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Livonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Estonian mees.
Pronunciation
Noun
mīez
- man (adult male human being)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- 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")
- husband
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