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. === Anagrams === gamin, migan, Nigam, Aming, Magin, gmina, magni- == Barngarla == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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[1], 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 == Lombard == === Alternative forms === menga, meŋa mea, mia (loss of nasalization) === Etymology === From menga (through hypercorrection). === Adverb === minga not == Pitjantjatjara == === Noun === minga ant == Portuguese == === Verb === minga inflection of mingar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /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 argues against it. ==== Noun ==== minga f (plural mingas) (Spain, vulgar) penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Lombard minga. ==== Interjection ==== minga (Rioplatense, slang) no way; fuck off === 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025