# minna
## Estonian
### Verb

minna
* Da-infinitive of minema.

## Faroese
### Verb

minna (third person singular past indicative minti, third person plural past indicative mint, supine mint)
* to remind

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪnːa/
* Rhymes: -ɪnːa

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

minna n
* indefinite genitive plural of minni

### Etymology 2
#### Determiner

minna
* genitive plural of minn

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

minna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative minnti, supine minnt)
* (impersonal) to cause to think/believe [with accusative or (occasionally) dative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "think, believe, seem to remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Mig minnir að svo sé.I seem to remember so.
    Mig minnir að hún kunni forritun.I believe she knows programming.
* to remind [with accusative]
    Synonym: rifja upp

##### Usage notes

* Even though the subject is usually in the accusative case (þolfallsfrumlag) it is occasionally used in the dative case (þágufallsfrumlag):
       Mér minnir.
    instead of
       Mig minnir.

##### Derived terms

* minna einhvern á eitthvað (“to remind someone of something”)
* minnast einhvers (“to recollect something, to remember something”)
* minnast á eitthvað (“to mention something”)

### Anagrams

* manni

## Japanese
### Romanization

minna
* Rōmaji transcription of みんな

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɪn.na/
* Homophone: minnha

### Adverb

minna
* first-person plural pronominal form of minn: from us

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* minnene (noun)
* minnet (verb)
* minte (verb, simple past)
* mint (verb, past participle)

### Noun

minna n
* definite plural of minne

### Verb

minna
* inflection of minne:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse minna, from Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

#### Alternative forms

* minne (e and split infinitives)

#### Verb

minna (present tense minner, past tense minte, past participle mint, passive infinitive minnast, present participle minnande, imperative minn)
* to remind
    den fargen minner meg om haust
       that colour reminds me of fall
* (reflexive) return, reappear
    sjukdomen kan minne seg seinare
       the illness may come back later

##### Related terms

* minnast

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

minna n
* definite plural of minne

### References

* “minna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *minþijaną.

#### Verb

minna
* to remind [with accusative ‘someone’, along with genitive or á (+ accusative) ‘of someone/something’]
* (impersonal) to remind, to cause to remember [with accusative ‘someone’ and genitive ‘of someone/something’] (idiomatically translated as "remember" with the accusative object as the subject)
* (reflexive) to remember, to call to mind [with genitive ‘someone/something’]

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: minna
* Faroese: minna
* Norwegian Nynorsk: minne
* Norwegian Bokmål: minne
* Swedish: minna
* Danish: minde

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

minna
* inflection of minni:
** masculine oblique singular
** neuter singular

#### Determiner

minna pl
* genitive plural of minn

#### Noun

minna
* indefinite genitive plural of minni
* infef genitive plural of minni

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “minna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* menna

### Etymology

Uncertain. It should derive from a possibile earlier *minda or *mēnda. Compare, for more, minchia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmin.na/
* Hyphenation: min‧na

### Noun

minna f (plural minni)
* (anatomy, colloquial, mostly plural) tit, breast
    Mimma s'a-ritrova 'n paru di minni di chiḍḍi a nùmmiru unu.Mimma got such grade-a tits.

#### Derived terms

* minnazza
* minniteḍḍa
* minnuna
* minnuzza
* minnuzzi di sant'Àjita

#### Related terms

* capicchiu
* ciancu
* minchia
* pettu
* torsu

#### Descendants

* → Italian: minna (regional)

#### See also

* minchia
* minnulara
* minnulitu
* munnari
* munnu
* mànnira
* mènnula
* sminnari
* sminnatu
* sminnàrisi
* spitturari

## Sidamo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈminːa/
* Hyphenation: min‧na

### Noun

minna f
* plural of mine

#### Declension
### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345
* Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “minna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department