mian

Compare Wolio mia.

mian

1. person
2. people

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈmian]

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: mi‧an

mian

1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲiɑ̯n̪ˠ/^[1] (as if spelled méan)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲiənˠ/, /mʲiən̪ˠ/; /mʲiːnˠ/^[2], /mʲiːn̪ˠ/

From Old Irish mían (“desire, wish”).^[3]

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. desire, wish

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

From Old Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).^[4]

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. ore

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

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

mian

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

• 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.

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

mian n

1. genitive plural of miano