miki

See also: Miki

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Verb

miki

1. to die.

Hausa

Noun

mīkì m (possessed form mīkìn)

1. vulture

Japanese

Romanization

miki

1. Rōmaji transcription of みき

Maranao

Noun

miki

1. noodle

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *mɨkɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *muku- or *muki-. Compare Classical Nahuatl miqui (“to die”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmiki/
• (Witzapan) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɣi/

Verb

miki

1. (intransitive) to die

   Ne mukunew teutak mikik

   Your son died in the evening

Derived terms

• -miktia (“to kill”)
• mikini (“dead person, corpse”)
• mikilis (“death”)
• miktan (“depths” or “Hell”)
• āmiki (“to be thirsty”)
• ijiumiki (“to sigh”)
• sekmiki (“to feel cold”)
• tūnalmiki (“to wither from heat”)
• yūlmiki (“to have a heart attack”)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 麵羹／面羹 (mī-kiⁿ, “noodle soup/broth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiki/, [ˈmi.xɪ]
• Hyphenation: mi‧ki

Noun

miki (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃᜒ)

1. a type of noodle

Related terms

• lomi
• mami
• miswa
• ramen
• tsami
• tsawmin

 

Further reading

• “miki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 41