menda

See also:ménda,meṇḍa,andmendą

Basque

Noun

mendainan

1. (botany)mint

Caló

Pronoun

menda

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

References

• “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”inVocabulario: Caló - Español,Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Galician

Verb

menda

1. inflection ofmendar:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Guaraní

Pronunciation

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

Noun

menda

1. wedding

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɛn.da/
• Rhymes:-ɛnda
• Hyphenation:mèn‧da

Etymology 1

Learned borrowingfromLatinmenda.

Noun

mendaf(pluralmende)

1. (literary)mistake,error

   Synonyms:difetto,errore

2. (literary,obsolete)sin

   Synonym:peccato

Further reading

• menda¹in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Deverbalfrommendare(“to amend, correct”)+‎-a.

Noun

mendaf(pluralmende)

1. (obsolete)repayment,indemnity,reparation

   Synonyms:ammenda,indennità

Further reading

• menda²in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

menda

1. inflection ofmendare:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Latin

Alternative forms

• mendum

Etymology

FromProto-Indo-European*mend-(“physical defect, fault”),same source as Old Irishmennar(“blemish, stain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈmen.da/,[ˈmɛn̪d̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈmen.da/,[ˈmɛn̪d̪ä]

Noun

mendaf(genitivemendae);first declension

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

Declension

First-declensionnoun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	menda	mendae
Genitive	mendae	mendārum
Dative	mendae	mendīs
Accusative	mendam	mendās
Ablative	mendā	mendīs
Vocative	menda	mendae

Derived terms

• mendicus

Related terms

• mendāx
• mendum

Descendants

Sicilian:sminnari(from *exmendare)

References

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

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• minda

Noun

menda

1. ram
2. sheep

Polish

Etymology

Clippingofmendoweszka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɛn.da/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛnda
• Syllabification:men‧da

Noun

mendaf

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

Declension

Declension ofmenda

	singular	plural
nominative	menda	mendy
genitive	mendy	mend
dative	mendzie	mendom
accusative	mendę	mendy
instrumental	mendą	mendami
locative	mendzie	mendach
vocative	mendo	mendy

Derived terms

verb

• mendzić

Further reading

• mendainWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mendain Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromCalómenda.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mendam(pluralmendas)

1. (colloquial)guy,dude,geezer
   • 1994,José Ángel Mañas,chapter VII, inHistorias del Kronen,Barcelona: Ediciones Destino,→ISBN,page109:

     —Pero qué pasa,menda,si sólo es un porrito, tronco —protesta Manolo.

     (pleaseadd an English translationof this quotation)

Pronoun

menda

1. yours truly,muggins

   Synonym:menda lerenda

Further reading

• “menda”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014