miong

Makasar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Buginese méong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmioŋ/, [ˈmĩ.õŋ]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ong

Noun

miong (Lontara spelling ᨆᨗᨕᨚ)

  1. cat
    Synonyms: cammiʼ (Turatea, Takalar), meong (Bantaeng, Konjo)

Affixations

  • aʼmiong-miong

Compounds

  • aʼjeʼneʼ miong
  • lale miong
  • miong balo macang
  • miong gana
  • miong laki
  • miong romang

Further reading

  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎[1], Brill, →DOI

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish medc, from Proto-Celtic *mezgos.

Pronunciation

Noun

miong m

  1. (Harris, North Uist, Sutherland) whey

Mutation

Mutation of miong
radical lenition
miong mhiong

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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