min
Less; smaller; lowerLess; smaller; lower.
» Teochew is a dialect of Min Nan.
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1 senses(Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete)Less; smaller; lower.
Examples
5 sentencesTeochew is a dialect of Min Nan.
Far min hjelpte meg med leksene.
Please give us a 20-30 min. time slot for our presentation.
Add the flour and baking powder, then the butter and leftover milk; let stand for 15 min.
The major dialects spoken in Fujian Province include Min, Hakka, Wu, Gan, and Nanping Mandarin.
Origin
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West GermaFrom Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
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