miks

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/,
• Rhymes: -iks
• Hyphenation: miks

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An archaic translative singular form of mis (“what”) (the modern form is milleks). Compare Finnish miksi, Ingrian miks and Votic missi.

miks (not comparable)

1. why
   1. Interrogative.

      Miks see küll nii on, et alati peab keegi kannatama? ― Why is it that someone always has to suffer?

   2. Relative, after a comma.

      Peeter teab, miks maakera pöörleb. ― Peeter knows why the Earth spins.

   3. In rhetoric questions, expressing regret, reproach or repentance.

      Miks ma küll pidin nii ütlema! ― Why did I have to say that!

   4. (with a negative pronoun or verb) Expressing acquiescence, agreement, possibility.

      Kas sa mind mäletad? – Miks ei mäleta. ― Do you remember me? – Of course I do. (literally, “Why don't remember?”)

   5. (with the verb teadma (“to know”)) Expressing the ambiguity of a situation.

      Jooksis kes teab miks minema. ― (S)he ran away for whatever reason. (literally, “ who knows why.”)

miks (genitive miksi, partitive miksi)

1. the question why

   Laps tuleb ikka oma miksidega ema juurde. ― The kid still goes to his mum with his why's.

From English mix.

miks (genitive miksi, partitive miksi)

1. (music) mix

• miks in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “miks”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/,
• Rhymes: -iks
• Hyphenation^(key): miks

miks (colloquial)

1. Alternative form of miksi (“why”)

• mikskä

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmikse/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/,
• Rhymes: -iks
• Hyphenation: miks

miks

1. why? (as a result of what?)
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:

     Timo, miks siä makkaat taas?

     Timo, why are you sleeping again?

2. why (as a result of which)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Miks möö öksyimmä.

     why we got lost.

• minen peräst

miks

1. translative of mikä

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100

From the verb mikse.

miks m (definite singular miksen, indefinite plural mikser, definite plural miksene)
miks n (definite singular mikset, indefinite plural miks, definite plural miksa or miksene)

1. a mix

miks

1. imperative of mikse

• “miks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the verb mikse.

miks m (definite singular miksen, indefinite plural miksar, definite plural miksane)
miks n (definite singular mikset, indefinite plural miks, definite plural miksa)

1. a mix

• “miks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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miks

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Borrowed from English mix, from Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/

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• Rhymes: -iks
• Syllabification: miks

miks m inan

1. (colloquial) mix (result of mixing two or more substances)
2. (music) mix (result of mixing several tracks)
3. (music) mix (finished version of a recording)

• miks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• miks in Polish dictionaries at PWN