miri

See also: Miri, mirí, mirî, mirĩ, and míří

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

miri

1. (Litovska) feminine genitive of mē

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative1		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

¹ The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani.

Catalan

Verb

miri

1. inflection of mirar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian mirare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiri/

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• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: mi‧ri

Verb

miri (present miras, past miris, future miros, conditional mirus, volitive miru)

1. (intransitive) to be amazed, to marvel, to wonder

   Kial vi miras kiam li stulte agas?

   Why do you marvel when he acts foolishly?

Conjugation

Conjugation of miri

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		miras		miris		miros
active participle		miranta	mirantaj	mirinta	mirintaj	mironta	mirontaj
	acc.	mirantan	mirantajn	mirintan	mirintajn	mirontan	mirontajn
nominal active participle		miranto	mirantoj	mirinto	mirintoj	mironto	mirontoj
	acc.	miranton	mirantojn	mirinton	mirintojn	mironton	mirontojn
adverbial active participle		mirante		mirinte		mironte
		infinitive	miri	imperative	miru	conditional	mirus

Derived terms

• mirinda
• mirinde

Hidatsa

Noun

miri

1. alternative form of mini

References

• Alfred W. Bowers, Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization (1963, →ISBN: "miri" (see also [1])

Italian

Verb

miri

1. inflection of mirare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• rimi

Latin

Adjective

mīrī

1. inflection of mīrus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Latvian

Verb

miri

1. second-person singular past indicative of mirt

Middle English

Adjective

miri

1. alternative form of mery

Adverb

miri

1. alternative form of mery

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

miri

1. corpse

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mi'ri.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈɾi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈɾi/

Noun

miri m (plural miris) (Brazil)

1. (botany) a tree, Sideroxylon salicifolium, or its fruit
2. (ornithology) a type of parrot found in Amazonia

Related terms

• mirim

Further reading

• “miri”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “miri”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “miri”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mirʲ]

Verb

miri

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mira

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

miri (Cyrillic spelling мири)

1. inflection of miriti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English mill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ri/

Noun

miri

1. mill, grinding apparatus

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmi.ɾi]

Noun

miri

1. the gall bladder

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Welsh

Noun

miri m (uncountable)

1. enjoyment, fun, amusement

   Synonyms: mwynhad, digrifwch, hwyl, difyrrwch, mwyniant, llawenydd, pleser, ysmaldod

Mutation

Mutated forms of miri

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
miri	firi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.