mî

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiː/

Determiner

mî m (feminine singular mî, masculine plural mî, feminine plural mî) (Bologna)

1. my

Pronoun

mî m (feminine singular mî, masculine plural mî, feminine plural mî) (Bologna)

1. mine

References

Lepri, Luigi; Vitali, Daniele (2002), “mî”, in Dizionario Bolognese-Italiano, Italiano-Bolognese. Dizionèri Bulgnaiṡ-Itagliàn, Itagliàn-Bulgnaiṡ, 2nd edition, Bologna: Pendragon, →ISBN

Guerrero Amuzgo

Etymology

Probably from Spanish mil.

Numeral

mî

1. thousand

Khiamniungan Naga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi⁵²/

Verb

mî

1. (Patsho) To turn or give attention by changing the direction of looking.

Namuyi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (“female”). Cognate to Chinese 妹 (mèi, “girl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mi˥]

Noun

mî

1. wife

Synonyms

• zĕhmî

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *móysos (“sheep, skin of sheep”). Cognate with Sanskrit मेष (meṣá), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Khwarezmian [script needed] (ʾmh), Ormuri [script needed] (maī), Munji [script needed] (mə́ya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miː/

Noun

Central Kurdish	مێ (mê)
Southern Kurdish	میە (mye)
Laki	مێ (mê)
Zazaki	meşna

mî f (Arabic spelling مي)

1. sheep

Alternative forms

• mih

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “mî”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 395