mizë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- myzë
Etymology
From Old Albanian miize, enlarged with -zë, from Proto-Albanian *mūjā, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (compare English midge), variant of *mus- (compare Ancient Greek μυι̃α (muĩa), Serbo-Croatian muva). A comparison with Old High German mīza (“gnat”), Old English mite (“mite”), Latin minor (“small”) is also possible.
Noun
mizë f (indefinite plural miza, definite singular miza)
- fly
- (colloquial) runt
- (colloquial) weak or insignificant person
Hyponyms
- mizë bletë, mizë e bukur, mizë mjalti ‘bee’
- mizë dhensh ‘sheep ked’ (Melophagus ovinus)
- mizë dheu, mizë përdhecke, mizë përdhese, mizë toke, mizë trolli (Gheg) ‘ant’
- mizë e farave ‘bean seed fly, corn maggot’ (Delia platura, syn. Phorbia platura)
- mizë gruri ‘grain weevil’
- mizë hesen ‘Hessian fly’ (Mayetiola destructor)
- mizë kali ‘horsefly, forest fly, horse tick’
- mizë e lakrës ‘cabbage root fly’ (Delia radicum, syn. Phorbia brassicae)
- mizë e mesdheut ‘Mediterranean fruit fly’ (Ceratitis capitata)
- mizë e panxharit ‘sugar-beet fly’ (Pegomyia betae)
- mizë pashke ‘ladybug’
- mizëplakë ‘queen bee’
- mizë e qepës ‘onion fly’ (Hylemya antiqua)
- mizë e qershisë ‘fruit fly’ (Rhagoletis cerasi)
- mizë suedeze ‘frit fly’ (Oscinella frit)
- mizë e ullirit ‘olive fruit fly’ (Bactrocera oleae <= Dacus oleae)