Mināti¹

to measure Vb-a.108 (see etym. of mitta); Pot. mine Ja.v.468 (= mineyya C.) fut. minissati Sdhp.585. ger. minitvā Vism.72; grd minitabba Ja.v.90
pass mīyati: see *anu*˚, -pp mita
■ Cp. anu˚, abhi˚, ni˚, pa˚, vi˚. Caus. māpeti (q.v.).

roots (Vedic) mā & mi; pres. minūte & minoti; Idg. *me, cp. Sk. mātra measure, māna; Av. mā-mitiḥ measure; Gr. μάτιον small measure, μ ̈ητις counsel Lat.; metior, mensis, modus; Goth. mēla bushel; Ags. maed measure (cp. E. mete, meet fitting); Lith. mẽtas year
■ The Dhtm.726 gives mi in meaning “pamāṇa”

Mināti²

to diminish; also: to hurt injure. Very rare, only in some prep. combinations
■ See also mīyati.

Vedic mināti, mī (or mi), to diminish; cp. Gr. μινύω diminish; Lat. minor = E. minor; Goth. mins (little), compar, minniza, superl. minnists = Ger mindest
■ The Dhtp.502 gives mi with “hiṃsā,” the Dhtm.725 with “hiṃsana.” It applies the same interpretation to a root midh (Dhtm.536), which is probably abstracted fr. Pass. mīyati