This is the 672nd most frequent Estonian word.
minuti
"Minuti" is the genitive case of "minut," meaning "of a minute" in English.
In this sentence, 'minut' is in its nominative singular form meaning 'minute', and it signifies a unit of time.
Palun oota üks minut, ma tulen kohe.
Please wait one minute, I will come immediately.
In this example, 'minutit' appears in the partitive plural form showing 'minutes', reflecting the duration in terms of an abstract quantity.
Olen selle asja pärast juba mitu minutit mõelnud.
I have already been thinking about this matter for several minutes.
Here, 'minutit' is in the partitive singular form denoting 'minutes', used following a numeral and thus indicating an extent of time in the numeric sense.