mintin
Breton
editNomen
editCebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English maintain, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French maintenir, from Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“I support”), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“I hold”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: min‧tin
Verb
editmintin
- to maintain; to keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition, etc.)
- to bet on the same number or set of numbers in a lottery
Nomen
editmintin
- a number or set of numbers one keeps unchanged and bets on in every lottery draw
Chinese Pidgin English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Cantonese 明天 (ming4 tin1).
Nomen
editmintin
- tomorrow
- 1860, The Englishman in China, London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., page 66:
- “Beefsteak pie, colo muttin-chopo, one piecee stake belong mintin (to-morrow), one piecee loaf; salade and cheesee have got inside.”
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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