Aromanian

Alternative forms

• minte

Noun

minti f ‎(plural mintsã)

1. mind

Derived terms

Chickasaw

Verb

minti

1. To come

Hausa

Noun

mintī̀ f ‎(plural mintoci)

1. minute (unit of time)

Noun

mintī̀ f

1. peppermint candy

Italian

Verb

minti m pl

1. masculine plural of minto

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

• From Proto-Balto-Slavic *minʔ-^[1]. 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

Related terms

Derived terms

Participle

mintì m ‎(past passive)

1. masculine plural nominative form of mìntas.

Etymology 2

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

• (to solve): mąstyti, spėti
• (to name): duoti vardą

Related terms

• (noun) mintis f

Derived terms

See also

• spręsti

Participle

mintì m ‎(past passive)

1. masculine plural nominative form of miñtas.

References

1. 1 2 3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 315-316. ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6
2. ↑ “mìnti” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
3. 1 2 3 “miñti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.