mian

mian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Balantak

Etymology

Compare Wolio mia.

Noun

mian

1. person
2. people

References

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

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmian]
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• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: mi‧an

Pronoun

mian

1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʲiən̪ˠ/, /mʲiənˠ/; /mʲiːn̪ˠ/, /mʲiːnˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mían (“desire, wish”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. desire, wish

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mían (‘desire’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. ore

Declension

Declension of mian

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative mian mianta Vocative a mhian a mhianta Genitive méine mianta Dative mian méin (archaic, dialectal) mianta

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mhian na mianta Genitive na méine na mianta Dative leis an mian leis an méin (archaic, dialectal) don mhian don mhéin (archaic, dialectal) leis na mianta

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 mían (‘mineral’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mian	mhian	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Mandarin

Romanization

mian

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mian n

1. genitive plural of miano