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See also: Miki

Verb

miki

to die.

Noun

mīkì m (possessed form mīkìn)

vulture

Romanization

miki

Rōmaji transcription of みき

Noun

miki

noodle

References

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

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

(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”)

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Alternative forms

mike

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 麵羹 / 面羹 (mī-kiⁿ, “noodle soup/broth”).^[1] Compare Spanish miqui.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmiki/ [ˈmiː.xɪ]
Rhymes: -iki
Syllabification: mi‧ki

Noun

miki (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃᜒ)

a type of noodle

Related terms

References

[1]
Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎, Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 112

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

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