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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MINGIMINGI

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINGIMINGI

mingimingi  [ˈmiːəŋiːmiːəŋiː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINGIMINGI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mingimingi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINGIMINGI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mingimingi

Mingimingi is a Māori word meaning "twisted" or similar. The name is used to describe at least two different New Zealand species of plants: ▪ Leucopogon fasciculatus, a forest shrub. ▪ Coprosma propinqua, a widespread small leaved shrub.

Definition of mingimingi in the English dictionary

The definition of mingimingi in the dictionary is an evergreen New Zealand tree, Cyathodes juniperina, with grey bark, narrow leaves, and blue berries.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINGIMINGI


hangi
ˈhʌŋiː
hongi
ˈhɒŋiː
Palagi
pɑːˈlʌŋiː
tangi
ˈtʌŋiː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINGIMINGI

minesweeping
minette
mineworker
Ming
Ming Dynasty
ming tree
minge
minger
mingier
mingiest
minginess
minging
mingle
minglement
mingler
minglingly
Mingrel
Mingrelian
Mingus
mingy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINGIMINGI

bostangi
cumbungi
fungi
lungi
porangi
putangitangi
rangi
sarangi
sengi
shilingi
Treaty of Waitangi
Ubangi
wongi

Synonyms and antonyms of mingimingi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mingimingi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINGIMINGI

Find out the translation of mingimingi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mingimingi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mingimingi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mingimingi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mingimingi
570 millions of speakers

English

mingimingi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mingimingi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mingimingi
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mingimingi
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mingimingi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mingimingi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mingimingi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mingimingi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mingimingi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mingimingi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mingimingi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mingimingi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mingimingi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mingimingi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिंगिमिंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mingimingi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mingimingi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mingimingi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mingimingi
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mingimingi
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mingimingi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mingimingi
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

mingimingi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mingimingi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mingimingi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINGIMINGI»

The term «mingimingi» is used very little and occupies the 192.540 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINGIMINGI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mingimingi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mingimingi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mingimingi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINGIMINGI»

Discover the use of mingimingi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mingimingi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cook Islands Maori Dictionary
mingimingi, v.i., fq. mingi. Bent, curved, curled, bends, curves, etc. E 'aka-pae ke koe i te au naero mingimingi. Dis-card the bent nails; ko te tamaiti rauru mingimingi, the boy with curly hair; 'E ara mingimingi te reira. It is a winding road; Kare e ...
Jasper Buse, Raututi Taringa, Bruce Biggs, 1995
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Pollen analysis of New Zealand honey
3.10 Mingimingi honey (sample 17) This sample was not listed as monofloral. Mingimingi can be either Coprosma or Cyathodes, neither of which occurs in this sample. If mingimingi refers to Leucopogon fasciculata, as it often does, then this  ...
D. C. Mildenhall, Roger Tremain, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited, 2005
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A Field Guide to the Alpine Plants of New Zealand
... 114 Marchantia 253 Marlborough daisy 274, 275 Marlborough helichrysum 130, 131 Maruru 176 Matted ourisia 304, 305 Mazus radicans 191 Microlaena avenacea 45 Microlaena colensoi 222, 223 Microtis unifolia 92, 93 Mingimingi 50 , ...
John Tenison Salmon, 1992
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From weta to kauri: a guide to the New Zealand forest
Soft mingimingi Leucopogon fasciculatus where • shrubland, coastal and lowland light forests, particularly beech forest, in the North lsland and in the northern half of the South lsland size • a shrub, up to 5 m high bark • dark brown to black ...
Janet Hunt, Rob Lucas, 2004
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Maori herbal remedies
MINGIMINGI, TUMINGI Cyathodes juniperina The prickly leaves of the Mingimingi tree or shrub were boiled in water, the liquid thus obtained being used in asthma, bronchitis, and kidney problems. Maori women made use of this liquid for ...
Raymond Stark, 1979
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Tane
Astelia banksii and mingimingi (Leucopogon fasciculatus) are local. The mingimingi forms a windswept "hedge" a metre high by 8m long by up to 3m wide . Petrel burrows are common here and Einadia trigonos, chickweed (Stellaria media) ...
‎1995
7
A field guide to the native trees of New Zealand
Mingimingi Coprosma propinqua Found from Mangonui south throughout New Zealand in swampy forests and scrub, along streams and river banks and in stoney places. Fig 1 Mingimingi trees, upper Waipunga Valley, 1966. Fig 2 Mingimingi ...
John Tenison Salmon, 1987
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Proceedings of the ... Conference
These features are especially apparent on kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) and mingimingi (Leucopogon fasciculatus) (Fig. 2). Prostrate dwarf forms of vegetation occur on the hottest ground. Dwarfed prostrate kanuka is the most heat tolerant plant ...
New Zealand Geographical Society. Conference, 1993
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
Nat. name — Mingimingi ; 3 — 6 feet high, according to Mr. Travers, forming a considerable portion of the bush, and from its dense close growth almost impenetrable. Coprosma acerosa, A. Cunn. Composite. Olearia angustifolia, Hook, fil., var.
New Zealand Institute, 1875
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Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
Tribal variation in pronunciation is shown in such pairs as inanga/inaka (a kind of fish), mingimingi/mikimiki (an evergreen shrub), and the place-name Waitangi/ Waitaki. In each of these cases, /ŋ/ is a North Island equivalent of a South Island ...
Thomas Burns McArthur, Roshan McArthur, 2005

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINGIMINGI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mingimingi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Heavenly, despite the sandy togs
... the incoming tide rushes through the channel, the sandflies dancing in the shade of the trackside mingimingi, the schools of silvery sprats that ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
2
Yep, they really said that
He for some reason became geographically embarrassed and answered without thinking 'That's Mingimingi Island'. Much to his chagrin, the ... «Marlborough Express, Mar 14»
3
Gardening with giants
If underplanting is appropriate, Stanley recommends using natural kauri companions, such as corokia, mingimingi, kauri grass (Astelia trinerva) ... «New Zealand Listener, May 13»
4
work to transform lagoon
Eight-hundred plants, including cabbage trees, flax, mingimingi, ... with the 800 plants that included cabbage trees, flax, mingimingi and toe toe. «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 12»
5
Mayor and school kids celebrate million tonne milestone
Auckland Mayor Len Brown and 30 students from Mangere Bridge's Mountain View Primary School planted native Mingimingi trees at the ... «Scoop.co.nz, Aug 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mingimingi [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mingimingi>. May 2024 ».
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