mingi
See also: mingí and miŋgi
English
Adjective
mingi (not comparable)
- Among certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
- 1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75:
- Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.
- 1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba,[sic] Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, pages 179–180:
- When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women[sic] when her breasts are cut off.
Usage notes
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology 1
Likely derived from mis + -gi. See also miski
Pronoun
mingi (genitive mingi, partitive mingit)
Declension
| Declension of mingi (ÕS type 1e/veski, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mingi | mingid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | mingi | ||
| genitive | mingite | ||
| partitive | mingit | mingeid | |
| illative | mingisse | mingitesse mingeisse | |
| inessive | mingis | mingites mingeis | |
| elative | mingist | mingitest mingeist | |
| allative | mingile | mingitele mingeile | |
| adessive | mingil | mingitel mingeil | |
| ablative | mingilt | mingitelt mingeilt | |
| translative | mingiks | mingiteks mingeiks | |
| terminative | mingini | mingiteni | |
| essive | mingina | mingitena | |
| abessive | mingita | mingiteta | |
| comitative | mingiga | mingitega | |
Determiner
mingi
- (colloquial) some, some kind of
- Ta on mingi tähtis tegelane.
- He's some important character.
Adverb
mingi (not comparable)
- (colloquial) about, approximately
- Tule mingi kell 5 kohale.
- Arrive at about 5 o'clock.
Etymology 2
Noun
mingi
- genitive singular of mink
Italian
Verb
mingi
- inflection of mingere:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Kituba
Adverb
mingi
Kongo
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jíngɪ́.
Adverb
mingi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪŋ.ɡiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmin̠ʲ.d͡ʒi]
Verb
mingī
- present passive infinitive of mingō
Lingala
Etymology
Adverb
mingi
Livonian
Etymology
Derived from mi. Compare Estonian mingi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈminɡi/, [ˈmiŋˑɡi]
Adjective
mingi (not comparable)
Determiner
mingi
Pronoun
mingi
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | mingi | mingizt |
| genitive (genitīv) | mingiz | mingizt |
| partitive (partitīv) | mingizt | mingiži |
| dative (datīv) | mingizõn | mingiztõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | mingizõks | mingiztõks |
| illative (illatīv) | mingizõ | mingižiz |
| inessive (inesīv) | mingizõs | mingižis |
| elative (elatīv) | mingizõst | mingižist |
References
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mingi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Lorrain
Alternative forms
- mindgi
Etymology
Inherited from Old French mengier.
Verb
mingi
- to eat
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mind͡ʒʲ]
Noun
mingi f pl
Swahili
Adjective
mingi
- mi class(IV) inflected form of -ingi