minha

See also: Minha

Guugu Yimidhirr

Noun

minha

  1. meat
  2. edible animal

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese minha, feminine form of meu, from Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmiɲɐ/

Pronoun

minha

  1. (endearing) my
    Synonym: (regular) iou-sa
    Nom quero vai meza armuça, mas nunca deça de comê escondito minha rosca melua.
    I don't want to have lunch at the table, but I must secretly eat my crescent-shaped sweet bread.
  2. (emotional) my

Usage notes
  • Compared to iou-sa or its variants, minha is used as a manifestation of affection or a certain emotional state, as an emotional reaction to bad news, or in the header of a letter, similar to "dear" in English.

See also
Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person Singular Possessive Plural Possessive Reflexive Possessive
First iou, io, mi*, ieu* iou-sa, iou-sua#, minha, io-sa, io-sua# nôs, nosôtro* nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua# onçóm su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua#
Second vôs vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua# vosôtro vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua#
Third êle, êla* êle-sa, su, êle-sua# ilôtro, elôtro*, olôtro*, ulôtro* ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua#

#: dated.
*: rare.

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mĩa, mia, from Latin mea.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmĩ.ɲɐ/ [ˈmĩ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲa/

  • Hyphenation: mi‧nha
  • Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)(file)

Determiner

minha

  1. feminine singular of meu

Pronoun

minha

  1. feminine singular of meu

See also
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person meuminhameusminhas
Second person teutuateustuas
Third person seusuaseussuas
PluralFirst person nossonossanossosnossas
Second person vossovossavossosvossas
Third person seusuaseussuas
See also: Appendix:Possessive#Portuguese
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