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See also: ménda, meṇḍa, mendą, and Menda

Basque

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Noun

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menda inan

  1. (botany) mint

Caló

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Pronoun

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menda

  1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

References

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  • menda” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 61.
  • menda” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
  • menda” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Galician

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Verb

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menda

  1. inflection of mendar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mẽˈⁿda]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: men‧da

Noun

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menda

  1. wedding

Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin menda.

Noun

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menda f (plural mende)

  1. (literary) mistake, error
    Synonyms: difetto, errore
  2. (literary, obsolete) sin
    Synonym: peccato

Further reading

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  • menda1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Deverbal from mendare (to amend, correct) +‎ -a.

Noun

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menda f (plural mende)

  1. (obsolete) repayment, indemnity, reparation
    Synonyms: ammenda, indennità

Further reading

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  • menda2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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menda

  1. inflection of mendare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mend- (physical defect, fault), same source as Old Irish mennar (blemish, stain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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menda f (genitive mendae); first declension

  1. defect, blemish (on the body)
  2. mistake, error, blunder

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative menda mendae
genitive mendae mendārum
dative mendae mendīs
accusative mendam mendās
ablative mendā mendīs
vocative menda mendae

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sicilian: sminnari (from *exmendare)

References

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  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • menda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • menda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • menda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Javanese

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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menda

  1. ram
  2. sheep

Polish

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Etymology

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Clipping of mendoweszka.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛn.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

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menda f

  1. (dated) pubic louse
  2. (derogatory) scum, scoundrel

Declension

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Derived terms

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verb

Further reading

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  • menda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • menda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Caló menda.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmenda/ [ˈmẽn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -enda
  • Syllabification: men‧da

Noun

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menda m (plural mendas)

  1. (colloquial) guy, dude, geezer

Pronoun

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menda

  1. yours truly, muggins
    Synonym: menda lerenda

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