mian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Balantak

Etymology

Compare Wolio mia.

Noun

mian

1. person
2. people

References

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – mian. SIL International.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmian]

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: mi‧an

Pronoun

mian

1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲiɑ̯n̪ˠ/ (as if spelled méan)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲiənˠ/, /mʲiən̪ˠ/; /mʲiːnˠ/, /mʲiːn̪ˠ/}}

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mían (“desire, wish”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. desire, wish

Derived terms

• ainmhian (“passion, lust”)
• is mian le (“to want”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. ore

Declension

Declension of mian

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mian mianta Vocative a mhian a mhianta Genitive méine mianta Dative mian méin (archaic, dialectal) mianta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhian na mianta Genitive na méine na mianta Dative leis an mian leis an méin (archaic, dialectal) don mhian don mhéin (archaic, dialectal) leis na mianta

Derived terms

• mianach (“vein of ore, mine”)
• mianadóir (“miner”)
• mianadóireacht (“act of mining”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mian	mhian	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Mandarin

Romanization

mian

1. Nonstandard spelling of mián.
2. Nonstandard spelling of miǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of miàn.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: mian

Noun

mian n

1. genitive plural of miano