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Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Verb
miki
- to die.
Hausa
Noun
mīkì m (possessed form mīkìn)
- vulture
Japanese
Romanization
miki
- Rōmaji transcription of みき
Maranao
Noun
miki
- noodle
References
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *mɨkɨ, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *muku- or *muki-. Compare Classical Nahuatl miqui (“to die”).
Pronunciation
Verb
miki
- (intransitive) to die
Ne mukunew teutak mikik- Your son died in the evening
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 麵羹／面羹 (mī-kiⁿ, “noodle soup/broth”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
miki (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜃᜒ)
- a type of noodle
References
- ^ Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation, Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 112
Further reading
- “miki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 41
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