mii
Translingual
Symbol
mii
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Chigmecatitlán Mixtec terms
Barunggam
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi/
Noun
mii
Further reading
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmij/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic *mij, from Proto-Uralic *me.
Pronoun
mii
- we (more than two of us)
Inflection
Inflection of mii (irregular) | |
---|---|
Nominative | mii |
Genitive | mīn |
Nominative | mii |
Genitive | mīn |
Accusative | mīn |
Illative | midjiide |
Locative | mīs |
Comitative | mīnguin |
Essive | mīnin |
See also
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
1st person | mun | moai | mii |
2nd person | don | doai | dii |
3rd person | son | soai | sii |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognate with Southern Sami mij and Lule Sami mij.
Pronoun
mii
Inflection
The accusative form man is used when there is an implication of a choice from a limited number of options. The form máid has no such implication, and is more general and indefinite.
Pronominal inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | mii | |
Genitive | man | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | mii | mat |
Accusative | man máid |
maid |
Genitive | man | maid |
Illative | masa | maidda |
Locative | mas | main |
Comitative | mainna | maiguin |
Essive | manin |
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Ojibwe
Adverb
mii
- it is thus that
- Miish imaa azhigwa debikak, mii imaa gii-nibaayaang.
- When it got dark, we slept there (on them).
See also
References
- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/mii-adv-pred
Ottawa
Adverb
mii
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 151
Pangseng
Noun
mii
References
- Kiyoshi Shimizu, A Comparative Study of the Mumuye Dialects, (v, Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde, Serie A: Afrika, Band 14, Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag)
Rang
Noun
mii
References
- Kiyoshi Shimizu, A Comparative Study of the Mumuye Dialects, (v, Marburger Studien zur Afrika- und Asienkunde, Serie A: Afrika, Band 14, Berlin, Dietrich Reimer Verlag)
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mij/, [miː]
- Rhymes: -ij
- Hyphenation: mii
Noun
mii f pl
- plural of mie
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mimi, compare Hawaiian mimi.
Noun
mii
Yendang
Noun
mii
- (Yoti) water
References
- The Maya [Yendang] languages: Wordlists collected by Barau Kato and Zachariah Yoder: Analysis by Roger Blench
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
Clipping of òmíì or ìmíì.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ꜜmĩ́ĩ̀/
Determiner
míì
See also
- òmíràn, ìmíràn (“another”)