miks

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/

miks

1. why (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/, [ˈmiks̠]
• Rhymes: -iks
• Syllabification^(key): miks

miks

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of miksi (“why”)

• mikskä

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmiksi/, [ˈmiks̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmiks/, [ˈmikʃ]
• Rhymes: -iks
• Hyphenation: miks

miks

1. why? (as a result of what?)
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 56:

     Timo, miks siä makkaat taas?

     Timo, why are you sleeping again?

2. why (as a result of which)
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:

     Miks möö öksyimmä.

     [The reason] why we got lost.

• minen peräst

miks

1. translative of mikä

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 100

From the verb mikse.

miks m (definite singular miksen, indefinite plural mikser, definite plural miksene)
miks n (definite singular mikset, indefinite plural miks, definite plural miksa or miksene)

1. a mix

miks

1. imperative of mikse

• “miks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From the verb mikse.

miks m (definite singular miksen, indefinite plural miksar, definite plural miksane)
miks n (definite singular mikset, indefinite plural miks, definite plural miksa)

1. a mix

• “miks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English mix, from Middle English mixen, from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-Germanic *miskijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ-.

• IPA^(key): /miks/

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• Rhymes: -iks
• Syllabification: miks

miks m inan

1. (colloquial) mix (result of mixing two or more substances)
2. (music) mix (result of mixing several tracks)
3. (music) mix (finished version of a recording)

• miks in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• miks in Polish dictionaries at PWN