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menen

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See also:měněn

Ao

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Etymology

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FromProto-Central Naga*m-njan. Cognates are difficult to find, but Bruhn finds Northeastern Chin cognates (likeTedim Chinnin(“dirty”)).

Verb

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menen

  1. to bedirty,unclean
  2. to makedirty
  3. tosin

Further reading

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  • Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014),A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages83, 228
  • Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985),Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page57

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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menen

  1. third-personpluralpresentindicative ofmenar

Dutch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Dutchmênen, fromOld Dutchmēnen, fromProto-West Germanic*mainijan, fromProto-Germanic*mainijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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menen

  1. tothink; to have anopinion orassumption
    Synonym:denken
    Hijmeent dat hij recht heeft op meer salaris. ―Heis of the opinion that he deserves more salary.
    Ikmeen me zoiets te herinneren. ―Ithink I remember something to that effect.
  2. tomean(to be serious and sincere; to have conviction in)
    Synonym:serieusbedoelen
    De excuses waren nietgemeend. ―The apologieswere notsincere.
    Meen je dat nou? ―Are you serious?
  3. (archaic) tomean(to refer to; to have in mind)
    Synonym:bedoelen
  4. (archaic) tomean(to convey; to want to say)
    Synonym:bedoelen
  5. (obsolete) tomean(to have as meaning, e.g. of a word)
    Synonyms:betekenen,heten

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmenen (weak)
infinitivemenen
past singularmeende
past participlegemeend
infinitivemenen
gerundmenenn
present tensepast tense
1st person singularmeenmeende
2nd person sing. (jij)meent,meen2meende
2nd person sing. (u)meentmeende
2nd person sing. (gij)meentmeende
3rd person singularmeentmeende
pluralmenenmeenden
subjunctive sing.1menemeende
subjunctive plur.1menenmeenden
imperative sing.meen
imperative plur.1meent
participlesmenendgemeend
1)Archaic.2) In case ofinversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Verb

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menen

  1. first-personsingularpresentindicative ofmennä

Fula

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Pronoun

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menen(Pular)

  1. first person plural exclusive;emphatic pronounwe,us

Dialectal variants

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See also

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References

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutchmēnen, fromProto-Germanic*mainijaną.

Verb

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mênen

  1. tomean, tosignify
  2. tointend
  3. tomean, tostand for
  4. tothink, to be of theopinion

Inflection

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This verb needs aninflection-table template.

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Englishmǣnan(“mean, intend; lament”).

Verb

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menen

  1. tointend, tomean toindicate orsignify
  2. to intend, to mean to do something, or that something will be the case; to plan
  3. to say, to express
  4. toremember; to recall or bear in mind
  5. to advise or admonish or remind (someone of something)
  6. to complain of, to lament
  7. to lament, to mourn (for)
  8. to pity, to comfort

Etymology 2

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    FromOld Frenchmener(“lead”).

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

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    menen

    1. todirect orguide (one's horse or oneself)
    2. (reflexive) to conduct oneself or behave (in a certain way)

    Mokilese

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    Etymology

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    Bysurface analysis,-men(animate noun classifier/indefinite marker) +‎-en(2nd person singular demonstrative suffix).

    Determiner

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    menen

    1. that (animate noun near the speaker)

    Usage notes

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    Menen is used only when talking about animate nouns that are nearer to the listener than to the speaker.

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    Mokilese demonstratives
    generalanimatelongpieceplural
    1st person
    (near speaker)    		oawemenepasekijepwiai,pwiak
    2nd person
    (near hearer)    		oawenmenenpasenkijenpwian
    3rd person
    (near neither speaker nor hearer)    		oawomenopasokijopwiok

    References

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    Old Dutch

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    Etymology

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    FromProto-Germanic*mainijaną.

    Verb

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    mēnen

    1. tomean, tointend

    Inflection

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    Conjugation ofmēnen (weak class 1)
    infinitivemēnen
    indicativepresentpast
    1st person singularmēno,mēnonmēnida
    2nd person singularmēnismēnidos
    3rd person singularmēnitmēnida
    1st person pluralmēnunmēnidon
    2nd person pluralmēnitmēnidot
    3rd person pluralmēnuntmēnidon
    subjunctivepresentpast
    1st person singularmēnemēnidi
    2nd person singularmēnismēnidis
    3rd person singularmēnemēnidi
    1st person pluralmēninmēnidin
    2nd person pluralmēnitmēnidit
    3rd person pluralmēninmēnidin
    imperativepresent
    singularmēni
    pluralmēnit
    participlepresentpast
    mēnendimēnit,gimēnit

    Descendants

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    Further reading

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    • “mēnen”, inOudnederlands Woordenboek,2012

    Spanish

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    Verb

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    menen

    1. inflection ofmenar:
      1. third-personpluralpresentsubjunctive
      2. third-personpluralimperative

    Swedish

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    Noun

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    menen

    1. definiteplural ofmen
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