mek

See also: Mek, MEK, -mek, and ΜΕΚ

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (to bleat). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (to bleat). An onomatopoeic root.[1]

Verb

mek (aorist (u) mek, participle mekur)

  1. to bleat, stammer
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë.[2]

Verb

mek (aorist meka, participle mekur)

  1. to wet
Derived terms

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 264
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 255

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛk]
  • Hyphenation: mek
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Interjection

mek

  1. bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
    • 2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom:
      Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mek/

Verb

mek

  1. to make
    Mek shuor se yu no tel nobadi.
    Make sure that you don't tell anyone.
  2. to do, to cause, to carry out, to perform
    No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.
    It is not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.
    Di bwai mek mi staat kos badwod.
    The boy caused me to start swearing.
  3. to let
    Mek mi tel yu sitn.
    Let me tell you something.
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 5:26:
      Mek wi no get ful-a wiself an tingk se wi beta dan ada piipl.
      Let us not become conceited [] of one another.

See also

  • wa mek

Further reading

  • mek at majstro.com

Nalca

Noun

mek

  1. water
  2. river
  3. sea

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English make.

Verb

mek

  1. make

Old Swedish

Pronoun

mek

  1. Alternative form of mik

Potawatomi

Etymology

Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.

Noun

mek (plural mekok)

  1. beaver

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mêk/

Adjective

mȅk (definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī, Cyrillic spelling ме̏к)

  1. soft

Declension

See also

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