mingi

mingi (not comparable)

1. Among certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
   • 1979, Jean Lydall; Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75:

     Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.

   • 1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba, [sic] Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, page 179:

     When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women when her breasts are cut off.

• Applied for example to children born out of wedlock, as twins, or with a physical deformity.

• IMing

Likely derived from mis +‎ -gi. See also miski

mingi (genitive mingi, partitive mingit)

1. some, some kind of

   Mingi jõud tõi ta tagasi.

   Some kind of force brought him back.

mingi

1. (colloquial) some, some kind of

   Ta on mingi tähtis tegelane.

   He's some important character.

mingi

1. (colloquial) about, approximately

   Tule mingi kell 5 kohale.

   Arrive at about 5 o'clock.

mingi

1. genitive singular of mink

mingi

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

mingī

1. present passive infinitive of mingō

• IPA^(key): [mind͡ʒʲ]

mingi f pl

1. plural of minge (“balls”)

mingi

1. Mi class inflected form of -ingi.