mijar

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪˈʒɑːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

mijar f (Arabic spelling مژار)

  1. topic, subject, matter

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “mijar”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 386

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mejar, from Vulgar Latin *mēiāre, from Latin mēiere. Compare Galician mexar and Spanish mear.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈʒa(ʁ)/ [miˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /miˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /miˈʒa(ʁ)/ [miˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈʒa(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: mi‧jar

Verb

mijar (first-person singular present mijo, first-person singular preterite mijei, past participle mijado)

  1. (mildly vulgar, intransitive) to piss (urinate)
    Synonyms: urinar, fazer xixi
  2. (mildly vulgar, reflexive) to piss oneself, to wet oneself
  3. (mildly vulgar, reflexive, figurative) to be frightened

Conjugation

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