maki

See also: Maki, mäki, Mäki, and mąki

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːki/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From French maki, from Malagasy maky.

Noun

maki (plural maki)

  1. A ring-tailed lemur.

Etymology 2

From Japanese 巻き (maki), from 巻く (maku, to roll).

Noun

maki (usually uncountable, plural makis or maki)

  1. makizushi, a form of sushi that is rolled.
    • 2001 March 2, Laura Levy Shatkin, “What's New”, in Chicago Reader:
      Tightly rolled makis are designed to appeal to the eye--the negi hamachi maki, for instance, is bursting with perfectly centered yellowtail and scallions.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Malagasy maky.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑki/, [ˈmɑki]
  • Rhymes: -ɑki
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ki

Noun

maki

  1. lemur

Declension

Inflection of maki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative maki makit
genitive makin makien
partitive makia makeja
illative makiin makeihin
singular plural
nominative maki makit
accusative nom. maki makit
gen. makin
genitive makin makien
partitive makia makeja
inessive makissa makeissa
elative makista makeista
illative makiin makeihin
adessive makilla makeilla
ablative makilta makeilta
allative makille makeille
essive makina makeina
translative makiksi makeiksi
instructive makein
abessive makitta makeitta
comitative makeineen
Possessive forms of maki (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person makini makimme
2nd person makisi makinne
3rd person makinsa

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French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

maki m (plural makis)

  1. maki

Further reading


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒki]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ki
  • Rhymes: -ki

Noun

maki (plural makik)

  1. lemur

Usage notes

In children's books, the word makimajom is also used to indicate maki and majom (monkey) together.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative maki makik
accusative makit makikat
dative makinak makiknak
instrumental makival makikkal
causal-final makiért makikért
translative makivá makikká
terminative makiig makikig
essive-formal makiként makikként
essive-modal
inessive makiban makikban
superessive makin makikon
adessive makinál makiknál
illative makiba makikba
sublative makira makikra
allative makihoz makikhoz
elative makiból makikból
delative makiról makikról
ablative makitól makiktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
makié makiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
makiéi makikéi
Possessive forms of maki
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. makim makijaim
2nd person sing. makid makijaid
3rd person sing. makija makijai
1st person plural makink makijaink
2nd person plural makitok makijaitok
3rd person plural makijuk makijaik

Derived terms

Compound words

Further reading

  • maki in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô. Cognate with Danish mage, Swedish make, English match.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːcɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːcɪ

Noun

maki m (genitive singular maka, nominative plural makar)

    1. spouse, significant other, partner
      Veislan byrjar klukkan 18:00. Makar velkomnir.The party starts at 6:00. Guests are welcome to bring their significant others.
    2. mate (an animal's breeding partner)
      Lundinn heldur tryggð við maka sinn.The puffin remains loyal to its mate.
  1. (archaic) equal, match
    Synonyms: jafningi, jafnoki

Declension

Derived terms

  • makalaus (matchless, unparalleled)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Hyphenation: mà‧ki

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maka.

Alternative forms

Noun

maki m (invariable)

  1. black lemur (Eulemur macaco)
  2. mongoose lemur (Lemur mongoz)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 巻き (maki) from 巻く (maku, to roll).

Noun

maki m (invariable)

  1. a piece of makizushi

See also

Further reading

  • maki in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

maki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まき

Latvian

Noun

maki m

  1. nominative plural form of maks
  2. vocative plural form of maks

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmakʲi/

Noun

maki

  1. nominative/accusative plural of mak

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mä.ki/

Verb

maki (Jawi spelling ماکي)

  1. to insult; to mock.
    Synonym(s): ejek, umpat, kutuk

Further reading


Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *masaki, from Proto-Oceanic *masakit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakit.

Verb

maki

  1. to afflict (of an illness)

Noun

maki

  1. sick person
  2. sore (injured, infected, inflamed, or diseased patch of skin)

Adverb

maki

  1. invalid
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English monkey.

Noun

maki

  1. ape
  2. monkey
Derived terms

Middle English

Verb

maki

  1. Alternative form of maken

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *makô.

Noun

maki m

  1. match

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: maki
  • Faroese: maki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: make
  • Norwegian Bokmål: make
  • Old Swedish: maki
  • Danish: mage c

References

  • maki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mākī.

Noun

maki m

  1. sword

Declension



Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse maki, from Proto-Germanic *makô.

Noun

maki m

  1. associate, partner
  2. match, equal
  3. spouse

Declension

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ma‧ki

Noun

maki m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mak

Quechua

Noun

maki

  1. hand

Declension


West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ki/

Verb

maki

  1. (transitive) to plant

Conjugation

Conjugation of maki (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tamaki mamaki amaki
2nd person namaki famaki
3rd person inanimate imaki damaki
animate
imperative namaki, maki famaki, maki

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to Northern Kurdish mak (mother).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑki]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ki

Adjective

maki (comparative dehana maki, superlative tewr maki)

  1. (grammar) feminine
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