みな

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
皆

⟨mi2na⟩ → */mɨna/ → /mina/

From Old Japanese.

Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

みな • (mina) 

  1. everyone, everybody
  2. all, everything
Usage notes

Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.

Derived terms
  • みんな (minna)
  • みなみな (minamina)
  • みながみな (mina ga mina)
  • 皆(みな)さま (minasama)
  • 皆(みな)さん (minasan)
  • 皆(みな)掛(が)け (minagake)
  • みながら (minagara)
  • 皆(みな)熊(くま) (minakuma)
  • 皆(みな)紅(ぐれない) (minagurenai)
  • 皆(みな)殺(ごろ)し (minagoroshi)
  • 皆(みな)水(ずい)晶(しょう) (minazuishō)
  • 皆(みな)月(づき) (Minazuki)
  • みなながら (mina nagara)
  • 皆(みな)の者(もの) (mina no mono)
  • 皆(みな)人(ひと) (minahito)
  • 皆(みな)腸(わた) (minawata)
Idioms
  • 皆(みな)にする (mina ni suru)
  • 皆(みな)になす (mina ni nasu)
  • 皆(みな)になる (mina ni naru)
  • 皆(みな)まで言(い)うな (mina made iu na)
Proverbs
  • 地(ち)を易(か)うれば皆(みな)然(しか)り (chi o kaureba mina shikari)
See also

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
蜷

From Old Japanese 蜷 (mi₁na), from Proto-Japonic *mina.

Pronunciation

  • (Kyoto) みな [míná] (Kōki – [0])[1]>
  • Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References: [1]

Noun

みな • (mina) 

  1. [from early 900s] (archaic, possibly obsolete or dialectal) synonym of 川蜷 (kawanina, “melanian snail (Semisulcospira libertina)”)

Etymology 3

Other various kanji spellings.

Proper noun

みな • (Mina) 

  1. 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: a female given name

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Noun

みな (mi2na)

  1. 皆: everybody, everyone
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