mek
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (“to bleat”). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (“to bleat”). An onomatopoeic root.[1]
Verb
[edit]mek (aorist (u) mek, participle mekur)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë.[2]
Verb
[edit]mek (aorist meka, participle mekur)
- to wet
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 264
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mek
- 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
[edit]Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mek
- to make
- Mek shuor se yu no tel nobadi.
- Make sure that you don't tell anyone.
- 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.
- 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mek at majstro.com
Nalca
[edit]Noun
[edit]mek
Nigerian Pidgin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]mek
Old Swedish
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mek
- Alternative form of mik
Potawatomi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.
Noun
[edit]mek (plural mekok)
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mȅk (Cyrillic spelling ме̏к, definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Categories:
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Hungarian onomatopoeias
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛk
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɛk/1 syllable
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- Hungarian interjections
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- Hungarian three-letter words
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