mini

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ.ni/
  • Homophone: many (pin-pen merger)

Etymology 1

From the prefix mini-.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Anagrams

• IINM, imin

Alternative forms

• mine

Etymology

From Latin mē, possibly through Vulgar Latin mēne (a root), or through analogy with tsini, from *quene, from quem. Compare Romanian mine, also Dalmatian main.

Pronoun

mini

1. I
2. me

Noun

mini

1. water

Further reading

• Deng Gideon Kol, John Majok Matuek, Tim Stirtz, Beli Dictionary (Juba, SIL-South Sudan, 2013)

Verb

mini

1. third-person singular imperative form of minar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of minar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of minar

Alternative forms

• mni (Yankton)

Noun

mini

1. water

Noun

minꜝi

1. water

References

• Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ekpeye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni/

Adjective

mini (feminine singular minie, masculine plural minis, feminine plural minies)

1. small; tiny

Adverb

mini

1. (colloquial) minimum; minimally

Further reading

• “mini” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• miri, midi (older forms)

Noun

mini

1. water

References

• Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (but see also )
• Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians, by W. Matthews (1877), noting "the interchangeability of certain lingual and labial sounds in the Hidatsa": "mini or midi"

Etymology

From English mini.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmini]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni

Adjective

mini (comparative minibb, superlative legminibb)

1. small, tiny

Noun

mini (plural minik)

1. miniskirt

References

Noun

mini f (invariable)

1. miniskirt

Verb

mini

1. second-person singular present indicative of minare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of minare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of minare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of minare
5. third-person singular imperative of minare

Verb

mini

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of minēt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of minēt

Verb

mini

1. 2nd person singular past indicative form of mīt

Noun

mini

1. water

References

• Will and Spinden, The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language

Noun

mini

1. water

Reference

• Roger Blench, A Dictionary of Ọgbà, an Igboid Language of Southern Nigeria (2005)

Adjective

mini (plural minis)

1. mini

Noun

mini

1. water

Reference

• Kambari survey entry 2 - Scanned Wordlist Files: Kambari of Niger and Kebbi states, Nigeria, page 10