# miks
## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiks/, [ˈmiks]
* Rhymes: -iks
* Hyphenation: miks
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### Etymology 1

An archaic translative singular form of mis (“what”) (the modern form is milleks). Compare Finnish miksi, Ingrian miks and Votic missi.

#### Adverb

miks (not comparable)
* why
** Interrogative.
    Miks see küll nii on, et alati peab keegi kannatama? ― Why is it that someone always has to suffer?
** Relative, after a comma.
    Peeter teab, miks maakera pöörleb. ― Peeter knows why the Earth spins.
** In rhetoric questions, expressing regret, reproach or repentance.
    Miks ma küll pidin nii ütlema! ― Why did I have to say that!
** (with a negative pronoun or verb) Expressing acquiescence, agreement, possibility.
    Kas sa mind mäletad? – Miks ei mäleta. ― Do you remember me? – Of course I do. (literally, “Why don't [I] remember?”)
** (with the verb teadma (“to know”)) Expressing the ambiguity of a situation.
    Jooksis kes teab miks minema. ― (S)he ran away for whatever reason. (literally, “ […] who knows why.”)

#### Noun

miks (genitive miksi, partitive miksi)
* the question why
    Laps tuleb ikka oma miksidega ema juurde. ― The kid still goes to his mum with his why's.

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From English mix.

#### Noun

miks (genitive miksi, partitive miksi)
* (music) mix

##### Declension
### References

* miks in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “miks”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiks/, [ˈmiks̠]
* Rhymes: -iks
* Hyphenation: miks

### Adverb

miks (colloquial)
* Alternative form of miksi (“why”)

#### See also

* mikskä

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmikse/, [ˈmiks̠]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmiks/, [ˈmikʃ]
* Rhymes: -iks
* Hyphenation: miks

### Adverb

miks
* 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?
* why (as a result of which)
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, 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.

#### Synonyms

* minen peräst

### Pronoun

miks
* translative of mikä

### References

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From the verb mikse.

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

miks
* imperative of mikse

### References

* “miks” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From the verb mikse.

### Noun

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

### References

* “miks” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmiks/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iks
* Syllabification: miks

### Noun

miks m inan
* (colloquial) mix (result of mixing two or more substances)
* (music) mix (result of mixing several tracks)
* (music) mix (finished version of a recording)

#### Derived terms

* miksować
* zmiksować

#### Related terms

* remiks

### Further reading

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