mian

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mian"

Balantak

Etymology

Compare Wolio mia.

Noun

mian

1. person
2. people

References

• Robert Busenitz & Daniel Bradbury (2016). Balantak Dictionary – mian. SIL International.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmian/

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Hyphenation: mi‧an

Pronoun

mian

1. accusative singular of mia: my, mine

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mʲiɑ̯n̪ˠ/ (as if spelled méan)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mʲiənˠ/, /mʲiən̪ˠ/; /mʲiːnˠ/, /mʲiːn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mían (“desire, wish”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. desire, wish

Derived terms

• ainmhian (“passion, lust”)
• is mian le (“to want”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mían (“mineral, ore”).

Noun

mian f (genitive singular méine, nominative plural mianta)

1. ore

Declension

Declension of mian (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative mian mianta vocative a mhian a mhianta genitive méine mianta dative mian méin (archaic, dialectal) mianta forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an mhian na mianta genitive na méine na mianta dative leis an mian leis an méin (archaic, dialectal) don mhian don mhéin (archaic, dialectal) leis na mianta

Derived terms

• mianach (“vein of ore, mine”)
• mianadóir (“miner”)
• mianadóireacht (“act of mining”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mian

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mian	mhian	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mian”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish mían (“desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miən/

Noun

mian m (genitive singular mian, no plural)

1. desire, appetite

Derived terms

• miandagh
• miandid
• s'mian lesh

Mutation

Mutation of mian

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mian	vian	unchanged

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

Mandarin

Romanization

mian

1. Nonstandard spelling of mián.
2. Nonstandard spelling of miǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of miàn.

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.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjan/
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: mian

Noun

mian n

1. genitive plural of miano