mina

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

mina (plural minas)

1. Alternative spelling of myna

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

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.

• mina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “mina” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• Amin, Iman, Main, Mani, Mian, NAMI, Naim, iman, main, mani

mina f (plural mines)

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

• mineru

From Latin mina.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/

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)

• “mina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Spanish mina.

mina

1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

mina

1. always
2. habitually

Borrowed from French mine.

mina

1. mine (explosive device)

mina

1. enamel, painting

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

mina f

1. (explosive): mine

• minové pole
• podminovat
• zaminovat

mina

1. size

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

1. (personal) I

• IPA^(key): /ˈminɑ/, [ˈminɑ]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina

1. (slang) minute

• minuutti

• main, mani, nami

• IPA^(key): /mi.na/
• Homophones: minas, minât

mina

1. third-person singular past historic of miner

• main

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine

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

mina f (plural mine)

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

• minare
• minerale
• miniera

• amni, iman, mani

mina

1. (Banawá) morning

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

mina

1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

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

First declension.

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

minae f pl (genitive minārum); first declension

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

First declension.

• minor

• 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

mina

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

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

mina

1. I

mina

1. foot

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

miná

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

• minen

mina m or f

1. definite feminine singular of mine

• IPA^(key): /²miːnɑ/

From mine.

• mine

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

mina f

1. definite singular of mine

• “mina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɐ]

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mina

1. water
2. rain
3. waterhole

• kapi
• kumpuli

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mina

1. nest

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʲi.na/

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

mina f

1. mine (exploding device)

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

mina f (diminutive minka)

1. face, facial expression

• mina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

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

mina f (plural minas)

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

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

• minar, minerar, mineiro, mineração

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

mina f (plural minas)

1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal

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

mína f (genitive míne, nominative plural míne)

1. mine (exploding device)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

Borrowed from French mine.

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)

• minar
• minería
• minero

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

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

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

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.

• “mina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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

mina

1. (possessive) Plural of min

mina c

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak.

mina

1. oil (Petroleum-based liquid)

mina

1. nest

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

• IPA^(key): /miːná/

miná

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

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “mina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “mina (6.3)”