mie

See also: Mie, MIE, mié, miè, miē, mīe, mië, mię, and mi'e

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bĩˈe/

Noun

mie m (plural mieva, feminine mieco)

1. anteater Myrmeco phaga tridactyla

See also

• mijacʉ
• cʉ̃oroyʉ

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "mie", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/

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• Hyphenation: mie
• Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Mie, a contraction of the common Dutch name Marie, from Maria, from Vulgate Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מרים (Maryām), corresponding to the Hebrew מרים (Miryām).

Noun

mie f (plural mies, diminutive mieke n)

1. (Belgium, colloquial) woman

   Synonym: trees

Usage notes

Especially the diminutive mieke is common in Belgium, meaning "girl". The standard diminutive on -tje is rare.

Derived terms

• babbelmie
• poppemie
• schattemie
• seutemie
• truttemie
• zagemie
• zottemie

Etymology 2

From Indonesian mi, from Hokkien 麵／面 (mī).

Noun

mie m (uncountable)

1. Chinese-style wheat noodle (e.g. ramen)

Derived terms

• glasmie

Related terms

• bami

Finnish

Etymology

Dialectal variant of minä (through miä); see it and its etymon, Proto-Finnic *minä, for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯/, [ˈmie̞̯]
• Rhymes: -ie
• Syllabification^(key): mie

Pronoun

mie

1. (personal, dialectal, South Karelia, Lapland, parts of Kymenlaakso, most of North Karelia) I (1st person singular personal pronoun).

Usage notes

• In Lapland, forms starting with miu- are not used, instead forms of minä or mä are used.

Declension

South Karelia and Kymenlaakso, except Lappeenranta:

Declension of mie noun case singular plural nominative mie – genitive miun – partitive minuu – accusative miut – inessive miussa – elative miusta – illative miuun miuhun – adessive miulla – ablative miulta – allative miulle – essive miuna – translative miuks – abessive miutta – instructive – – comitative – –

Lappeenranta:

Declension of mie noun case singular plural nominative mie – genitive miun – partitive miuta – accusative miut – inessive miussa – elative miusta – illative miuun miuhun – adessive miulla – ablative miulta – allative miulle – essive miuna – translative miuks – abessive miutta – instructive – – comitative – –

North Karelia:

Declension of mie noun case singular plural nominative mie – genitive miun – partitive minnuu – accusative miut – inessive miussa – elative miusta – illative minnuun – adessive miulla – ablative miulta – allative miulle – essive miuna – translative miuks – abessive miutta – instructive – – comitative – –

Synonyms

• minä (standard Finnish; see it for full list)

Anagrams

• emi, ime

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/
• Homophones: mi, mies, mis, mit, mît

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French mie, from Latin mīca. Doublet of miche, from a Vulgar Latin variant, and mica, a learned borrowing.

Noun

mie f (plural mies)

1. soft part (of bread), crumb (of loaf)

Adverb

mie

1. (archaic, used with ne) not

   Synonym: pas

   Ne parle mie ― Do not speak (literally, “Do not speak a crumb”)

Derived terms

• miette
• pain de mie

Related terms

• micelle
• miche

Etymology 2

From rebracketing of Middle French m’amie as ma mie. The Middle French is equivalent to modern *ma amie; the use of masculine mon before vowel-initial feminines was already common, but not yet obligatory.

Noun

mie f (plural mies)

1. (archaic) ladylove, beloved

Further reading

• “mie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

mie

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of miar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronoun

mie

1. feminine plural of mio

Anagrams

• -ime, emi, emi-, ime, mei

Karelian

Regional variants of mie

North Karelian (Viena)	mie
South Karelian (Tver)	mie

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä. Cognates include Finnish minä and Estonian mina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯/
• Hyphenation: mie

Pronoun

mie

1. I

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of mie (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mie	myö
genitive	miun	meijän, miän
accusative	miut	meijät, miät
partitive	milma	meitä
illative	miuh	meih
inessive	miušša	meissä
elative	miušta	meistä
adessive	miula	meilä
ablative	miulta	meiltä
translative	miukši	meiksi
essive	miuna	meinä
comitative	—	—
abessive	—	—

Tver Karelian declension of mie (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mie	myö
genitive	miun	miän
accusative	miut	miät
partitive	milma	meidä
illative	miuh	meih
inessive	miušša	meissä
elative	miušta	meistä
adessive	miula	meilä
ablative	miulda	meildä
translative	miukši	meiksi
essive	miuna	meinä
comitative	miunke	meinke
abessive	miutta	meittä

See also

Karelian personal pronouns
	first	second	third
singular	mie	šie	hiän
plural	myö	työ	hyö

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mie”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) “я”, in Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Kven

Etymology

From Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic *minä, from Proto-Uralic *minä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmie̯/

Pronoun

mie

1. I

Declension

Declension of mie singular plural nominative mie met genitive minun meiđän, meän partitive minnuu, minua meitä accusative minun meiđät, meät illative minhuun meihin inessive minussa meissä elative minusta meistä allative minule, minulet, mulle, mullet meile, meilet adessive minula, mulla meilä ablative minulta, multa meiltä translative minuna meinä essive minuksi meiksi abessive minutta meittä

See also

Kven personal pronouns

	first	second	third anim	third anim or inan
singular	mie	sie	hän	se
plural	met	tet	het	net

References

• Eira Söderholm (2017) Kvensk grammatikk, Tromsø: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 276

Mandarin

Romanization

mie

1. Nonstandard spelling of miē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of mié.
3. Nonstandard spelling of miè.

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish maith, from Proto-Celtic *matis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“good”). Cognate with Welsh mad, Breton mad, Cornish mas. Compare Irish maith, Scottish Gaelic math.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ/

Adjective

mie (comparative and superlative forms share)

1. good

   Cha dooar rieau drogh veaynee corran mie.

   A bad reaper never got a good sickle.

   Cha jeanym drogh-hurn y chooilleeney son turn mie.

   I won’t do a bad turn in exchange for a good turn.

2. moral
3. favourable

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mie	vie	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Middle English

Determiner

mie (subjective pronoun I)

1. Alternative form of mi

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mie f (plural mies)

1. (Jersey, agriculture) ploughed soil

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mīca.

Noun

mie oblique singular, f (oblique plural mies, nominative singular mie, nominative plural mies)

1. crumb (of bread, etc.)

Descendants

• French: mie

Etymology 2

Adverb

mie

1. (used with "ne") not

Plautdietsch

Pronoun

mie

1. me, myself

See also

• die (you, thee)
• am (him)
• mien (my)
• ons (our)
• onsa (us)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

Portuguese

Verb

mie

1. inflection of miar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Romanian numbers ^(edit)

←  1	←  100	1,000	10,000  →	1,000,000 (106)  →
Cardinal: mie     Ordinal: miilea     Multiplier: înmiit     Fractional: miime

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.e/
• Rhymes: -ie
• Hyphenation: mi‧e

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mīlia, plural of mīlle, from Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ (“one thousand”). Doublet of milă. Compare Albanian mijë.

Numeral

mie f (plural mii)

1. thousand

Declension

Declension of mie

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mie	mia	(niște) mii	miile
genitive/dative	(unei) mii	miei	(unor) mii	miilor
vocative	mie, mio		miilor

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin mihi, dative of ego.

Pronoun

mie (stressed dative form of eu)

1. (indirect object, first-person singular) (to) me

Related terms

• îmi (unstressed form)

See also

• sie, sieși
• ție

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin mihi.

Pronoun

mie (dative mie)

1. to me (first person singular dative pronoun)

References

• Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “míe”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mī, from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz. Cognates include West Frisian my and German mir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi/
• Hyphenation: mie
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

mie

1. myself

See also

Saterland Frisian reflexive pronouns

	1st	2nd	3rd
singular	mie	die	sik
plural	uus	jou

Pronoun

mie

1. oblique of iek; me

See also

Saterland Frisian personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd m	3rd f	3rd n	1st	2nd	3rd
stressed	iek	du	hie	ju	dät	wie	jie	jo
unstressed			er	ze	et			ze
objective	mie	die	him	hier	dät	uus	jou	hier

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “mie”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Tarantino

Pronoun

mie m (feminine meje)

1. mine