See also: Mek, MEK, -mek, and ΜΕΚ

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Albanian *mek-, from Proto-Indo-European *mek- (to bleat). Cognate to Lithuanian meknénti (to bleat). An onomatopoeic root.[1]

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mek (aorist (u) mek, participle mekur)

  1. to bleat, stammer
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Albanian *maka, related to makë.[2]

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mek (aorist meka, participle mekur)

  1. to wet
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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 264
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mek”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 255

Hungarian

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia.

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Interjection

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mek

  1. bleat (the characteristic sound of a goat, can be used repetitively)
    • 2014, Brátán Erzsébet, Fannici és az elsüllyedt birodalom[2]:
      Mek-mek-mek... Hát te meg ki vagy? - csodálkozott el a kecske.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English make.

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Verb

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mek

  1. to make
    Mek shuor se yu no tel nobadi.
    Make sure that you don't tell anyone.
  2. to do, to cause, to carry out, to perform
    No fi waant a tong mek kau no taak.
    It is not for want of a tongue that a cow does not talk.
    Di bwai mek mi staat kos badwod.
    The boy caused me to start swearing.
  3. to let
    Mek mi tel yu sitn.
    Let me tell you something.

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Further reading

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  • mek at majstro.com

Nalca

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Noun

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mek

  1. water
  2. river
  3. sea

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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From English make.

Verb

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mek

  1. make

Old Swedish

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Pronoun

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mek

  1. Alternative form of mik

Potawatomi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Unami tëmakwe, Massachusett tummunk, Algonquin amik, Ojibwe amik, Cree amisk, Montagnais amishkᵘ.

Noun

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mek (plural mekok)

  1. beaver

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mękъkъ. Compare to Slovene mêhek, Czech měkký and Russian мя́гкий (mjáxkij).

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Adjective

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mȅk (Cyrillic spelling ме̏к, definite mȅkī, comparative mȅkšī)

  1. soft

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