mis

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English miscellaneous or English missing.

Symbol

mis

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for unencoded languages.

Usage notes

This code is intended for languages that have not yet been included in ISO 639.

Achang

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /mi˧˩/

Noun

mis

  1. cloth that covers a person

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon, Payap University, page 83

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Dutch missen, from Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.

Verb

mis (present mis, present participle missende, past participle gemis)

  1. (transitive) to miss

Etymology 2

From Dutch mist, from Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

  1. fog, mist
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Dutch mist, dialectal byform of mest, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

  1. manure, dung
    • 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, pages 47–48:
      Sy sê baie spore, baie mis, maar nog nie eintlik baie olifante nie.
      She said a lot of tracks, a lot of dung, but not yet really many elephants.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Dutch mis, from Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.

Noun

mis (plural misse)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) mass

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mitja, related to Lithuanian mi̇̀klas (supple), mitrùs (id), Latvian mikls (id), mitrs, mikât (to knead).

Noun

mis m (plural mise, definite misi, definite plural miset)

  1. limb

Declension

Declension of mis
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mis misi mise miset
accusative misin
dative misi misit miseve miseve
ablative misesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 267

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic мис
Abjad میس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مس.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mis/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural mislər)

  1. copper

Declension

Declension of mis
singular plural
nominative mismislər
definite accusative misimisləri
dative misəmislərə
locative misdəmislərdə
ablative misdənmislərdən
definite genitive misinmislərin
Possessive forms of mis
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) misim mislərim
sənin (your) misin mislərin
onun (his/her/its) misi misləri
bizim (our) misimiz mislərimiz
sizin (your) misiniz misləriniz
onların (their) misi or misləri misləri
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) misimi mislərimi
sənin (your) misini mislərini
onun (his/her/its) misini mislərini
bizim (our) misimizi mislərimizi
sizin (your) misinizi mislərinizi
onların (their) misini or mislərini mislərini
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) misimə mislərimə
sənin (your) misinə mislərinə
onun (his/her/its) misinə mislərinə
bizim (our) misimizə mislərimizə
sizin (your) misinizə mislərinizə
onların (their) misinə or mislərinə mislərinə
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) misimdə mislərimdə
sənin (your) misində mislərində
onun (his/her/its) misində mislərində
bizim (our) misimizdə mislərimizdə
sizin (your) misinizdə mislərinizdə
onların (their) misində or mislərində mislərində
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) misimdən mislərimdən
sənin (your) misindən mislərindən
onun (his/her/its) misindən mislərindən
bizim (our) misimizdən mislərimizdən
sizin (your) misinizdən mislərinizdən
onların (their) misindən or mislərindən mislərindən
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) misimin mislərimin
sənin (your) misinin mislərinin
onun (his/her/its) misinin mislərinin
bizim (our) misimizin mislərimizin
sizin (your) misinizin mislərinizin
onların (their) misinin or mislərinin mislərinin

Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

mis

  1. plural of mi (musical note)

Etymology 2

Noun

mis

  1. plural of mi (Greek letter)

Chuj

Noun

mis

  1. puma

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mis, from Proto-Celtic *mīns. Cognate with Breton miz, Gaulish mid, Irish , Manx mee, Scottish Gaelic mìos, and Welsh mis.

Pronunciation

Noun

mis m (plural misyow)

  1. month

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of mis
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
mis vis unchanged unchanged fis vis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

mis

  1. genitive plural of mísa

Etymology 2

Noun

mis

  1. genitive plural of miso

Etymology 3

Verb

mis

  1. second-person singular imperative of mísit

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Adjective

mis m (plural misi, feminine misa)

  1. half, half a/an
  2. middle, mid
  3. mid, in the middle of
  4. mean, average

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

mis c (singular definite missen, plural indefinite misser)

  1. kitty, puss, pussy, pussycat (see Thesaurus:cat)
  2. beaver, pussy (see Thesaurus:vulva)

Inflection

Declension of mis
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mis missen misser misserne
genitive mis' missens missers missernes

Synonyms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.

Noun

mis f (plural missen, diminutive misje n)

  1. mass (service in a Catholic church)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: mis

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mis, misse, from Old Dutch *missa, from Proto-West Germanic *missu (failure, lack, mistake).

Adjective

mis (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. wrong
    Synonyms: verkeerd, fout
  2. missed, not a hit
    Synonym: ernaast
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of verkeerd, fout): goed, juist
  • (antonym(s) of missed): raak
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mis

  1. inflection of missen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi. The irregular nominative suffix is from the pronoun see (this, it). Compare the suffix in Finnish mikä, Erzya мезе (meze) (from *mi +‎ *śe). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. What is the origin of the -lle- stem?

Pronoun

mis (genitive mille, partitive mida)

  1. what
    Mis see on?
    What is that?
    Mis juhtus?
    What happened?
    Mida sa teed?
    What are you doing?
    Millest sa räägid?
    What are you talking about?

Declension

Interjection

mis

  1. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
    Mis! See on hämmastav.
    What! That is amazing.

French

Etymology

From Latin missus.

Pronunciation

Verb

mis

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of mettre

Participle

mis (feminine mise, masculine plural mis, feminine plural mises)

  1. past participle of mettre

Participle

mis m pl

  1. masculine plural of mi

Further reading

Galician

Noun

mis m pl

  1. plural of mi

Gothic

Romanization

mis

  1. romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐍃

Hupa

Noun

mis

  1. cliff

Ingrian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mis

  1. inessive of mikä: where
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 30:
      Mis ono siun peremees?
      Where is your master?

See also

References

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

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic مِس

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مس (mes).

Pronunciation

  • (Talxâbî, Xarrâbî) IPA(key):

Noun

mis (definite accusative misü, plural mislər)

  1. copper

Declension

Declension of mis
singular plural
nominative mis mislər
genitive misü̂ñ mislərü̂ñ
dative miskə mislərkə
definite accusative misü mislərü
locative misçə mislərçə
ablative misdə mislərdə
instrumental mislə mislərlə
equative misvâra mislərvâra

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Determiner

mīs

  1. dative/ablative/locative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of meus

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi-, from Proto-Uralic *mi. Cognates include Finnish mikä.

Pronoun

mis

  1. what

Declension

Declension of mis (1)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) mis
genitive (genitīv) mis
partitive (partitīv) midā
mis
dative (datīv) missõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) missõks
illative (illatīv) missõ
inessive (inesīv) missõs
elative (elatīv) missõst

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmiːs/

Pronoun

mīs

  1. locative of mii (we)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmis/
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: mis

Noun

mis f

  1. genitive plural of misa

Portuguese

Noun

mis

  1. plural of mi

Q'anjob'al

Noun

mis

  1. cat

Q'eqchi

Noun

mis

  1. cat

References

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mis/
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: mis

Determiner

mis m pl or f pl

  1. plural of mi
Spanish possessive determiners
possessor preposed postposed or standalone
singular
possessee
plural
possessee
singular possessee plural possessee
masculine feminine masculine feminine
first person singular mi mis mío mía míos mías
plural (same as postposed/standalone) nuestro nuestra nuestros nuestras
second person
(informal)
singular tu tus tuyo tuya tuyos tuyas
plural (same as postposed/standalone) vuestro vuestra vuestros vuestras
third person su sus suyo suya suyos suyas

Anagrams

Tojolabal

Noun

mis

  1. cat

References

  • Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tsuut'ina

Pronunciation

Noun

mīs

  1. cliff(s)

References

Turkish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِسْك (misk).

Adjective

mis

  1. good (commonly used when referring to the smell of something)
Declension
Predicative forms of mis
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) misim mis miyim?
sen (you are) missin mis misin?
o (he/she/it is) mis / misdir mis mi?
biz (we are) misiz mis miyiz?
siz (you are) missiniz mis misiniz?
onlar (they are) mis(ler) mis(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) misdim mis miydim?
sen (you were) misdin mis miydin?
o (he/she/it was) misdi mis miydi?
biz (we were) misdik mis miydik?
siz (you were) misdiniz mis miydiniz?
onlar (they were) misdiler mis miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mismişim mis miymişim?
sen (you were) mismişsin mis miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) mismiş mis miymiş?
biz (we were) mismişiz mis miymişiz?
siz (you were) mismişsiniz mis miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) mismişler mis miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) missem mis miysem?
sen (if you) missen mis miysen?
o (if he/she/it) misse mis miyse?
biz (if we) missek mis miysek?
siz (if you) misseniz mis miyseniz?
onlar (if they) misseler mis miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Etymology 2

From English miss.

Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural misler)

  1. miss (unmarried woman)
Declension
Declension of mis
singular plural
nominative mis misler
definite accusative misi misleri
dative mise mislere
locative miste mislerde
ablative misten mislerden
genitive misin mislerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular misim mislerim
2nd singular misin mislerin
3rd singular misi misleri
1st plural misimiz mislerimiz
2nd plural misiniz misleriniz
3rd plural misleri misleri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular misimi mislerimi
2nd singular misini mislerini
3rd singular misini mislerini
1st plural misimizi mislerimizi
2nd plural misinizi mislerinizi
3rd plural mislerini mislerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular misime mislerime
2nd singular misine mislerine
3rd singular misine mislerine
1st plural misimize mislerimize
2nd plural misinize mislerinize
3rd plural mislerine mislerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular misimde mislerimde
2nd singular misinde mislerinde
3rd singular misinde mislerinde
1st plural misimizde mislerimizde
2nd plural misinizde mislerinizde
3rd plural mislerinde mislerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular misimden mislerimden
2nd singular misinden mislerinden
3rd singular misinden mislerinden
1st plural misimizden mislerimizden
2nd plural misinizden mislerinizden
3rd plural mislerinden mislerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular misimin mislerimin
2nd singular misinin mislerinin
3rd singular misinin mislerinin
1st plural misimizin mislerimizin
2nd plural misinizin mislerinizin
3rd plural mislerinin mislerinin
Predicative forms of mis
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) misim mis miyim?
sen (you are) missin mis misin?
o (he/she/it is) mis / misdir mis mi?
biz (we are) misiz mis miyiz?
siz (you are) missiniz mis misiniz?
onlar (they are) mis(ler) mis(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) misdim mis miydim?
sen (you were) misdin mis miydin?
o (he/she/it was) misdi mis miydi?
biz (we were) misdik mis miydik?
siz (you were) misdiniz mis miydiniz?
onlar (they were) misdiler mis miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) mismişim mis miymişim?
sen (you were) mismişsin mis miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) mismiş mis miymiş?
biz (we were) mismişiz mis miymişiz?
siz (you were) mismişsiniz mis miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) mismişler mis miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) missem mis miysem?
sen (if you) missen mis miysen?
o (if he/she/it) misse mis miyse?
biz (if we) missek mis miysek?
siz (if you) misseniz mis miyseniz?
onlar (if they) misseler mis miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian مس. Cognate with Azerbaijani mis.

Noun

mis (definite accusative misi, plural misler)

  1. copper

Declension

Declension of mis
singular plural
nominative mis misler
accusative misi misleri
genitive misiň misleriň
dative mise mislere
locative misde mislerde
ablative misden mislerden

Further reading

  • mis” in Enedilim.com
  • mis” in Webonary.org

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mīns, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Pronunciation

Noun

mis m (plural misoedd)

  1. month

Usage notes

When used on their own (not as part of a date), the names of months are usually prefixed with mis:

ym mis Tachweddin November

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of mis
radical soft nasal aspirate
mis fis unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

White Hmong

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given. Perhaps originally via the same sound-symbolic reasoning as Latin mamma (breast).”

Pronunciation

Noun

mis (classifier: lub)

  1. (anatomy) the breast

Derived terms

References

  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 243.