mek

See also: Mek, MEK, -mek, and ΜΕΚ

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (“to bleat”). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (“to bleat”). An onomatopoeic root.

Verb

mek (aorist (u) mek, participle mekur)

1. to bleat, stammer

Derived terms

• mekërij
• meksh

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë.

Verb

mek (aorist meka, participle mekur)

1. to wet

Derived terms

• mekët

Related terms

• makë

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛk]
• Hyphenation: mek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Interjection

mek

1. bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
   • 2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom‎^[2]:

     Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• mekeg

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English make.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mek/

Verb

mek

1. to make

   Mek shuor se yu no tel nobadi.

   Make sure that you don't tell anyone.

2. to do, to cause, to carry out, to perform

   No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.

   It is not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.

   Di bwai mek mi staat kos badwod.

   The boy caused me to start swearing.

3. to let

   Mek mi tel yu sitn.

   Let me tell you something.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 5:26:

     Mek wi no get ful-a wiself an tingk se wi beta dan ada piipl.

     Let us not become conceited […] of one another.

See also

• wa mek

Further reading

• mek at majstro.com

Nalca

Noun

mek

1. water
2. river
3. sea

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English make.

Verb

mek

1. make

Old Swedish

Pronoun

mek

1. Alternative form of mik

Potawatomi

Etymology

Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.

Noun

mek (plural mekok)

1. beaver

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêk/

Adjective

mȅk (definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī, Cyrillic spelling ме̏к)

1. soft

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mek	meka	meko
genitive		meka	meke	meka
dative		meku	mekoj	meku
accusative	inanimate animate	mek meka	meku	meko
vocative		mek	meka	meko
locative		meku	mekoj	meku
instrumental		mekim	mekom	mekim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		meki	meke	meka
genitive		mekih	mekih	mekih
dative		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)
accusative		meke	meke	meka
vocative		meki	meke	meka
locative		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)
instrumental		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		meki	meka	meko
genitive		mekog(a)	meke	mekog(a)
dative		mekom(u/e)	mekoj	mekom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	meki mekog(a)	meku	meko
vocative		meki	meka	meko
locative		mekom(e/u)	mekoj	mekom(e/u)
instrumental		mekim	mekom	mekim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		meki	meke	meka
genitive		mekih	mekih	mekih
dative		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)
accusative		meke	meke	meka
vocative		meki	meke	meka
locative		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)
instrumental		mekim(a)	mekim(a)	mekim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mekši	mekša	mekše
genitive		mekšeg(a)	mekše	mekšeg(a)
dative		mekšem(u)	mekšoj	mekšem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	mekši mekšeg(a)	mekšu	mekše
vocative		mekši	mekša	mekše
locative		mekšem(u)	mekšoj	mekšem(u)
instrumental		mekšim	mekšom	mekšim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mekši	mekše	mekša
genitive		mekših	mekših	mekših
dative		mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)
accusative		mekše	mekše	mekša
vocative		mekši	mekše	mekša
locative		mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)
instrumental		mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)	mekšim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najmekši	najmekša	najmekše
genitive		najmekšeg(a)	najmekše	najmekšeg(a)
dative		najmekšem(u)	najmekšoj	najmekšem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najmekši najmekšeg(a)	najmekšu	najmekše
vocative		najmekši	najmekša	najmekše
locative		najmekšem(u)	najmekšoj	najmekšem(u)
instrumental		najmekšim	najmekšom	najmekšim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najmekši	najmekše	najmekša
genitive		najmekših	najmekših	najmekših
dative		najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)
accusative		najmekše	najmekše	najmekša
vocative		najmekši	najmekše	najmekša
locative		najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)
instrumental		najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)	najmekšim(a)

See also

• mekan