merki

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (boundary; boundary marker), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (edge, boundary, border).

Noun

merki n (genitive singular merkis, plural merki or merkir)

  1. sign, mark
    leggja til merkis
    to notice
  2. banner, flag
  3. Merkið, the Faroese flag

Declension

n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative merki merkið merki(r) merkini
Accusative merki merkið merki(r) merkini
Dative merki merkinum merkjum merkjunum
Genitive merkis merkisins merkja merkjanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (boundary; boundary marker), from Proto-Indo-European *marǵ- (edge, boundary, border).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛr̥cɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛr̥cɪ

Noun

merki n (genitive singular merkis, nominative plural merki)

  1. sign, mark
  2. banner
  3. logo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Livvi

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish mærki, from Old Norse merki. Cognates include Finnish merkki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmerki/
  • Hyphenation: mer‧ki
  • Rhymes: -erki

Noun

merki (genitive merkin, partitive merkii)

  1. mark, sign
  2. symbol
  3. sign, omen

Derived terms

(compounds):

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) “merki”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *markiją, related to *markō (see Old Norse mǫrk).

Noun

merki n

  1. standard, banner
  2. boundary

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: merki
  • Faroese: merki
  • Norwegian: merke
  • Old Swedish: mærke
  • Danish: mærke
  • Old French: merc

References

  • merki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch melk.

Noun

merki

  1. milk

Verb

merki

  1. to milk
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