mis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mis"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English miscellaneous or English missing.

Symbol

mis

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for unencoded languages.

Usage notes

This code is intended for languages that have not yet been included in ISO 639.

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /mi˧˩/

Noun

mis

1. cloth that covers a person

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 83

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məs/

Etymology 1

From Dutch missen, from Middle Dutch missen, from Old Dutch *missen, from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.

Verb

mis (present mis, present participle missende, past participle gemis)

1. (transitive) to miss

Etymology 2

From Dutch mist, from Middle Dutch mist, from Old Dutch *mist, from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

1. fog, mist

Derived terms

• mistig

Etymology 3

From Dutch mist, dialectal byform of mest, from Proto-Germanic *mihstuz.

Noun

mis (uncountable)

1. manure, dung
   • 2003, Dalene Matthee, Toorbos, Tafelberg, pages 47–48:

     Sy sê baie spore, baie mis, maar nog nie eintlik baie olifante nie.

     She said a lot of tracks, a lot of dung, but not yet really many elephants.

Derived terms

• kunsmis

Etymology 4

From Dutch mis, from Middle Dutch misse, from Latin missa.

Noun

mis (plural misse)

1. (Roman Catholicism) mass