mina

See also Mina, minä, mīna, and minā

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi maina "starling", from Sanskrit madana.

Noun

mina (plural minas)

1. The myna bird.

Translations

myna — see myna

Etymology 2

From Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (“mna”). Compare maneh, from Classical Hebrew מָנֶה (“mane”), as well as maund, ultimately from Arabic مَنّ (“mann”)

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 libary 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

monetary unit

• French: mine (fr) f

unit of weight

• French: mine (fr) f

References

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

Anagrams

• Amin
• iman
• main, Main
• mani
• NAMI

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Asturian

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Noun

mina f (plural mines)

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

Derived terms

• mineru

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Catalan

Noun

mina f (plural mines)

1. mine
2. lead (of a pencil)

Related terms

• minador
• miner
• mineral
• mineria

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Chickasaw

Adverb

mina

1. always
2. habitually

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

French mine.

Noun

mina

1. mine (explosive device).

Etymology 2

Noun

mina

1. enamel, painting.

Declension

    declension of mina

nominative	mina
genitive	minanıñ
dative	minağa
accusative	minanı
locative	minada
ablative	minadan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Czech

Noun

mina f

1. (explosive): mine

Derived terms

• minové pole
• podminovat
• zaminovat

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Estonian

Pronoun

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

1. (personal) I

Declension

Declension of mina
Case	Singular	Plural
Grammatical cases
Nominative	mina / ma	meie / me
Genitive	minu / mu	meie
Partitive	mind	meid
Locative cases
Illative	minusse / musse	meisse
Inessive	minus / mus	meis
Elative	minust / must	meist
Allative	minule / mulle	meile
Adessive	minul / mul	meil
Ablative	minult / mult	meilt
Other cases
Translative	minuks	meieks
Terminative	minuni	meieni
Essive	minuna	meiena
Abessive	minuta	meieta
Comitative	minuga	meiega

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mi.na/, X-SAMPA: /mi.na/
• Homophones: minas, minât

Verb

mina

1. third-person singular past historic of miner

Anagrams

• main

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Italian

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Etymology

From Late Latin.

Noun

mina f (plural mine)

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

Related terms

• minare
• minerale
• miniera

Anagrams

• amni, iman, mani

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Japanese

Romanization

mina

1. See みな

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Latin

Noun

mina (genitive minae); f, first declension

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

Inflection

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

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Livonian

Pronoun

mina (long form of ma). Written as minā in a 2005 Livonian ABC.

1. (personal) I

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Miskito

Noun

mina

1. foot

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Pitjantjatjara

Etymology 1

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Noun

mina

1. water
2. rain

Etymology 2

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Noun

mina

1. nest

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Polish

Etymology 1

From French mine, from Vulgar Latin *mina, from Celtic *meina.

Noun

mina f

1. mine (exploding device)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina f

1. face, facial expression

Declension

    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

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Portuguese

mina

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

• (place) Minas Gerais
• (explosive) mina terrestre

Related terms

• minar, minerar, mineiro, mineração

Etymology 2

From Lunfardo.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. (slang) (Brazil) girl, "gal"

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Slovene

Noun

mina f

1. mine (exploding device)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at mine. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mina in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From French mine

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine
2. lead (of a pencil)

Verb

mina (infinitive minar)

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.

Related terms

• minería
• minero

Etymology 2

From Lunfardo.

Noun

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

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• Pronoun: IPA: ˈmiːˌna
• Noun: IPA: ˈmiː.na

Pronoun

mina

1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår	vårt	våra
2nd person	ni	er	er	ert	era
3rd person	de	dem	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig	sin	sitt	sina

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
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mina	minan	minor	minorna
genitive	minas	minans	minors	minornas

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Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak.

Noun

mina

1. oil (Petroleum-based liquid)

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Warlpiri

Noun

mina

1. nest

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Zulu

Pronoun

mina (combining stem -mi)

1. I, me

See also

1st person singular concords^[edit]

Full noun prefix:	–
Basic noun prefix:	–
Subject concord:	ngi-
Object concord:	-ngi-
Possessive concord:	–
Adjective concord:	engimu-1, engim-
Relative concord:	engi-
Pronoun:	mina, -mi
1 With single-syllable adjectives.
See Appendix:Zulu concords for a full table.