mik

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mik"

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)

(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)

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)
(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

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Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).^[1]

Noun

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

friend
Ky është miku im. (Tosk)

Qiky âsht miki jêm. (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

More information singular, plural ...

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

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Declension of mik

Derived terms

Related terms

armik

References

[1]
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 266

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪk/
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Hyphenation: mik
Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mik m (plural mikken, diminutive mikje n)

loaf of bread
(informal) mouth, mug
(informal) stomach (organ)
Synonym: maag
(nautical) pump-cheek

Descendants

→ Russian: мик (mik)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mik

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

Anagrams

Kim, kim

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Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mik ~ mjak.

Usage notes

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

Noun

mik

(anatomy) eye, face
sight, vision

Derived terms

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

References

Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, 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

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Romanization

mik

Romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐌺

Etymology

mi (“what”) +‎ -k (plural suffix)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmik]
Rhymes: -ik

Pronoun

mik

nominative plural of mi
Mik ezek? ― What are these?

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

me (first-person accusative singular personal pronoun)

Declension

More information number, first person ...

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular 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
case	dual
nominative	vit	it, þit
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural 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

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Old Norse personal pronouns

Descendants

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

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Alternative forms

mī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronoun

mik

(accusative) me

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia	it
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is

Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-

Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu	sia	sia	siu
Dative	ūs	eu, iu, iuu	im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

German Low German: mik

Alternative forms

mek, mig, migh, meg, megh, mich, ᛘᛁᚴ

Etymology

From Old Norse mik.

Pronoun

mik

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

Declension

More information first person, second person ...

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

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Old Swedish personal pronouns

Etymology

cf. Ojibwe amik

Noun

mik anim

beaver

References

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

[1] [1]
Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mik”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 266

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