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minti

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See also: minți

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis. Compare Romanian minte.

Noun

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minti f (plural mintsã or mints, definite articulation mintea or mintia)

  1. mind

Derived terms

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Chickasaw

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ominti.

Verb

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minti

  1. To come

Descendants

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  • Mobilian: mĩti

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mín.tìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [mɪ́n.tìː]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English minute.

Noun

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mintī̀ f (plural mintōcī, possessed form mintìn)

  1. minute (unit of time)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English mint.

Noun

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mintī̀ f (possessed form mintìn)

  1. peppermint candy

Italian

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Participle

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minti m pl

  1. masculine plural of minto

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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  • (mìnti) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲtʲɪ/
  • (mti) IPA(key): /ˈmʲɪnʲtʲɪ/
  • (mintì) IPA(key): [mʲɪnʲˈtʲɪ]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mínˀtei (to rumple).[1] Cognate with Latvian mīt and Russian мять (mjatʹ, to crumple; to knead).

Verb

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mìnti (third-person present tense mìna, third-person past tense mýnė) [2]

  1. (transitive) to trample
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Participle

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mintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of mìntas

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think, mind). Cognate with Latvian mît (to guess, solve); see also minė́ti (to mention).[3]

Verb

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miñti (third-person present tense mẽna, third-person past tense mìnė)[4]

  1. to remember
    Jìs mẽna sàvo vaikỹstę.[4]
    He remembers his childhood.
  2. (transitive) to solve
    mįsles minti[4] - to solve the riddles
  3. (transitive) to name
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Participle

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mintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of miñtas

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “minti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
  2. ^ “mìnti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “minti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 “miñti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.