mīez

See also: miez

Livonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːez/, [ˈmiˑe̯z̥]

Noun

mīez

  1. man (adult male human being)
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mīez”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      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), “mīez”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      täm mīez ei jūojizõks
      her husband became an alcoholic

Declension

Declension of mīez (166)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) mīez mī’ed
genitive (genitīv) mī’e mī’ed
partitive (partitīv) mīeztõ mē’ḑi
dative (datīv) mī’en mī’edõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) mī’ekõks mī’edkõks
illative (illatīv) mī’ezõ mē’ži
inessive (inesīv) mī’esõ mē’ši
elative (elatīv) mī’estõ mē’šti

Derived terms

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mīez”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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