
negative nu mina nu minați

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mȋna f

  1. mine (exploding device)

InflectionEdit

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. mína
gen. sing. míne
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		mína míni míne
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		míne mín mín
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		míni mínama mínam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		míno míni míne
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		míni mínah mínah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		míno mínama mínami

Further readingEdit

  • “mina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French mine.

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
  3. lead (of a pencil)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Lunfardo, probably a contraction of Galician meniña (“girl”) or a contraction of Italian femmina (“woman”).

NounEdit

mina f (plural minas, masculine mino, masculine plural minos)

  1. (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial) woman
  2. (Argentina, slang) prostitute

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

mina

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

Further readingEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mina

  1. (possessive) Plural of min

DeclensionEdit

Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

NounEdit

mina c

  1. mine; a device intended to explode when stepped upon, touched, or in proximity to a ship or vehicle.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mina 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mina minan minor minorna
Genitive minas minans minors minornas

Derived termsEdit

TernateEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mina (subject clitic mo, possessive prefix mi, Jawi مين‎)

  1. (feminine) third-person singular pronoun, she

See alsoEdit

Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

ReferencesEdit

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *miñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak. Compare Malay minyak.

NounEdit

mina

  1. oil (petroleum-based liquid)
  2. fat, grease

TsongaEdit

PronounEdit

mina

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

WarlpiriEdit

NounEdit

mina

  1. nest

ZuluEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

miná

  1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

InflectionEdit

Stem -mi
Full form miná
Locative kími
Full form miná
Locative kími
Copulative yími
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wámi ówámi
Class 2 bámi ábámi
Class 3 wámi ówámi
Class 4 yámi éyámi
Class 5 lámi élámi
Class 6 ámi áwámi
Class 7 sámi ésámi
Class 8 zámi ézámi
Class 9 yámi éyámi
Class 10 zámi ézámi
Class 11 lwámi ólwámi
Class 14 bámi óbámi
Class 15 kwámi ókwámi
Class 17 kwámi ókwámi

ReferencesEdit

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