mina

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mina (plural minas)

  1. Alternative spelling of myna
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina (plural minas or minae)

  1. (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).
  2. (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.
Translations

References

  • mina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • “mina” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

mina f (plural mines)

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

Derived terms

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mina.

Pronunciation

Noun

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)

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish mina.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

Chickasaw

Adverb

mina

  1. always
  2. habitually

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (explosive device)

Etymology 2

Noun

mina

  1. enamel, painting
Declension

References

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

Czech

Noun

mina f

  1. (explosive): mine

Derived terms

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

Pronoun

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

  1. (personal) I

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Verb

mina

  1. third-person singular past historic of miner

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

mina f (plural mine)

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

Anagrams

Jamamadí

Noun

mina

  1. (Banawá) morning

References

Japanese

Romanization

mina

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

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

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mina minae
genitive minae minārum
dative minae minīs
accusative minam minās
ablative minā minīs
vocative mina minae

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *(eks)menā (“projection”), *menā, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out”). See Latin minor, mōns, mentum.

Noun

minae f pl (genitive minārum); first declension

  1. projecting points, pinnacles, battlements, parapets
  2. (figuratively) threats, menaces
Inflection

First declension.

Case Plural
nominative minae
genitive minārum
dative minīs
accusative minās
ablative minīs
vocative minae

Derived terms

References

  • mina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • mina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
    • (ambiguous) to use threats: minis uti
  • mina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • mina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Verb

mina

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

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

Pronoun

mina

  1. I

Miskito

Noun

mina

  1. foot

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

mina m, f

  1. definite feminine singular of mine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²miːnɑ/

Etymology 1

From mine.

Alternative forms

Verb

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 2

Noun

mina f

  1. definite singular of mine

References

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɐ]

Etymology 1

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Noun

mina

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. waterhole

Synonyms

Etymology 2

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Noun

mina

  1. nest

Polish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mina f

  1. mine (exploding device)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina f (diminutive minka)

  1. face, facial expression
Declension

Portuguese

mina

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

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

Etymology 2

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmíːna/
  • Tonal orthography: mȋna

Noun

mína f (genitive míne, nominative plural míne)

  1. mine (exploding device)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmina/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

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)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of minar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of minar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of minar.

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

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  • Pronoun: IPA(key): /ˈmiːˌna/
  • Noun: IPA(key): /ˈmiː.na/

Pronoun

mina

  1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Noun

mina c

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

Declension

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

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak.

Noun

mina

  1. oil (Petroleum-based liquid)

Warlpiri

Noun

mina

  1. nest

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːná/

Pronoun

miná

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

Inflection

Stem -mi
Full form miná
Locative kumi
Full form miná
Locative kumi
Copulative yimi
Possessive forms
Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wami owami
Class 2 bami abami
Class 3 wami owami
Class 4 yami eyami
Class 5 lami elami
Class 6 ami awami
Class 7 sami esami
Class 8 zami ezami
Class 9 yami eyami
Class 10 zami ezami
Class 11 lwami olwami
Class 14 bami obami
Class 15 kwami okwami
Class 17 kwami okwami

References

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