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merki
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).
Noun
merki n (genitive singular merkis, plural merki or merkir)
Declension
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse merki, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).
Pronunciation
Noun
merki n (genitive singular merkis, nominative plural merki)
- sign, signal, symbol
- logo
- Synonym: lógó
- traffic sign
- Synonym: umferðarmerki
- (astrology) astrological sign
- Synonym: stjörnumerki
- gesture, sign
- Synonym: bending
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
- aðalsmerki n
- greinarmerki n
- landamerki n
- nafnháttarmerki n
- stjörnumerki n
- strikamerki n
- umferðarmerki n
prefixed terms
References
- “merki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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Livvi
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish mærki, from Old Norse merki. Cognates include Finnish merkki.
Pronunciation
Noun
merki (genitive merkin, partitive merkii)
Derived terms
(compounds):
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019), “merki”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *markiją, related to *markō (see Old Norse mǫrk).
Noun
merki n
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “merki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Noun
merki
Verb
merki
- to milk
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