mīez

See also: miez

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Estonian mees.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miːez/

Noun

mīez

1. man (adult male human being)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     mīez pidāb eņtš sõnā jūsõ, ǟrga pidāb eņtš sōrad jūsõ

     a man lives up to his word (lit. "holds onto his word"), an ox holds onto its horns

     ta akūb mēd̦i

     she is chasing after men (lit. "catching men")

2. husband
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     täm mīez ei jūojizõks

     her husband became an alcoholic

Declension

Declension of mīez (166)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	mīez	mīed
genitive (genitīv)	mīe	mīed
partitive (partitīv)	mīeztõ	mēd̦i
dative (datīv)	mīen	mīedõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	mīekõks	mīedkõks
illative (illatīv)	mīezõ	mēži
inessive (inesīv)	mīesõ mīes	mēši
elative (elatīv)	mīestõ mīest	mēšti

Derived terms

• kalāmīez
• mōmīez
• nūoŗmīez