みんな

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
皆
皆んな (nonstandard)

Shift from みな (mina), adding gemination.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

みんな • (minna) 

  1. everyone, everybody
  2. all, everything
Usage notes
  • This term is often spelled in hiragana, as みんな.
  • The minna pronunciation is regarded as somewhat more colloquial than mina. Also, use of minna with the suffixes -san or -sama is considered incorrect.

Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
見んな

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) み​んな [míꜜǹnà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [mʲĩnːa̠]

Verb

みんな • (minna) 

  1. (informal) Alternative form of みるな (miru na)
    こっち見(み)んな
    Kotchi minna
    Don't look at me

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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