miki
See also: Miki
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Verb edit
miki
- to die.
Hausa edit
Noun edit
mīkì m (possessed form mīkìn)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
miki
Maranao edit
Noun edit
miki
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Pipil edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Nahuan *mɨkɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *muku- or *muki-. Compare Classical Nahuatl miqui (“to die”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
miki
- (intransitive) to die
- Ne mukunew teutak mikik
- Your son died in the evening
Derived terms edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 麵羹/面羹 (mī-kiⁿ, “noodle soup/broth”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
miki (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃᜒ)
- a type of noodle
Related terms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “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