miga

See also: míga and Miga

Cebuano

Etymology

Initial clipping of amiga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧ga

Noun

miga

1. a female friend
2. an address to a female friend; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mīca (“crumb”), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Compare the borrowed doublet mica. Cognate with Portuguese miga and Spanish miga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɣa̝/

Noun

miga f (plural migas)

1. crumb
2. a trifle; a little

   Cunha miguiña de sorte aínda chegaremos a tempo. ― With a little luck we'll be arriving just in time.

3. a little time

   Marchamos daquí a unha miga. ― We are leaving in a moment.

Derived terms

• migalla
• migar
• nin miga

References

• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “miga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ɪːɣa

Noun

miga f (genitive singular migu, nominative plural migur)

1. (vulgar) the act of pissing
2. (vulgar) piss, urine

Declension

declension of miga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	miga	migan	migur	migurnar
accusative	migu	miguna	migur	migurnar
dative	migu	migunni	migum	migunum
genitive	migu	migunnar	miga	miganna

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀺𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• मिग (Devanagari script)
• মিগ (Bengali script)
• මිග (Sinhalese script)
• မိဂ or မိၷ (Burmese script)
• มิค or มิคะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩥᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມິຄ or ມິຄະ (Lao script)
• មិគ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄨𑄉 (Chakma script)

Noun

miga m

1. beast
2. quadruped
3. deer

Declension

Declension table of "miga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	migo	migā
Accusative (second)	migaṃ	mige
Instrumental (third)	migena	migehi or migebhi
Dative (fourth)	migassa or migāya or migatthaṃ	migānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	migasmā or migamhā or migā	migehi or migebhi
Genitive (sixth)	migassa	migānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	migasmiṃ or migamhi or mige	migesu
Vocative (calling)	miga	migā

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Portuguese

migas (2)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese miga, from Latin mīca (“crumb”), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Compare the borrowed doublet mica.

Noun

miga f (plural migas)

1. crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)
2. (in the plural, cooking) A traditional Iberian dish consisting of leftover bread and various ingredients.

Synonyms

• (crumb): migalha

Etymology 2

Clipping of amiga (“female friend”).

Noun

miga f (plural migas)

1. (endearing) female friend

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish miga, from Latin mīca (“crumb”), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Compare the borrowed doublet mica. Cognate with English mica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɡa/ [ˈmi.ɣ̞a]

Noun

miga f (plural migas)

1. crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
2. essence, core (most significant feature of something)
3. crumb, bit (small amount)

Synonyms

• migaja

Derived terms

• desmigajar
• hacer buenas migas
• migaja
• migajón
• tener su miga