mina

• Rhymes: -aɪnə

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

mina (plural minas)

1. Alternative spelling of myna.

Borrowed from Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה (māne), as well as maund.

mina (plural minas or minae)

2. (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]
   • 1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174:

     What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a library of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).

4. (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams. [From 16th C.]
   • 1999, Andrew George, transl., Gilgamesh, section VI:

     Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.

• “mina”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “mina”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• Iman, amin, NIMA, NAMI, Main, iman, main, mani, mnai, Naim, Mani, Mian, Amin

From Proto-Great Andamanese *muən.

mina

1. brains
2. dirt
3. matter
4. pus

• Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 21 (2009)

mina f (plural mines)

1. mine (e.g. diamond mine)
2. mine (explosive)
3. lead (of pencil)

• mineru

• “mina”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “mina”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mén.

mina

1. to swallow

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/

mina

1. eye

• Page 227 of Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2020), Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, Oxford University Press. (→ISBN / →ISBN)
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
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Borrowed from Spanish mina (“mine”), from French mine.

• IPA^(key): /mina/ [mi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina, -a
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina inan

1. lead (of a pencil)
2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)

mina

1. short form of minatu (“to mine”)

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mina/ [mi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /miɲa/ [mi.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -ina, -a
• Rhymes: -iɲa, -a
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina

1. absolutive singular of min (“dear”)

mina

1. absolutive singular of min (“pain”)

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

Borrowed from Latin mina.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmi.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina

mina f (plural mines)

1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
3. lead (of a pencil)

• “mina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

mina

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

Inherited from Spanish mina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/, [ˈmi.na]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina

1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)

mina

1. always
2. habitually

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːna/
• Rhymes: -iːna

mīna

1. (transitive) to shoot arrows, to pierce something

• ixili

Borrowed from French mine.

mina

1. mine (explosive device)

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

mina

1. enamel, painting

   Synonym: emal

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “mina”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪna]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina f

1. (explosive): mine

• “mina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

mina

1. size

From Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

• IPA^(key): /ˈminɑ/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina (genitive minu, partitive mind)

1. I (1st person singular personal pronoun)

• Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, the short form ma is used.
• Singular short forms of cases other than nominative, genitive and the locative cases exist, but they are considered nonstandard and dialectal, e.g. muga for the singular comitative.

Declension of mina
1st person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	mina	ma	meie	me
genitive	minu	mu	meie	me
partitive	mind		meid
illative	minusse	musse		meisse
inessive	minus	mus		meis
elative	minust	must		meist
allative	minule	mulle		meile
adessive	minul	mul		meil
ablative	minult	mult		meilt
translative	minuks	–	meieks	meiks
terminative	minuni	–	meieni	–
essive	minuna	–	meiena	–
abessive	minuta	–	meieta	–
comitative	minuga	muga	meiega	–

• mina in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “mina”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “mina”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

From Zulu mina.

mina

1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

From a clipping of minuutti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈminɑ/, [ˈminɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Syllabification^(key): mi‧na
• Hyphenation^(key): mi‧na

mina

1. (slang) minute

• minuutti (standard)
• minsa (also slang)

• main, mani, nami

mina

1. feminine singular of min

• IPA^(key): /mi.na/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Homophones: minas, minât

mina

1. third-person singular past historic of miner

• main

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmĩ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine
2. barrow

   Synonyms: mámoa, medora

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mina”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/, [ˈmi.nə]

mina

1. (transitive) to regret, be sorry, deplore; to grieve for something that is lost

   Mina au i kona puka ʻole ʻana mai ke kula mai.

   I regret she did not graduate from school.

2. (transitive) to prize greatly, value greatly, especially of something in danger of being lost

   He mea mina ʻia ke keiki.

   A child is to be prized.

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “mina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): [minaʔ]

mina

1. only

   Synonym: aja

• IPA^(key): [ˈmina]
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

From English myna, from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

mina (plural mina-mina)

1. myna (Sturnidae)

   Synonyms: beo, jalak

From Sanskrit मीन (mīna).

mina (plural mina-mina)

1. fish

   Synonym: ikan

From Arabic مِينَاء (mīnāʔ, “port, harbour”).

mina (plural mina-mina)

1. port, harbor

   Synonym: pelabuhan

• “mina”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: mì‧na

mina f (plural mine)

1. mine, land mine
2. lead in pencils
3. mine which produces ore

• minare
• minerale
• miniera

• amni, iman, mani

mina

1. (Banawá) morning

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

mina

1. Rōmaji transcription of みな

mina

1. romanization of ꦩꦶꦤ

mina

1. to swallow

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-mén.

mina

1. to swallow

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ).

• mna

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.na]

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

1. a Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas
2. a Greek silver coin equal to 100 drachmas

First-declension noun.

Borrowed from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore; mine”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore; mine”).

• mīnea

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.na]

mīna f (genitive mīnae); first declension

2. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) ore; mine

First-declension noun.

Clipping of hēmīna, from Ancient Greek ἡμῑ́νᾱ (hēmī́nā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.na]

mīna f (genitive mīnae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a dry measure equivalent to two bushels

First-declension noun.

From minor (“to threaten”).

mina f (genitive minae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) ambush

First-declension noun.

• “mina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "mina", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “mina”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “mina”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “mina”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “mina”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 682/1

mina

1. third-person singular/plural past indicative of mīt

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

mina

1. I

Declension of mina
	singular	plural
nominative	mina	müö
genitive	minun	meiden
partitive	mindai	meid
essive	minun	mein
instructive	—	—
inessive	minus	meiš
elative	minuspiä	meišpiä
illative	minuh	meih
adessive	milai	meil
ablative	milaipiä	meilpiä
allative	milei	meile
abessive	minuta	meita
prolative	minuči	meiči
translative	minuks	meikš
additive	minuhpiä	meihpiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[3], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

Borrowed from Italian mina.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.na/
• Rhymes: -iːna

mina f (plural mini)

1. tunnel
2. mine (exploding device)

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat (compare with Malay minat).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈminɐ]

mina

1. desire; wish
2. aspiration
3. longing
4. appetite

mina (passive minatia or minahia or minaia)

1. to desire
2. to feel an inclination
3. to wish
4. to have a craving for

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “mina”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[4], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

mina

1. foot

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

miná

1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

• minen

mina m or f

1. definite feminine singular of mine

• IPA^(key): /²miːnɑ/

From mine.

• mine

mina (present tense minar/miner, past tense mina/minte, past participle mina/mint, passive infinitive minast, present participle minande, imperative mina/min)

1. to mine

mina f

1. definite singular of mine

• “mina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Vulgar Latin *mīna or Vulgar Latin *mēna.

• IPA^(key): [miˈnɔ]

• Audio (Béarn):

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mina f (plural minas)

1. mine

-mina

1. to roll up, to fold up

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnɐ]

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mina

1. water
2. rain
3. waterhole

• kapi
• kumpuli

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mina

1. nest

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mi‧na

Borrowed from German Miene, from French mine, from Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā, from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis.

mina f

1. (military) mine (device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person)

Borrowed from French mine, from Breton min, from Gaulish *mēnā, from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis.

mina f (diminutive minka)

1. face, facial expression (expression on the front part of one's head showing one's current emotion)

• “mina”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mina”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)
• mina in PWN's encyclopedia

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: mi‧na

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
2. (figuratively) fount
3. mine (explosive)

• (place): Minas Gerais
• (explosive): mina terrestre

• minar, minerar, mineiro, mineração

Either borrowed from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

mina f (plural minas)

1. (slang, Brazil) girl, gal
   • 2007, “Mina do Condomínio”, performed by Seu Jorge:

     Tô namorando aquela mina
     Mas não sei se ela me namora

     I'm dating that girl
     But I don't know if she's dating me

mina

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

• “mina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Proto-Polynesian *mina, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *minat.

mina

1. to like, love; be fond of, delight in

   Antonym: veia

   Ko mina au i te tupu o te tamāwine ia.

   I love that girl's face.

2. to favour, prefer

   Na mina au i te manatunga a te tama ia.

   I prefer that man's suggestion.

• minangia
• mōuli
• manako

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Borrowed from French miner.

a mina (third-person singular present minează, past participle minat) 1st conjugation

1. to mine
2. to undermine

• IPA^(key): /míːna/

mȋna f

1. mine (exploding device)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mína
gen. sing.	míne
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mína	míni	míne
genitive (rodȋlnik)	míne	mín	mín
dative (dajȃlnik)	míni	mínama	mínam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	míno	míni	míne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	míni	mínah	mínah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	míno	mínama	mínami

• “mina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmi.na]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mi‧na

Borrowed from French mine.

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine (excavation from which ore is taken)
2. mine (device intended to explode when stepped on)
3. pencil lead

Borrowed from Lunfardo, probably a contraction of Galician meniña (“girl”) or a contraction of Italian femmina (“woman”).

mina f (plural minas)

1. (Southern Cone, Bolivia, colloquial) woman
2. (Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, slang) prostitute

mina

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

• “mina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

• Audio:

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• Pronoun: IPA^(key): /ˈmiːˌna/
• Noun: IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.na/

mina

1. (possessive) Plural of min

mina c

1. mine; a device intended to explode when stepped upon, touched, or in proximity to a ship or vehicle.

• minera

• “mina”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from Spanish mina.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmina/ [ˈmiː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: mi‧na

mina (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ)

1. the act of mining
2. mineral deposit

   Synonym: lagay ng dukalin

3. mine (excavation from which ore is extracted)

   Synonyms: dulangan, minahan, (neologism) dukalan

4. explosive

   Synonym: pampasabog

• “mina”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “mina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.na]

mina (subject clitic mo, possessive prefix mi, Jawi مين)

1. (feminine) third-person singular pronoun, she

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *miñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak. Compare Malay minyak.

mina

1. oil (petroleum-based liquid)
2. fat, grease

mina

1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

mina

1. nest

From Proto-Nguni *miná.

• IPA^(key): /miːná/

miná

1. I, me; first-person singular absolute pronoun.

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “mina”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “mina (6.3)”