Guerrero Amuzgo

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Etymology

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Probably from Spanish mil.

Numeral

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  1. thousand

Khiamniungan Naga

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (Patsho) To turn or give attention by changing the direction of looking.

Namuyi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mi (female). Cognate to Chinese (mèi, girl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. wife

Synonyms

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *mayšáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mayšás, from Proto-Indo-European *móysos (sheep, skin of sheep). Cognate with Sanskrit मेष (meṣá), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (maēša), Persian میش (miš), Khwarezmian [script needed] (ʾmh), Ormuri [script needed] (maī), Munji [script needed] (mə́ya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Central Kurdish مێ ()
Southern Kurdish میە (mye)
Laki مێ ()
Zazaki meşna

 f (Arabic spelling مي)

  1. sheep

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 395