menda

See also: ménda, meṇḍa, mendą, and Menda

Basque

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menda/ [mẽn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -enda, -a
• Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

menda inan

1. (botany) mint

Declension

Declension of menda (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	menda	menda	mendak	mendok
ergative	mendak	mendak	mendek	mendok
dative	mendari	mendari	mendei	mendoi
genitive	mendaren	mendaren	menden	mendon
comitative	mendarekin	mendarekin	mendekin	mendokin
causative	mendarengatik	mendarengatik	mendengatik	mendongatik
benefactive	mendarentzat	mendarentzat	mendentzat	mendontzat
instrumental	mendaz	mendaz	mendez	mendotaz
innesive	mendatan	mendan	mendetan	mendotan
locative	mendatako	mendako	mendetako	mendotako
allative	mendatara	mendara	mendetara	mendotara
terminative	mendataraino	mendaraino	mendetaraino	mendotaraino
directive	mendatarantz	mendarantz	mendetarantz	mendotarantz
destinative	mendatarako	mendarako	mendetarako	mendotarako
ablative	mendatatik	mendatik	mendetatik	mendotatik
partitive	mendarik	—	—	—
prolative	mendatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “menda”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “menda”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Caló

Pronoun

menda

1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

References

• “menda” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 61.
• Francisco Quindalé (1867), “menda”, in Diccionario gitano‎^[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio
• “menda” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Galician

Verb

menda

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Hyphenation: mèn‧da

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin menda.

Noun

menda f (plural mende)

1. (literary) mistake, error

   Synonyms: difetto, errore

2. (literary, obsolete) sin

   Synonym: peccato

Further reading

• menda¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Deverbal from mendare (“to amend, correct”) +‎ -a.

Noun

menda f (plural mende)

1. (obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation

   Synonyms: ammenda, indennità

Further reading

• menda² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

menda

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• mendum

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“physical defect, fault”), same source as Old Irish mennar (“blemish, stain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛn.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛn.da]

Noun

menda f (genitive mendae); first declension

1. defect, blemish (on the body)
2. mistake, error, blunder

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	menda	mendae
genitive	mendae	mendārum
dative	mendae	mendīs
accusative	mendam	mendās
ablative	mendā	mendīs
vocative	menda	mendae

Derived terms

• mendicus

Related terms

• mendāx
• mendum

Descendants

• Sicilian: sminnari (from *exmendare)

References

• “menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "menda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “menda”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /mənˈda/ [mənˈda]

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /mənˈdə/ [mənˈdə]

Adverb

menda

1. apheretic form of amenda

   Alternative form: mende (schwa-variety pronunciation spelling)

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• minda

Noun

menda

1. ram
2. sheep

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mena/, [mẽˈⁿda]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

menda

1. wedding

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “menda”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 62, column 2

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of mendoweszka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

menda f

1. (dated) pubic louse
2. (derogatory) scum, scoundrel

Declension

Declension of menda

	singular	plural
nominative	menda	mendy
genitive	mendy	mend
dative	mendzie	mendom
accusative	mendę	mendy
instrumental	mendą	mendami
locative	mendzie	mendach
vocative	mendo	mendy

Derived terms

verb

• mendzić

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló menda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenda/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -enda
• Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

menda m (plural mendas)

1. (colloquial) guy, dude, geezer
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 109:

     —Pero qué pasa, menda, si sólo es un porrito, tronco —protesta Manolo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Pronoun

menda

1. yours truly, muggins

   Synonym: menda lerenda

Further reading

• “menda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025