minti

See also: minți

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. mind

Derived terms

Chickasaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *ominti.

Verb

minti

  1. To come

Descendants

  • Mobilian: mĩti

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English minute.

Noun

mintī̀ f (plural mintōcī, possessed form mintìn)

  1. minute (unit of time)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mint.

Noun

mintī̀ f (possessed form mintìn)

  1. peppermint candy

Italian

Participle

minti m pl

  1. masculine plural of minto

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to trample
Conjugation
Derived terms

Participle

mintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of mìntas

Verb

miñti (third-person present tense mẽna, third-person past tense mìnė) [3]

  1. to remember
    Jìs mẽna sàvo vaikỹstę.[3]
    He remembers his childhood.
  2. (transitive) to solve
    mįsles minti[3] - to solve the riddles
  3. (transitive) to name
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
  • spręsti

Participle

mintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of miñtas

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 315-316 →ISBN
  2. “mìnti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. “miñti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.
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