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4-letter words (4 found)

AMIN,MAIN,MANI,MINA,

3-letter words (8 found)

AIM,AIN,AMI,ANI,MAN,MNA,NAM,NIM,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AM,AN,IN,MA,MI,NA,

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All 4 letters words made out of mina

mina imna mnia nmia inma nima mian iman main amin iamn aimn mnai nmai mani amni nami anmi inam niam ianm ainm naim anim

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Definitions and meaning of mina

mina

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪnə

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mina (plural minas)

  1. Alternative spelling of myna.
Translations

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina (plural minas or minae)

  2. (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]
  4. (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, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]
Translations

References

  • “mina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “mina”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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

A-Pucikwar

Etymology

From Proto-Great Andamanese *muən.

Noun

mina

  1. brains
  2. dirt
  3. matter
  4. pus

References

  • Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

Asturian

Noun

mina f (plural mines)

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

Derived terms

  • mineru

Barngarla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmina/

Noun

mina

  1. eye

References

  • Page 227 of Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2020), Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, Oxford University Press. (→ISBN / →ISBN)
  • Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
  • Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
    https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

Basque

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mina (“mine”), from French mine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mina/ [mi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Noun

mina inan

  1. lead (of a pencil)
  2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

mina

  1. Short form of minatu (“to mine”).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mina/ [mi.na]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /miɲa/ [mi.ɲa]
  • (Navarro-Lapurdian) Rhymes: -ina
  • (Southern) Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Adjective

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min (“dear”)

Noun

mina

  1. absolutive singular of min (“pain”)

Further reading

  • "mina" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “mina” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈmi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina

Noun

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)
Related terms
Further reading
  • “mina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology 2

Verb

mina

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish mina.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

Chickasaw

Adverb

mina

  1. always
  2. habitually

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːna/
  • Rhymes: -iːna

Verb

mīna

  1. (transitive) to shoot arrows, to pierce something

Synonyms

  • ixili

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

mina

  1. mine (explosive device)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mina

  1. enamel, painting
    Synonym: emal
Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “mina”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪna]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Noun

mina f

  1. (explosive): mine

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mina in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • mina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Ese

Noun

mina

  1. size

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɑ/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Pronoun

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

  1. I (1st person singular personal pronoun)

Usage notes

  • Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, the short form ma is used.
  • Singular short forms of cases other than nominative, genitive and the locative cases exist, but they are considered nonstandard and dialectal, e.g. muga for the singular comitative.

Declension

See also

Further reading

  • mina in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “mina”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “mina”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu mina.

Pronoun

mina

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

Finnish

Etymology

From a clipping of minuutti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈminɑ/, [ˈminɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -inɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mi‧na

Noun

mina (slang)

  1. minute

Declension

Synonyms

  • minuutti

Anagrams

  • main, mani, nami

French

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mina

  1. third-person singular past historic of miner

Anagrams

  • main

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈminɐ]

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine
  2. barrow

References

  • “mina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “mina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “mina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/, [ˈmi.nə]

Verb

mina

  1. to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost
  2. to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [minaʔ]

Conjunction

mina

  1. only
    Synonym: aja

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmina]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1

From English myna, from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. myna (Sturnidae).
    Synonyms: beo, jalak

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. fish.
    Synonym: ikan

Compounds

Etymology 3

From Arabic مِينَاء (mīnāʔ, “port, harbour”).

Noun

mina (first-person possessive minaku, second-person possessive minamu, third-person possessive minanya)

  1. port, harbor.
    Synonym: pelabuhan

Further reading

  • “mina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: mì‧na

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

Jamamadí

Noun

mina

  1. (Banawá) morning

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

mina

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

Javanese

Romanization

mina

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦶꦤ

Kituba

Verb

mina

  1. to swallow

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) ore, mine
Derived terms
  • minārium
  • minō

Etymology 3

Clipping of hemina, from Ancient Greek ἡμίνα (hēmína).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) A dry measure equivalent to two bushels
Derived terms
  • mināgium
  • minārius
  • mināta
  • minellus

Etymology 4

From minor (“threaten”).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) ambush

Declension

First-declension noun.

See also

  • minae (“battlements, peaks, threats”)

References

  • "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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • "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
  • R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “mina”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “mina”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 682/1

Latvian

Verb

mina

  1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mīt

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

Pronoun

mina

  1. I

Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiː.na/

Noun

mina f (plural mini)

  1. tunnel

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/

Noun

mina

  1. desire; wish
  2. aspiration
  3. longing
  4. appetite

Verb

mina (passive minatia or minahia or minaia)

  1. to desire
  2. to feel an inclination
  3. to wish
  4. to have a craving for

References

  • “mina” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Miskito

Noun

mina

  1. foot

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

Pronoun

miná

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • minen

Noun

mina m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of mine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²miːnɑ/

Etymology 1

From mine.

Alternative forms

  • mine

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mina f

  1. definite singular of mine

References

  • “mina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mīna or Vulgar Latin *mēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [miˈnɔ]

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. mine

Phuthi

Verb

-mina

  1. to roll up, to fold up

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɐ]

Etymology 1

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mina

  1. water
  2. rain
  3. waterhole
Synonyms
  • kapi
  • kumpuli

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mina

  1. nest

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mina f

  1. mine (exploding device)
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina f (diminutive minka)

  1. face, facial expression
Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mi‧na

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

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

  1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

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

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat.

Verb

mina

  1. to like, love; be fond of, delight in
    Antonym: veia
  2. to favour, prefer

Related terms

  • minangia
  • mōuli
  • manako

Further reading

  • Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French miner.

Verb

a mina (third-person singular present minează, past participle minat) 1st conj.

  1. to mine
  2. to undermine

Conjugation

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /míːna/

Noun

mȋna f

  1. mine (exploding device)

Inflection

Further reading

  • “mina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French mine.

Noun

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)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

mina

  1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Noun

mina c

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

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • minera

References

  • mina in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mina in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mina in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmi.na]

Pronoun

mina (subject clitic mo, possessive prefix mi, Jawi مين)

  1. (feminine) third-person singular pronoun, she

See also

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *miñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak. Compare Malay minyak.

Noun

mina

  1. oil (petroleum-based liquid)
  2. fat, grease

Tsonga

Pronoun

mina

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

Warlpiri

Noun

mina

  1. nest

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miːná/

Pronoun

miná

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

Inflection

References

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

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