minna

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Estonian

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Verb

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minna

  1. Da-infinitive of minema.

Faroese

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Verb

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minna (third person singular past indicative minti, third person plural past indicative mint, supine mint)

  1. to remind

Conjugation

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Conjugation of minna (group v-9nn)
infinitive minna
supine mint
participle (a39)1 minnandi mintur
present past
first singular minni minti
second singular minnir minti
third singular minnir minti
plural minna mintu
imperative
singular minn!
plural minnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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minna n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of minni

Pronoun

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minna

  1. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive masculine of minn
  2. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive feminine of minn
  3. (possessive pronoun): plural genitive neuter of minn

Verb

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minna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative minnti, supine minnt)

  1. (impersonal, with accusative) to seem to remember, to think something is, to believe
    Mig minnir að svo sé.
    I seem to remember so.
    Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.
    I believe she knows programming.
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to remind

Usage notes

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  • Even though the subject is usually in the accusative case (þolfallsfrumlag) it is occasionally used in the dative case (þágufallsfrumlag):
    Mér minnir.
    instead of
    Mig minnir.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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minna

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みんな

Maltese

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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minna

  1. first-person plural pronominal form of minn: from us

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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minna n

  1. definite plural of minne

Verb

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minna

  1. inflection of minne:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse minna, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

Alternative forms

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  • minne (e and split infinitives)

Verb

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minna (present tense minner, past tense minte, past participle mint, passive infinitive minnast, present participle minnande, imperative minn)

  1. to remind
    den fargen minner meg om haust
    that colour reminds me of fall
  2. (reflexive) return, reappear
    sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
    the illness may come back later
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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minna n

  1. definite plural of minne

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

Verb

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minna

  1. (ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to remind of
  2. (impersonal, ditransitive, with accusative and genitive) to remember
  3. (reflexive, transitive, with genitive) to remember, call to mind
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: minna
  • Faroese: minna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne
  • Swedish: minna
  • Danish: minde

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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minna

  1. inflection of minni:
    1. masculine oblique singular
    2. neuter singular

Determiner

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minna pl

  1. genitive plural of minn

Noun

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minna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of minni
  2. infef genitive plural of minni

References

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  • minna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. It should derive from a possibile earlier *minda or *mēnda. Compare, for more, minchia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmin.na/
  • Hyphenation: min‧na

Noun

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minna f (plural minni)

  1. (anatomy, colloquial, mostly plural) tit, breast
    Mimma s'a-ritrova 'n paru di minni di chiḍḍi a nùmmiru unu.
    Mimma got such grade-a tits.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: minna (regional)

See also

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Sidamo

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈminːa/
  • Hyphenation: min‧na

Noun

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minna f

  1. plural of mine

Declension

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References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “minna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department