mielas

See also: mięłaś

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meilas (compare Latvian mīls (nice, sweet, dear, cherished, beloved), Old Prussian mijls (sweet, dear), and Proto-Slavic *mìlъ (soft, mild, gentle, agreeable, pleasant, sweet, dear)), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- (soft, tender). Cognate with Latin mītis (weak, tender, soft).

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Adjective

mielas m (feminine miela)

  1. nice, sweet
  2. cute

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “mielas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 316

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmie̯las/

Noun

mielas

  1. locative singular of miella

Spanish

Verb

mielas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of melar
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