mena
See also: Mena, MENA, mená, menà, menâ, měna, me'na, and мена
Catalan
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈmə.nə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.nə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈme.na/
Noun
mena f (plural menes)
- sort, kind, type
Synonyms
- classe, espècie, tipus
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mena
- third-person singular present indicative form of menar
- second-person singular imperative form of menar
Further reading
- “mena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “mena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Verb
mena
- third-person singular past historic of mener
Anagrams
- amen
Gothic
Romanization
mēna
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /méː.nàː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [méː.nàː]
Noun
mēnā̀ f (possessed form mēnàr̃)
- dama gazelle
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.na/, /ˈmɛ.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ena, -ɛna
- Hyphenation: mé‧na, mè‧na
Noun
mena f (plural mene)
- plot, conspiracy
- Synonyms: complotto, trama, intrigo, macchinazione
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: mé‧na
Verb
mena
- inflection of menare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
References
- mena in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- -mane, amen
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛna/
Verb
mena (infinitive kũmena)
- to dislike, to despise
Antonyms
- kwenda[1]
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- mũmeni class 1
(Proverbs)
- mũmenwo arutagwo mbakĩ iniũrũ
Related terms
(Nouns)
- rũmena class 11
See also
- gũthũũra
References
- Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). "Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach", p. 29.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmʲæ̌ːn̪ɐ]
Verb
mẽna
- third-person singular present of miñti
- third-person plural present of miñti
Malagasy
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
mena
- red
- (dialectal, Bara, figuratively) angry
See also
| fotsy | volombatolalaka ; vatolalaka | mainty ; ngaly |
| mena ; horàka; menapina ; jaky ; dorehitra | haboka ; heza; fiana ; manja ; lañary | vony ; hasaka |
| maitso | ||
| manga | ||
| volomparasy ; katso ; lalena; angana | volomparasy ; katso ; lalena | mavokely |
Murui Huitoto
| [a], [b] ← 1 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: mena Adverbial: menakaño | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Witotoan *menai, from Proto-Huitoto-Ocaina *mena.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛ.na]
Numeral
mena
- two
Noun
mena
- pair
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Noun
mena f (plural menas)
- type, sort, kind
- Synonyms: sòrta, espècia
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Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 638.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Ijekavian): mijéna
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *měna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /měːna/
- Hyphenation: me‧na
Noun
ména f (Cyrillic spelling ме́на)
- change
- phase
- lunation
Declension
Declension of mena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ména | mene |
| genitive | mene | mȇnā |
| dative | meni | menama |
| accusative | menu | mene |
| vocative | meno | mene |
| locative | meni | menama |
| instrumental | menom | menama |
Synonyms
- (change): prȍmena, ȉzmena
References
- “mena” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmena]
Noun
mena f (genitive singular meny, nominative plural meny, genitive plural mien, declension pattern of žena)
- currency (finance)
Declension
Declension of mena
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mena | meny |
| genitive | meny | mien |
| dative | mene | menám |
| accusative | menu | meny |
| locative | mene | menách |
| instrumental | menou | menami |
Derived terms
- menový
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mena n
- genitive singular of meno
Further reading
- mena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Sotho
Verb
mena
- to fold
- Synonym: phutha
Spanish
Noun
mena f (plural menas)
- ore
Noun
mena m or f (plural menas)
- Alternative letter-case form of MENA
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mena
- inflection of menar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “mena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, meinen (compare Icelandic meina, Danish mene), from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *mein-.
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Verb
mena (present menar, preterite menade, supine menat, imperative mena)
- to mean; to convey, or to want to convey
- to mean; to be of the opinion that or to have as one's conviction
- to mean; to have as one's intention
Conjugation
Conjugation of mena (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mena | menas | ||
| Supine | menat | menats | ||
| Imperative | mena | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | menen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | menar | menade | menas | menades |
| Ind. plural1 | mena | menade | menas | menades |
| Subjunctive2 | mene | menade | menes | menades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | menande | |||
| Past participle | menad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- mening