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menda

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See also: ménda, meṇḍa, mendą, and Menda

Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /menda/ [mẽn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enda, -a
  • Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

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menda inan

  1. (botany) mint

Declension

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Declension of menda (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive menda menda mendak
ergative mendak mendak mendek
dative mendari mendari mendei
genitive mendaren mendaren menden
comitative mendarekin mendarekin mendekin
causative mendarengatik mendarengatik mendengatik
benefactive mendarentzat mendarentzat mendentzat
instrumental mendaz mendaz mendez
inessive mendatan mendan mendetan
locative mendatako mendako mendetako
allative mendatara mendara mendetara
terminative mendataraino mendaraino mendetaraino
directive mendatarantz mendarantz mendetarantz
destinative mendatarako mendarako mendetarako
ablative mendatatik mendatik mendetatik
partitive mendarik
prolative mendatzat

Further reading

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  • menda”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • menda”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Caló

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Pronoun

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menda

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

References

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  • menda” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 61.
  • menda” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
  • menda” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Galician

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Verb

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menda

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

Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mẽˈⁿda]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

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menda

  1. wedding

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin menda.

Noun

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menda f (plural mende)

  1. (literary) mistake, error
    Synonyms: difetto, errore
  2. (literary, obsolete) sin
    Synonym: peccato

Further reading

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  • menda1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Deverbal from mendare (to amend, correct) +‎ -a.

Noun

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menda f (plural mende)

  1. (obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation
    Synonyms: ammenda, indennità

Further reading

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  • menda2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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menda

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

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (physical defect, fault), same source as Old Irish mennar (blemish, stain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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menda f (genitive mendae); first declension

  1. defect, blemish (on the body)
  2. mistake, error, blunder

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Sicilian: sminnari (from *exmendare)

References

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  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "menda", 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)
  • menda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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menda

  1. ram
  2. sheep

Polish

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Etymology

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Clipping of mendoweszka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

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menda f

  1. (dated) pubic louse
  2. (derogatory) scum, scoundrel

Declension

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Derived terms

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(verb):

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Caló menda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmenda/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

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menda m (plural mendas)

  1. (colloquial) guy, dude, geezer

Pronoun

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menda

  1. yours truly, muggins
    Synonym: menda lerenda

Further reading

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