Faroese

Noun

milti n (genitive singular miltis, plural milti or miltir)

1. spleen

Inflection

Synonyms

• milt

Etymology 2

From the noun milt.

Noun

milti

1. dative singular of milt

Latvian

Milti

Etymology

Originally from the past participle *milts, plural *milti, of an unattested verb *milt ‎(“to crumble; to grind”), from Proto-Baltic *mil-, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥-, the reduced grade of *mel- (whence also Latvian malt “to grind” (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian mìltai, Old Prussian miltan.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mīlti]

Noun

milti m (1st declension)

1. flour (powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding cereal grains)

   graudu milti‎ ― grain flour

   kviešu, rudzu milti‎ ― wheat, rye flour

   rupji, smalki milti‎ ― coarse, fine flour

   bīdelētie milti‎ ― finely ground flour

   miltu putra‎ ― flour porridge

   miltu omlete‎ ― flour omelette

   miltu ērce, kode‎ ― flour mite, moth

   “lai Arturs aiziet uz veikalu un atnes maizei miltus”, tēvs īsi sacīja‎ ― “let Arthur go to the shop and bring flour for the bread”, father said succinctly

   vienu dienu uz pavasara pusi Vilis atved divus maisus miltu‎ ― one day, when it was still spring, Vilis brought two sacks of flour

2. flour (powdery substance obtained by grinding raw materials with special instruments)

   kaļķakmens milti‎ ― limestone flour

   kartupeļu milti‎ ― potato flour (= starch from potatoes)

   zivju milti‎ ― fish flour

   siena, skuju milti‎ ― hay, pine flour (= animal feed)

   koksnes, koka milti‎ ― wood flour (= very finely ground wood)

   koka miltus iegūst no lapkoku un skujkoku koksnes‎ ― wood flour is obtained from deciduous and connifer wood (= trees)

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “milti”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Lojban

Etymology

From "milli".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmilti/

Gismu

milti ‎(rafsi mil)

1. thousandth; x1 is a thousandth [1/1000] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3 (default is units).

See also

• kilto

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mildijaz, whence also Old English milde, Old Norse mildr

Adjective

milti

1. mild

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *miltiją, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- ‎(“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”).

Noun

milti n (genitive miltis, plural milti)

1. spleen

Inflection

References

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