mina

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English

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

myna — see myna

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mina (unit)

Wikipedia

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.]
   • 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).

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.]
   • 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section 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

Catalan: mina (ca) f French: mine (fr) f German: Mine (de) f Greek: Ancient: μνᾶ f (mnâ)

unit of weight

French: mine (fr) f German: Mine (de) f Greek: Ancient: μνᾶ f (mnâ) Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐 (mn)

References

• “mina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “mina”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

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

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

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

mina

Wikipedia ^ast

Noun

mina f (plural mines)

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

Derived terms

• mineru

Further reading

• “mina”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “mina”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mén.

Verb

mina

1. to swallow

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, -a
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

Noun

mina inan

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

Declension

Declension of mina (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	mina	mina	minak	minok
ergative	minak	minak	minek	minok
dative	minari	minari	minei	minoi
genitive	minaren	minaren	minen	minon
comitative	minarekin	minarekin	minekin	minokin
causative	minarengatik	minarengatik	minengatik	minongatik
benefactive	minarentzat	minarentzat	minentzat	minontzat
instrumental	minaz	minaz	minez	minotaz
innesive	minatan	minan	minetan	minotan
locative	minatako	minako	minetako	minotako
allative	minatara	minara	minetara	minotara
terminative	minataraino	minaraino	minetaraino	minotaraino
directive	minatarantz	minarantz	minetarantz	minotarantz
destinative	minatarako	minarako	minetarako	minotarako
ablative	minatatik	minatik	minetatik	minotatik
partitive	minarik	—	—	—
prolative	minatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• mina-etxe (“mechanical pencil”)
• minaketari (“minesweeper”)
• minatak (“mechanical pencil”)
• minatu (“to mine”)

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]
• Rhymes: -ina, -a
• Rhymes: -iɲa, -a
• 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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “mina”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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

• minador
• minaire
• minar
• miner
• mineral
• mineria

Further reading

• “mina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

Declension of mina

	singular	plural
nominative	mina	minalar
genitive	minanıñ	minalarnıñ
dative	minağa	minalarğa
accusative	minanı	minalarnı
locative	minada	minalarda
ablative	minadan	minalardan

References

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

mina

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mina f

1. (explosive): mine

Declension

Declension of mina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	mina	miny
genitive	miny	min
dative	mině	minám
accusative	minu	miny
vocative	mino	miny
locative	mině	minách
instrumental	minou	minami

Derived terms

• minové pole
• odminovat
• podminovat
• zaminovat

Further reading

• “mina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 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

Declension of mina
1st person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	mina	ma	meie	me
genitive	minu	mu	meie	me
partitive	mind		meid
illative	minusse	musse		meisse
inessive	minus	mus		meis
elative	minust	must		meist
allative	minule	mulle		meile
adessive	minul	mul		meil
ablative	minult	mult		meilt
translative	minuks	–	meieks	meiks
terminative	minuni	–	meieni	–
essive	minuna	–	meiena	–
abessive	minuta	–	meieta	–
comitative	minuga	muga	meiega	–

See also

Estonian personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

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
• Hyphenation^(key): mi‧na

Noun

mina

1. (slang) minute

Declension

Inflection of mina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		mina	minat
genitive		minan	minojen
partitive		minaa	minoja
illative		minaan	minoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mina	minat
accusative	nom.	mina	minat
	gen.	minan
genitive		minan	minojen minain rare
partitive		minaa	minoja
inessive		minassa	minoissa
elative		minasta	minoista
illative		minaan	minoihin
adessive		minalla	minoilla
ablative		minalta	minoilta
allative		minalle	minoille
essive		minana	minoina
translative		minaksi	minoiksi
abessive		minatta	minoitta
instructive		—	minoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative minani minani accusative nom. minani minani gen. minani genitive minani minojeni minaini rare partitive minaani minojani inessive minassani minoissani elative minastani minoistani illative minaani minoihini adessive minallani minoillani ablative minaltani minoiltani allative minalleni minoilleni essive minanani minoinani translative minakseni minoikseni abessive minattani minoittani instructive — — comitative — minoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative minasi minasi accusative nom. minasi minasi gen. minasi genitive minasi minojesi minaisi rare partitive minaasi minojasi inessive minassasi minoissasi elative minastasi minoistasi illative minaasi minoihisi adessive minallasi minoillasi ablative minaltasi minoiltasi allative minallesi minoillesi essive minanasi minoinasi translative minaksesi minoiksesi abessive minattasi minoittasi instructive — — comitative — minoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative minamme minamme accusative nom. minamme minamme gen. minamme genitive minamme minojemme minaimme rare partitive minaamme minojamme inessive minassamme minoissamme elative minastamme minoistamme illative minaamme minoihimme adessive minallamme minoillamme ablative minaltamme minoiltamme allative minallemme minoillemme essive minanamme minoinamme translative minaksemme minoiksemme abessive minattamme minoittamme instructive — — comitative — minoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative minanne minanne accusative nom. minanne minanne gen. minanne genitive minanne minojenne minainne rare partitive minaanne minojanne inessive minassanne minoissanne elative minastanne minoistanne illative minaanne minoihinne adessive minallanne minoillanne ablative minaltanne minoiltanne allative minallenne minoillenne essive minananne minoinanne translative minaksenne minoiksenne abessive minattanne minoittanne instructive — — comitative — minoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative minansa minansa accusative nom. minansa minansa gen. minansa genitive minansa minojensa minainsa rare partitive minaansa minojaan minojansa inessive minassaan minassansa minoissaan minoissansa elative minastaan minastansa minoistaan minoistansa illative minaansa minoihinsa adessive minallaan minallansa minoillaan minoillansa ablative minaltaan minaltansa minoiltaan minoiltansa allative minalleen minallensa minoilleen minoillensa essive minanaan minanansa minoinaan minoinansa translative minakseen minaksensa minoikseen minoiksensa abessive minattaan minattansa minoittaan minoittansa instructive — — comitative — minoineen minoinensa

Synonyms

• minuutti (standard)
• minsa (also slang)

Anagrams

• main, mani, nami

Franco-Provençal

Pronoun

mina

1. feminine singular of min

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.na/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• 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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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. (transitive) to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost

   Mina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai.

   I regret she did not graduate from school.

2. (transitive) to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost

   He mea mina ʻia ke keiki.

   A child is to be prized.

References

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

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 (plural mina-mina)

1. myna (Sturnidae)

   Synonyms: beo, jalak

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna).

Noun

mina (plural mina-mina)

1. fish

   Synonym: ikan

Compounds

• mina padi

Etymology 3

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

Noun

mina (plural mina-mina)

1. port, harbor

   Synonym: pelabuhan

Further reading

• “mina”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

mina

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“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

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mén.

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”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, mine”).

Noun

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) ore, mine

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mina	minae
genitive	minae	minārum
dative	minae	minīs
accusative	minam	minās
ablative	minā	minīs
vocative	mina	minae

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	mina	minae
genitive	minae	minārum
dative	minae	minīs
accusative	minam	minās
ablative	minā	minīs
vocative	mina	minae

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, 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, 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

Declension

Declension of mina
	singular	plural
nominative	mina	müö
genitive	minun	meiden
partitive	mindai	meid
essive	minun	mein
instructive	—	—
inessive	minus	meiš
elative	minuspiä	meišpiä
illative	minuh	meih
adessive	milai	meil
ablative	milaipiä	meilpiä
allative	milei	meile
abessive	minuta	meita
prolative	minuči	meiči
translative	minuks	meikš
additive	minuhpiä	meihpiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎, Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.na/
• Rhymes: -iːna

Noun

mina f (plural mini)

1. tunnel
2. mine (exploding device)

Maori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/, [ˈminɐ]

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]

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine

Phuthi

Verb

-mina

1. to roll up, to fold up

Inflection

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɐ]

Etymology 1

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Noun

mina

1. water
2. rain
3. waterhole

Synonyms

• kapi
• kumpuli

Etymology 2

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Noun

mina

1. nest

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mina

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mi‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Miene, from French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā, from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis.

Noun

mina f

1. (military) mine (device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mine, from Breton min, from Gaulish *mēnā, from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis.

Noun

mina f (diminutive minka)

1. face, facial expression (expression on the front part of one's head showing one's current emotion)

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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• 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
   • 2007, “Mina do Condomínio”, performed by Seu Jorge:

     Tô namorando aquela mina
     Mas não sei se ela me namora

     I'm dating that girl
     But I don't know if she's dating me

Etymology 3

Verb

mina

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

Further reading

• “mina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Pukapukan

Etymology

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

Verb

mina

1. to like, love; be fond of, delight in

   Antonym: veia

   Ko mina au i te tupu o te tamāwine ia.

   I love that girl's face.

2. to favour, prefer

   Na mina au i te manatunga a te tama ia.

   I prefer that man's suggestion.

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 conjugation

1. to mine
2. to undermine

Conjugation

    conjugation of mina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a mina
gerund			minând
past participle			minat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	minez	minezi	minează	minăm	minați	minează
	imperfect	minam	minai	mina	minam	minați	minau
	simple perfect	minai	minași	mină	minarăm	minarăți	minară
	pluperfect	minasem	minaseși	minase	minaserăm	minaserăți	minaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să minez	să minezi	să mineze	să minăm	să minați	să mineze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		minează			minați
	negative		nu mina			nu minați

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /míːna/

Noun

mȋna f

1. mine (exploding device)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mína
gen. sing.	míne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mína	míni	míne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	míne	mín	mín
dative (dajȃlnik)	míni	mínama	mínam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	míno	míni	míne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	míni	mínah	mínah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	míno	mínama	mínami

Further reading

• “mina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmi.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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

• barreminas
• campo de minas
• desminar
• dragaminas
• ingeniería de minas
• mina a tajo abierto
• mina de oro
• minar
• minería
• minero
• portaminas

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. (Southern Cone, Bolivia, colloquial) woman
2. (Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Pronoun

mina

1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

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

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

Derived terms

• gå på en mina
• landmina
• mindetektor
• minfält
• minplog
• minröjare
• minröjning
• sjömina
• stridsvagnsmina
• trampmina

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

Ternate personal pronouns

		independent		subject proclitic	possessive
		informal	formal
singular	1st person	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf	to	ri
	2nd person	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni	no	ni
	3rd person	unam, minaf		om, mof, inh	im, mif, manh
plural	1st person inclusive	ngone		fo	na, nga
	1st person exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1	mi	mi, mia
	2nd person	ngoni		ni	na, nia
	3rd person	anah, enanh		ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †	nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

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

Stem -mi (locative kími)

full form	miná
locative	kími
copulative	yími
Possessive forms
	modifier	substantive
class 1	wámi	ówámi
class 2	bámi	ábámi
class 3	wámi	ówámi
class 4	yámi	éyámi
class 5	lámi	élámi
class 6	ámi	áwámi
class 7	sámi	ésámi
class 8	zámi	ézámi
class 9	yámi	éyámi
class 10	zámi	ézámi
class 11	lwámi	ólwámi
class 14	bámi	óbámi
class 15	kwámi	ókwámi
class 17	kwámi	ókwámi

References

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