mek

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See also: MEK, -mek, and ΜΕΚ

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (to bleat). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (to bleat). An onomatopoeic root.[1]

Verb[edit]

mek (first-person singular past tense (u) mek, participle mekur)

  1. to bleat, stammer
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë.[2]

Verb[edit]

mek (first-person singular past tense meka, participle mekur)

  1. to wet
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 264
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 255

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

mek

  1. bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
    • 2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom[2]:
      Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Nalca[edit]

Noun[edit]

mek

  1. water
  2. river
  3. sea

Nigerian Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English make.

Verb[edit]

mek

  1. make

Potawatomi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.

Noun[edit]

mek (plural mekok)

  1. beaver

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mȅk (definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī, Cyrillic spelling ме̏к)

  1. soft

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