mīez

From Proto-Finnic *mees. Cognate with Estonian mees.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːez/, [ˈmiˑe̯z̥]

mīez

1. man (adult male human being)
   • 2012–2013, “mīez”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     mīez pidāb eņtš sõnā jūsõ, ǟrga pidāb eņtš sōrad jūsõ

     a man lives up to his word [lit. "holds onto his word"], an ox holds onto its horns

   • 2012–2013, “mīez”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     ta akūb mēd̦i

     she is chasing after men

     (literally, “she is catching men”)

2. husband
   • 2012–2013, “mīez”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     täm mīez ei jūojizõks

     her husband became an alcoholic

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “mīez”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra