Mināti 1 [roots (Vedic) mā and mi; present minūte and minoti; Indo-Germanic °me, cf. Sanskrit mātra measure, māna; Avesta mā°, mitiḥ measure; Greek μάτιον small measure, μῆτις counsel Latin; metior, mensis, modus; Gothic mela bushel; Anglo-Saxon maed measure (cf. English mete, meet = fitting); Lithuanian mẽtas year. — Dhātum 726 gives mi in meaning "pamāṇa"] to measure Vibh-a 108 (see etymology of mitta); potential mine Ja V 468 (= mineyya commentary); future minissati Saddh 585. gerund minitvā Vism 72; gerundive minitabba Ja V 90. — passive mīyati: see anu°, — past participle mita. — Cf. anu°, abhi°, ni°, pa°, vi°. causative māpeti (q.v.). Mināti 2 [Vedic mināti, mī 2 (or mi), to diminish; cf. Greek μινύω diminish; Latin minor = English minor; Gothic mins (little), compar, minniza, superlative minnists = German mindest. — Dhātup 502 gives mi with "hiṃsā," Dhātum 725 with "hiṃsana." It applies the same interpretation to a root midh (Dhātum 536), which is probably abstracted from passive mīyati] to diminish; also: to hurt, injure. Very rare, only in some preposition combinations — See also mīyati.
(pr, pr) measures; compares Construction: minā + ti