mena

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

References

Anagrams

• -mane, amen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛna/

Verb

mena (infinitive kũmena)

1. to dislike, to despise

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Verb

mena

1. to grow (as plants do)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲæ̌ːn̪ɐ]

Verb

mẽna

1. third-person singular present of miñti
2. third-person plural present of miñti

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mena

1. red
2. (dialectal, Bara, figuratively) angry

See also

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mena and Nüpode Huitoto mena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛna]
• Hyphenation: me‧na

Numeral

mena

1. two

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 176
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 148

Pronunciation

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Noun

mena f (plural menas)

1. 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.

Verb

mena

1. to mean

Verb

mēna

2. (transitive with accusative) to harm
3. to hinder, prevent
4. to forbid, prohibit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *men, from Proto-Tupian *men.^[1][2]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ména.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ̃.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃na
• Hyphenation: me‧na

Noun

mena (possessable)

1. husband (male partner in marriage)

   Coordinate term: emirekó (“wife”)

References

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mena”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 277, column 1

Alternative forms

• mijéna (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měːna/
• Hyphenation: me‧na

Noun

ména f (Cyrillic spelling ме́на)

1. change

   Synonyms: prȍmena, ȉzmena

2. phase
3. lunation

References

• “mena”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmena]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měna (“change, exchange”).^[1]

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

Further reading

• “mena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Verb

mena

1. to fold

   Synonym: phutha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmena/ [ˈme.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: me‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “mena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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

• IPA^(key): [²meːna]

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Verb

mena (present menar, preterite menade, supine menat, imperative mena)

1. to mean; to convey, or to want to convey
2. to mean; to be of the opinion that or to have as one's conviction
3. to mean; to have as one's intention