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Syriac
mīnā - race, stock
(LSyr. 384, SL 753)
May be related, probably implying the primary meaning ‘seed, sperm’ (cf. also the meaning ‘to create’ in Tgr.).
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*mny
- to have sexual desire; discharge sperm, exude vaginal secretion
(SED I No. 41ᵥ)