mijo

See also: m'ijo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: mi‧jo

Etymology 1

Noun

mijo m (plural mijos)

1. (mildly vulgar) piss (urine)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mijo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mijar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmixo/ [ˈmi.xo]
• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: mi‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin milium (“millet”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Doublet of millo.

Noun

mijo m (plural mijos)

1. millet

Derived terms

• mijo común
• mijo del sol
• mijo perla

 

Etymology 2

Contraction of mi hijo (“my son”).

Alternative forms

• m'ijo

Noun

mijo m (plural mijos, feminine mija, feminine plural mijas)

1. (colloquial, Chile) darling
2. (colloquial, Mexico, Colombia) friend, guy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tío

Derived terms

• mijito (diminutive)

 

Descendants

• English: miho

Further reading

• “mijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.d͡ʒo/

Noun

mijo

1. fear

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics