miro

See also: Miro, miró, mirò, míro, Miró, and миро

English

Etymology

From Māori miro.

Noun

miro (plural miros)

  1. (New Zealand) A large conifer of New Zealand, Pectinopitys ferruginea (syn. Prumnopitys ferruginea), with narrow leaves and reddish fruit; the wood of this tree. [from 19th c.]
    • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 349:
      “The only thing I don't bloody know is where you'd find a miro tree round here.”
  2. A portia tree (Thespesia populnea), of dark, durable, attractive wood.

Translations

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

miro

  1. (Litovska) masculine genitive of

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns
singular plural reflexive
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
m f
Nominative tu jou joj amē tumē jonē -
Accusative/
Independent Oblique
man tut lēs la amēn tumēn lēn pes
Dative mange tuke lēske lake amēnge tumēnge lēnge pēske
Ablative1 mandyr tutyr lēstyr latyr amēndyr tumēndyr lēndyr pēstyr
Genitive m miro tyro lēskiro lakiro amaro tumaro lēngiro pēskiro
f miri tyri lēskiri lakiri amari tumari lēngiri pēskiri
pl mirē tyrē lēskirē lakirē amarē tumarē lēngirē pēskirē
Locative mandē tutē lēstē latē amēndē tumēndē lēndē pēstē
Instrumental mansa tusa lēsa lasa amēnca tumēnca lēnsa pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive man pe amēn pe -

1 The ablative is in decline in Lithuanian Romani.


Catalan

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Esperanto

Etymology

From miri (to wonder) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiro/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Syllabification: mi‧ro

Noun

miro (uncountable, accusative miron)

  1. sense of wonder

Derived terms

French

Alternative forms

  • miraud

Etymology

From mirer.

Pronunciation

Adjective

miro (invariable)

  1. (colloquial) myopic, short-sighted
    Synonym: myope
    • 1995, “Qu’est-ce qu’on attend ?”, in Paris sous les bombes, performed by Suprême NTM:
      Quoi t'es miro, tu vois pas, tu fais semblant, tu ne m'entends pas / Je crois plutôt que tu ne t'accordes pas vraiment le choix
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

Galician

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ro/
  • Rhymes: -iro
  • Hyphenation: mì‧ro

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

mīrō (present infinitive mīrāre, perfect active mīrāvī, supine mīrātum); first conjugation

  1. alternative form of mīror (to wonder, to gaze at) (ante– and post-Classical)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Adjective

mīrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mīrus

References

  • miro in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • miro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "miro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • miro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Rapa Nui

Noun

miro

  1. boat
  2. tree
  3. part of a tree; a stick

Derived terms

Romani

Alternative forms

Determiner

miro m sg (feminine singular miri, plural mire)

  1. my

See also

Romani personal pronouns
number person nominative accusative dative locative ablative instrumental possessive
singular first me man manqe manθe manθar mança miro, -i, -e
second tu tut tuqe tuθe tuθar tuça tiro, -i, -e
reflexive third pes pesqe pesθe pesθar peça pesqero, -i, -e
third m ov les lesqe lesθe lesθar leça lesqero, -i, -e
f oj la laqe laθe laθar laça laqero, -i, -e
plural first amen amenqe amenθe amenθar amença amaro, -i, -e
second tumen tumenqe tumenθe tumenθar tumença tumaro, -i, -e
reflexive third pen penqe penθe penθar pença penqero, -i, -e
third on len lenqe lenθe lenθar lença lenqero, -i, -e

Kalderash Romani personal pronouns
number person nominative accusative (long and short forms) dative locative ablative instrumental possessive
singular first me man, ma mánge mánde mándar mánsa múrro, -i, -e
second tu tut, tu túke túte tútar túsa tíro, -i, -e
reflexive third pês, pe pêske pêste pêstar pêsa pêsko, -i, -e
third m wo lês, le lêske lêste lêstar lêsa lêsko, -i, -e
f woi la, la láke láte látar lása láko, -i, -e
plural first ame amên, ame amênge amênde amêndar amênsa amáro, -i, -e
second tume tumên, tume tumênge tumênde tumêndar tumênsa tumáro, -i, -e
reflexive third pên, pe pênge pênde pêndar pênsa pêngo, -i, -e
third won lên, le lênge lênde lêndar lênsa lêngo, -i, -e

References

  • Boretzky, Norbert; Igla, Birgit (1994), “munřó”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 189
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009), “mir/o, -i pl. -e = munro, mïrno, mro, moro, muro, mor, mo, mlo”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 242
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “mirr/o, -i, -e, -e”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152

Somali

Noun

miro ?

  1. nut

Spanish

Etymology 1

Verb

miro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mirar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Eastern Polynesian immigrants.

Noun

miro m (plural miros)

  1. portia tree (Thespesia populnea)