Meanings
adjectivemingi (not comparable)
- not comparableAmong certain Ethiopian peoples: ritually impure.
When a man's penis is cut off he is mingi, or for a women^([sic]) when her breasts are cut off.
1997, Faith and Culture in Ethiopia: Towards a Pastoral Approach to Culture: Symposium Held at Holy Saviour Parish Hall, Addis Abeba,^([sic]) Ethiopia, February 6th-9th 1996, pages 179–1801 more example
Some cattle are bought with the elephant tusks, they may not be used for the garo calf, they are mingi.
1979, Jean Lydall, Ivo A. Strecker, The Hamar of Southern Ethiopia: Baldambe explains, page 75
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