mingi

See also: mingí and miŋgi

English

Adjective

mingi (not comparable)

1. Among certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
   • 1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75:

     Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.

   • 1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba,^[sic] Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, pages 179–180:

     When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women^[sic] when her breasts are cut off.

Usage notes

• Applied for example to children born out of wedlock, as twins, or with a physical deformity.

Anagrams

• IMing

Estonian

Etymology 1

Likely derived from mis +‎ -gi. See also miski

Pronoun

mingi (genitive mingi, partitive mingit)

1. some, some kind of

   Mingi jõud tõi ta tagasi.

   Some kind of force brought him back.

Declension

Declension of mingi (ÕS type 1e/veski, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mingi	mingid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mingi
genitive			mingite
partitive		mingit	mingeid
illative		mingisse	mingitesse mingeisse
inessive		mingis	mingites mingeis
elative		mingist	mingitest mingeist
allative		mingile	mingitele mingeile
adessive		mingil	mingitel mingeil
ablative		mingilt	mingitelt mingeilt
translative		mingiks	mingiteks mingeiks
terminative		mingini	mingiteni
essive		mingina	mingitena
abessive		mingita	mingiteta
comitative		mingiga	mingitega

Determiner

mingi

1. (colloquial) some, some kind of

   Ta on mingi tähtis tegelane.

   He's some important character.

Adverb

mingi (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) about, approximately

   Tule mingi kell 5 kohale.

   Arrive at about 5 o'clock.

Etymology 2

Noun

mingi

1. genitive singular of mink

Italian

Verb

mingi

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

Kituba

Adverb

mingi

1. many

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jíngɪ́.

Adverb

mingi

1. many

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɪŋ.ɡiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmin̠ʲ.d͡ʒi]

Verb

mingī

1. present passive infinitive of mingō

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo mingi.

Adverb

mingi

1. many

Livonian

Etymology

Derived from mi. Compare Estonian mingi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈminɡi/, [ˈmiŋˑɡi]

Adjective

mingi (not comparable)

1. what (kind of)

Determiner

mingi

1. some, few
2. which

Pronoun

mingi

1. someone
2. something

Declension

Declension of mingi (199)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	mingi	mingizt
genitive (genitīv)	mingiz	mingizt
partitive (partitīv)	mingizt	mingiži
dative (datīv)	mingizõn	mingiztõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mingizõks	mingiztõks
illative (illatīv)	mingizõ	mingižiz
inessive (inesīv)	mingizõs	mingižis
elative (elatīv)	mingizõst	mingižist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mingi”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Lorrain

Alternative forms

• mindgi

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mengier.

Verb

mingi

1. to eat

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mind͡ʒʲ]

Noun

mingi f pl

1. plural of minge (“balls”)

Swahili

Adjective

mingi

1. mi class_(IV) inflected form of -ingi