The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Mitti (f.) [a by -- form of metti] friendship J i.468 (=metti C.).
Mithu
Mithu (adv.) [cp. Vedic mith( & P. micch!; mith, cp. mitha1 alternately, Av. miq0 wrongly; Goth. misso
one another, missa -- leiks different; Ger. E. prefix mis -- i. e.
-- 533 --
wrongly: Ger. missetat wrong doing=misdeed; Lat. m(to to change, mutuus reciprocal; Goth. maipms
present=Ags. mapum; mith in Vedic Sk. is "to be opposed to each other," whereas in Vedic mithuna the
notion of "pair" prevails. See also methuna] opposite, reciprocally, contrary Sn 825, 882 (taken by Nd1 163
& 290, on both passages identically, as n. pl. of adj. instead of adv., & expld by "dve jan! dve kalaha --
k!raka" etc.). -- bheda [evidently in meaning of mitta -- bheda "break of friendship," although mithu means
"adversary," thus perhaps "breaking, so as to cause opposition"] breaking of alliance, enmity D ii.76; J
iv.184 (here with v. l. mitta˚); Kvu 314.
Middha
Middha (nt.) [orig. pp. perhaps to Vedic mid (?) to be fat=medh, as DhsA 378 gives "medhat" ti middha'."
-- More likely however connected with Sk. methi (pillar=Lat. meta), cp. Prk. medhi. The meaning is more
to the point too, viz. "stiff." Thus semantically identical with th"na. -- BSk. also middha, e. g. Divy 555]
torpor, stupidity, sluggishness D i.71 (th"na˚); Sn 437; A v.18; Dhs 1157; Miln 299, 412 (appa˚ not slothful,
i. e. diligent, alert); Vism 450 (˚r(pa; +rogar(pa, j!tir(pa, etc., in def. of r(pa); DA i.211 (expld as cetasika
gelañña: see on this passage Dhs trsl. §1155); Sdhp 459. -- See th"na.
Middhin
Middhin (adj.) [fr. middha] torpid, drowsy, sluggish Dh 325 (=th"namiddh' âbhibh(ta DhA iv.16).
Midha
Midha [does it refer to m"2 as in min!ti2, or to middha?] is given as root in meaning "hi'sana," to hurt at
Dhtm 536 (with var. v.v ll.), not sure.
Minana
Minana (nt.) [fr. mi to measure, fix, construct] measuring, surveying DA i.79; DhsA 123.
Min!ti
Min!ti1 [roots (Vedic) m! & mi; pres. min(te & minoti; Idg. *me, cp. Sk. m!tra measure, m!na; Av. m! --
, miti1 measure; Gr. ma/tion small measure, mh_tis counsel Lat.; metior, mensis, modus; Goth. m/la
bushel; Ags. maed measure (cp. E. mete, meet= fitting); Lith. mStas year. -- The Dhtm 726 gives mi in
meaning "pam!*a"] to measure VbhA 108 (see etym. of mitta); Pot. mine J v.468 (=mineyya C.); fut.
minissati Sdhp 585. ger. minitv! Vism 72; grd. minitabba J v.90. -- Pass. m"yati: see anu˚, -- pp. mita. --
Cp. anu˚, abhi˚, ni˚, pa˚, vi˚. Caus. m!peti (q. v.).
Min!ti
Min!ti2 [Vedic min!ti, m" (or mi), to diminish; cp. Gr. minu/w diminish; Lat. minor=E. minor; Goth. mins
(little), compar, minniza, superl. minnists=Ger. mindest. -- The Dhtp 502 gives mi with "hi's!," the Dhtm