mi-faci-o:(photog.) pose between face and profile;
(cf. mi-profilo).
mi-farm-ajo: metairie: land (or implements) leased for
half-share of produce; -ado: metayage; -isto, -ero:
metayer.
mi-frat-ulo: half-brother.
migr-ar:(intr.) to migrate; -anta, -ema:
migrating; (fig.) itinerant; -anta uceli: migrating
birds. — EFIS
migren-o: megrim: a kind of sick or nervous pain affecting
one side of the head, hemicrania. ?DeFIR
migrenin-o*:(med.) a kind of remedy for megrim or
hemicrania.
mika-o:(min.) mica. — DEFIS
mikoriz-o*:(biol.) mycorrhiza. — DEFIS
mikr-a: little, small; (cf. poka); -eta, -acha:
tiny, wee; -ope: little by little, bit by bit; -igar:
to make small, belittle; (cf. min-grand-igar, diminutar), -o-kosmo:
microcosm. Ex.: Mikra spaco, chambro, homo, sumo, nombro, merito.
Ant.: granda. — DeFIRS
mikrob-o: microbe. — DEFIRS
mikrofon-o: microphone. — DEFIRS
mikrograf-o*: micrographer: one versed in micrography.
mikrografi-o: micrography: description of microscopic
objects. — DEFIRS
mikrometr-o: micrometer. — DEFIRS
mikron-o*: micron: 1/1000 of a millimeter (millimetre).
— DEFIRS
mikropil-o*:(bot., zool.) micropyle. — DEFIS
mikroskop-o: microscope. — DEFIRS
mikrosom-o*:(biol.) microsome. — DEFIS
mikrospor-o*:(bot.) microspore. — DEFIS
mikrosporangi-o*:(bot.) microsporangium. —
DEFIS
mikrozo-o: microzoa: animals of microscopic smallness.
— DEFIRS
mil: thousand; -o: a (one) thousand; -esma:
(ordinal) 1000th ; -imo: (fraction) 1/1000
(part); -yara: millenary; (cf. cent, du for
derivatives). — FIS
milan-o:(orni.) kite (Milvus ictinus). — FS
mili-o: mile: 5280 feet; 1609.35 meters (metres).
miliard-o: billion; 1000 millions; -iero:
billionaire. — DeFIRS
milic-o: militia; -ano: militiaman. — DEFIRS
miligram-o: milligram: 0.015 grain. — DEFIRS
milimetr-o: millimeter (millimetre): 0.039 inch. —
DEFIRS
milion-o: million; -iero: millionaire. —
DEFIRS
milit-ar:(intr.) to (make) war; (fig.) to
militate; (por, kontre); -igar: to cause to make
war; -anto, -isto: fighter, combatant, warrior; -ala:
military: relating to war; -ist-ala: military: relating to
warriors; -ema: combative, pugnacious, bellicose; -arto:
art of war; -ruzo: stratagem (of war); -ist-aro:
armed force of a country (cf. armeo); -judicio:
court-martial; -ala kapt-ito: prisoner of war; -navo:
warship; -nava: naval. — DEFIS
militar-ismo: militarism; -isto: militarist: a
believer in militarism; -igar: to militarize: to bring
into a condition of (or imbue with) militarism. Ex.: On dicas, ke
la maxim bona metodo kuracar militaristo esas igar lu militisto.
mi-lum-o: half-light, twilight, subdued light.
mi-lun-o: half-moon.
milyet-o:(bot.) millet (Panicum miliaceum).
mim-ar:(tr.) to mimic: express by dumb show, as
for ridicule; -anto, -isto: mimic, mime. — DeFIRS
mimetik-a*:(zool.) a mimicking (animal); -eso:
mimicry; imitative resemblance of one animal to another or to
some inanimate object.
mi-mond-umo: demi-monde.
mimos-o:(bot.) mimosa, sensitive plant (genus:
Mimosa). — DEFIRS
min(e):(adv.) less (Note: The short form: min
is used when followed by adjective or verb; as, min granda:
smaller; the longer form: mine is used when not followed
by word which it modifies, as at the end of a sentence; il
laboris mine: he worked less; min bela: less
beautiful; parolez min multe: speak less; min multo:
the lesser; min kam ul-tempe: less than ever; min multa
pekunio: less money; sempre min: less and less. V.
exp.: Min esas diminutala; minus esas
sustracionala. Ex.: Esante min durstanta kam me, il drinkis un
glaso minuse; II-738. Ant.: plu. Note: In distinction from
E. usage where «less» is used adjectivally, min is
always an adverb, therefore : min multa homi, not min
homi. — FIRS
min-ar:(tr.) to undermine, to mine: extract ores,
etc.; (cf. sub-destruktar) (milit.) to sap; -eyo:
a mine; -ey-ala: pertaining to mines: la rivero minis
la rivo: the river undermined the bank. — DEFIRS
minac-ar:(tr.) to menace, to threaten (ulu, per
ulo). Ex.: Il minacis mortigar me. La muro minacis krular (E.
the wall totters). Kolero esas minaco. — EFIS
minaret-o: minaret. — DEFIRS
