mik

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mik"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Mikasuki.

Symbol

mik

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mikasuki.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mikasuki terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mək/

Etymology 1

From Dutch mikken, from Middle Dutch micken, from Old Dutch *mikken, from Proto-Germanic *mikjaną.

Verb

mik (present mik, present participle mikkende, past participle gemik)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to aim, to target
   • 1980, "Herinneringe van Genl Christiaan Ludolph de Wet du Toit DSO.", part 1, Militaria, vol. 10, issue 2, page 18.

     Eensklaps tref 'n kartets die grond langs ons, vermoedelik gemik na die pantserkar voor.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mik (plural mikke)

1. A forked branch or stick.
   • 2016, Alma Carstens, Ver anderkant Wiesenhof:

     Die pophuis in die een hoek was LizeMari se geskenk op haar sesde verjaarsdag, en die boomhuis in die groot mik van die akkerboom het hy vir hulle gebou toe Kara hoërskool toe is.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (informal) A groin, a crotch.
   • 1997, Johann de Lange, editor, Soort soek soort. 'n Versameling alternatiewe ervarings, page 127:

     Sy, wat 'n paar uur tevore in die nag nog met 'n gulsige, nat mond oor haar bene en tot in haar mik gesoen het.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• oor die mik

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

Pronunciation

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): [mik]
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): [mɪk]

• Audio:

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Noun

mik m (plural miq, definite miku, definite plural miqtë, female equivalent mike)

1. friend

   Ky është miku im. (Tosk)

   Qiky âsht miki jêm. (northwestern Gheg)

   This is my friend.

   • 2010, Nora Istrefi, Dy shokë, Entermedia, pages:

     Si një mik, si një shokë e jo me shumë

     Like a friend, like a friend no longer

Declension

Declension of mik

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mik	miku	miq	miqtë
accusative		mikun
dative	miku	mikut	miqve	miqve
ablative			miqsh

Derived terms

• mikeshë
• mikth
• miqësi

Related terms

• armik

Further reading

• Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 4: “amicus — mich”
• “mik”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “mik”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mīcha, from Latin mīca (“crumb”).

Noun

mik m (plural mikken, diminutive mikje n)

1. loaf of bread
2. (informal) mouth, mug
3. (informal) stomach (organ)

   Synonym: maag

4. (nautical) pump-cheek

Derived terms

• dikke mik

Descendants

• → Russian: мик (mik)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mik

1. inflection of mikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• Kim, kim

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mjək.

Noun

mik

1. (anatomy) eye, face
2. sight, vision

Usage notes

• -mik- is a bound lemma and cannot be used on its own.

Derived terms

• chimik
• mikchi
• mikgil
• mikjapa
• mikjumang
• mikkang
• mikon
• mikraka
• miksimang
• mikskim
• miksrang
• miksua

References

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[3], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 137
• Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
• Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

Gothic

Romanization

mik

1. romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐌺

Hungarian

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -k (plural suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmik]
• Rhymes: -ik

Pronoun

mik

1. nominative plural of mi

   Mik ezek? ― What are these?

Middle Norwegian

Alternative forms

• migh, mig
• mek, megh, meg

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”).

Pronoun

mik

1. me; accusative, and less commonly dative, of ek (“I”)

   [...] the saudher som Sigurder Jonsson wildæ hafuæ køpt af mik [...]

   [...] the sheep that Sigurd Jonsson would want to buy from me [...]

Declension

Middle Norwegian personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	thu	—	han	hon	thet
accusative	mik	thik	sik	han	hana	thet
dative	mer	ther	ser	honom	henne	thy
genitive	min	thin	sin	hans	hennar	thes
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit, mit	thit	—
accusative	okker	ykker	sik
dative	okker	ykker	ser
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sin
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ver, mer	ther	—	their	thær	thau
accusative	oss	ydher	sik	tha	thær	thau
dative	oss	ydher	ser	theim	theim	theim
genitive	vaar	ydhar	sin	theira	theira	theira

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: meg
• Norwegian Bokmål: meg

References

• Diplomatarium Norvegicum
• Handbok i norrøn filologi, p. 423

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mek (“me”), accusative of *ek (“I”). Cognate with Old English meċ, Old Saxon mik, Old High German mih, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺 (mik).

Pronoun

mik

1. me (first-person accusative singular personal pronoun)

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	þú	—	hann	hon, hón, hǫ́n	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum, hǫ́num	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit	it, þit	—
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér	—	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: mig
• Faroese: meg
• Norwegian: meg
• Jamtish: meg
• Old Swedish: mik
  • Swedish: mig, mek (Värmland, Västergötland)
• Old Danish: mik, mæk
  • Danish: mig

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• mī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronoun

mik

1. (accusative) me

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is
dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka
plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

Descendants

• Low German: mik, mick, mich
  • German Low German: mik

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• mek, mig, migh, meg, megh, mich, ᛘᛁᚴ

Etymology

From Old Norse mik.

Pronoun

mik

1. me (first-person accusative/dative singular personal pronoun)

Declension

Old Swedish personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	first		iak, iæk	mik, mek	mǣ(r), mik	mīn
	second		þū	þik	þǣ(r), þik	þīn
	third	m	han		hōnum, hānum	hans
		f	hōn	hana, hōna	hænni	hænna(r)
		n	þæt		þȳ, þī	þæs
Dual	first		vit	oker		okar
	second		it	*iker		*ikar
plural	first		vī(r)	os, ōs		vār
	second		ī(r)	iþer		iþar
	third	m	þē(r)	þā	þēm, þø̄m, þom	þēra
		f	þā(r)
		n	þø̄n, þē(n)
reflexive			–	sik	sǣ(r), sik	sīn

Ottawa

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe amik

Noun

mik anim

1. beaver

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001), Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 482