mintin
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton mintin, from Old Breton metin, from Latin mātūtīnus via Proto-Brythonic. Cognate with Cornish myttin and Welsh meitin, meityn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmĩn.tĩn/
Noun
mintin m (plural mintinioù or mintinoù)
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | mintin | vintin | unchanged | unchanged |
| plural | mintinioù | vintinioù | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Cebuano
Etymology
From English maintain, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: min‧tin
Verb
mintin
- to maintain; to keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition, etc.)
- to bet on the same number or set of numbers in a lottery
Noun
mintin
- a number or set of numbers one keeps unchanged and bets on in every lottery draw
Chinese Pidgin English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 明天 (ming4 tin1).
Noun
mintin
- tomorrow
- 1860, The Englishman in China, London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., page 66:
- “Beefsteak pie, colo muttin-chopo, one piecee stake belong mintin (to-morrow), one piecee loaf; salade and cheesee have got inside.”
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