miniti

Chichewa

Etymology

Borrowed from English minute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /míˈni.ti/

Noun

míniti class 9 (plural mamíniti class 6)

1. minute (unit of time)

Synonyms

• mphindi

Farefare

Etymology

From French minute (“minute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mí.ní.tí/

Noun

miniti (plural minitidõma)

1. minute

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English minute.

Noun

miniti

1. minute (time period of sixty seconds)

   Coordinate terms: sekodi, aua

   E lima na miniti ga e vo.

   There's only five minutes left.

   Waraka vakadua na miniti.

   Wait one minute.

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “miniti”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 170
• Schütz, Albert J.; Komaitai, Rusiate T. with Yasuda, Ayako (1968), Lessons in Fijian‎^[2], Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Kongo

Etymology

Borrowed from French minute.

Noun

miniti

1. minute

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from French minute.

Noun

miniti

1. minute

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *minǫti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minìːti/, /miníːti/

Verb

minīti pf

1. to pass (of time)
2. to come to an end

Conjugation

-niti -nem
infinitive	minīti
1st singular	mīnem
infinitive	minīti			minit
supine	—
verbal noun	—
	participle			converb
present	—			—
past	—			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	minȋł		minīla		minȋlo
dual	minȋla		minȋli		minȋli
plural	minȋli		minȋle		minȋla
	present			imperative
1st singular	mīnem			—
2nd singular	mīneš			míni
3rd singular	mīne			—
1st dual	mīneva			minȋva
2nd dual	mīneta			minȋta
3rd dual	mīneta			—
1st plural	mīnemo			minȋmo
2nd plural	mīnete			minȋte
3rd plural	mīnejo			—

Derived terms

• preminīti

Further reading

• “miniti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026