minta

1. water

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149

minta

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Created by János Sajnovics during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. Based on the Lappish (Sámi) word mintâ (“coin”), with the mistaken attribution of the sense ‘sample, draft’, identifying its meaning with the Hungarian construction mint a (“like the”).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmintɒ]
• Hyphenation: min‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

minta (plural minták)

1. sample (also in the statistical sense), specimen

   Synonyms: (a single piece) mintadarab, mintapéldány

2. pattern, design (a specific arrangement of shapes)

   Synonyms: mintázat, kialakítás, elrendezés, formaterv, séma, sablon, stílus

3. model, paragon

   Synonyms: mintakép, modell, eszmény, eszménykép, mintapélda

• minta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From N- +‎ pinta.

• IPA^(key): [mintaʔ]
• Hyphenation: min‧ta
• Rhymes: -intaʔ

minta

1. to ask
2. to request

• mynta

minta f (genitive singular mintu, nominative plural mintur)

1. mint (plant of the genus Mentha)

• “minta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Inherited from Malay minta, from Classical Malay مينتا (minta), from pinta. Possibly influenced by the prefix meng-.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈminta/ [ˈmin̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: min‧ta

minta (active meminta, passive diminta)

1. (transitive) to ask, ask for, request

   Aku meminta dia permen.

   I asked him for candy.

   Mereka sedang meminta untuk gaji mereka dinaikkan.

   They're asking for their salaries to be increased.

• “minta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

minta f sg

1. feminine singular of minto

• -manti, manti

minta

1. romanization of ꦩꦶꦤ꧀ꦠ

• mintak (colloquial)

Nasalization of pinta. Doublet of pinta.

• IPA^(key): /minta/
  • (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [mintə], [mintäʔ]
• Rhymes: -ta, -a

minta (Jawi spelling مينتا)

1. To ask; to request.
2. To recite a prayer.
3. To propose (of marriage).

   Synonyms: pinang, lamar

minta (Jawi spelling مينتا)

1. Used to make a polite request; please.

   Synonym: mohon

   Minta beri 3 gelas air laici.

   Please give us 3 glasses of lychee.

• > Indonesian: minta (inherited)
• → Iban: minta

• "minta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈminːta/

minta

1. mint (flavoring)

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

minta

1. inflection of mentir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

minta

1. head

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975)