menen

From Proto-Central Naga *m-njan. Cognates are difficult to find, but Bruhn finds Northeastern Chin cognates (like Tedim Chin nin (“dirty”)).

menen

1. to be dirty, unclean
2. to make dirty
3. to sin

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 83, 228
• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 57

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.nən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.nən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.nen]

menen

1. third-person plural present indicative of menar

From Middle Dutch mênen, from Old Dutch mēnen, from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: me‧nen
• Rhymes: -eːnən

menen

1. to think; to have an opinion or assumption

   Synonym: denken

   Hij meent dat hij recht heeft op meer salaris. ― He is of the opinion that he deserves more salary.

   Ik meen me zoiets te herinneren. ― I think I remember something to that effect.

2. to mean (to be serious and sincere; to have conviction in)

   Synonym: serieus bedoelen

   De excuses waren niet gemeend. ― The apologies were not sincere.

   Meen je dat nou? ― Are you serious?

3. (archaic) to mean (to refer to; to have in mind)

   Synonym: bedoelen

4. (archaic) to mean (to convey; to want to say)

   Synonym: bedoelen

5. (obsolete) to mean (to have as meaning, e.g. of a word)

   Synonyms: betekenen, heten

• Negerhollands: meen
• → Papiamentu: mèn, men
• →? Saramaccan: méni

• menne, nemen

menen

1. first-person singular present indicative of mennä

menen (Pular)

1. first person plural exclusive;emphatic pronoun we, us

• minen (Liptaako, Maasina, Fouta-toro, Adamawa)

• enen
• men
• meɗen
• hiɗen

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Ritsuko Miyamoto (1993), “A Study of Fula Dialects : Examining the Continuous/Stative Constructions”, in Senri Ethnological Studies‎^[2], volume 35, →DOI, pages 215-230

From Old Dutch mēnen, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

mênen

1. to mean, to signify
2. to intend
3. to mean, to stand for
4. to think, to be of the opinion

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• meinen

• Dutch: menen
  • Afrikaans: meen
• Limburgish: meine

• “menen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “menen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English mǣnan (“mean, intend; lament”).

menen

1. to intend, to mean to indicate or signify
2. to intend, to mean to do something, or that something will be the case; to plan
3. to say, to express
4. to remember; to recall or bear in mind
5. to advise or admonish or remind (someone of something)
6. to complain of, to lament
7. to lament, to mourn (for)
8. to pity, to comfort

From Old French mener (“lead”).

• mayne

menen

1. to direct or guide (one's horse or oneself)
2. (reflexive) to conduct oneself or behave (in a certain way)

By surface analysis, -men (animate noun classifier/indefinite marker) +‎ -en (2nd person singular demonstrative suffix).

menen

1. that (animate noun near the speaker)

Menen is used only when talking about animate nouns that are nearer to the listener than to the speaker.

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese Reference Grammar, University of Hawaii Press 1977

From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

mēnen

1. to mean, to intend

• Middle Dutch: mênen
  • Dutch: menen
    • Afrikaans: meen
  • Limburgish: meine

• “mēnen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

menen

1. inflection of menar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

menen

1. definite plural of men