# minga
## English
### Etymology

From Pitjantjatjara minga tjuta (“ants”). Compare emmet.

### Noun

minga (plural minga)
* (Central Australia, derogatory) A tourist, especially one that comes to climb Uluru.
** 2004, Australia, →ISBN, page 10:To have Uluru interpreted by an Anangu guide is far more fulfilling than trailing after the minga, or "ants", as those who show their disrespect by climbing the sacred monolith are called.
** 2008, Frommer's Australia:It's easy to see why local Aborigines refer to these intruders as minga—or little ants.
** 2009, Rolf Potts, Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Writer, →ISBN, page 127:I, too, have come to central Australia as a minga tjuta, though I'm not here to scale the slopes of Uluru.
** 2018, Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart:At the end of her patrol yesterday arvo, Ruby went into the crater and found a group of minga off track.

### Anagrams

* gamin, migan, Nigam, Aming, Magin, gmina, magni-

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiŋa/

### Noun

minga
* a shrub growing on the sandy coast, and bearing a pod similar to French beans

#### Usage notes

cf. mingga "sore, sick, ill"

### References

* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

## Bulu (Cameroon)
### Noun

minga (plural binga)
* woman (adult female human)

## Garo
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-meŋ (“to name, call”). Analyzable as /ming-/ + -a.

### Verb

minga (transitive)
* to name, call by one's personal name (as opposed to one's family name)

#### See also

* biming

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 234

## Italian
### Verb

minga
* inflection of mingere:
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* magni, mangi

## Pitjantjatjara
### Noun

minga
* ant

## Portuguese
### Verb

minga
* inflection of mingar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈminɡa/ [ˈmĩŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -inɡa
* Syllabification: min‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua mink'a.

#### Noun

minga f (plural mingas)
* (South America) collective work

### Etymology 2

First attested in 1627. Of unclear origin, but similar to the synonym pinga. Possibly derived from the latter. Sometimes considered to derive from Latin mingere (“urinate”), but the considerable time-gap and lack of Romance cognates argue against it.

#### Noun

minga f (plural mingas)
* (Spain, vulgar) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mica.

#### Interjection

minga
* (Rioplatense, slang) no way; fuck off
    Ese juguete es mío. ― ¡Minga! El que lo encuentra, se lo queda.That toy is mine. ― No way! Finders keepers.

### References

* https://raicesdeperaleda.com/diccionario/minga/p-4490

### Further reading

* “minga”, 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