A Dialectical Dictionary of Neret – Macedonian to English

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machat – torment, torture

mache – kitten

machea – they tormented, they tortured

machen – tormented, tortured

machena (*) – tormented, tortured

macheto – the kitten

magarenceto (*, magarence) – the small donkey

magareto – the donkey

magarinia (margarinja) – donkeys

magariniat (*) – the donkeys

magariniata (margarinjata) – the donkeys

magi (magija) – magic, spell

magite (*) – the magic, the spells

magla – mist, fog, haze

maglata (*, magla) – the mist, the fog, the haze

Mai (Maj) – May

maikin – of the mother, mother's, as in maikin ezik – mother's tongue (language)

maikini – mothers, our mothers

maikinio – mother's, as in maikinio ezik – mother's tongue (language)

maili (*) – (English mile, Macedonian plural i) miles

maioro (*) – (English mayor, Macedonian o for ot – the) the mayor

maja – yeast

majori – military majors

majoro (*, major) – the (military) major

maka – pain, suffering, torment

makalo – a Macedonian dish

makar – 1. even if, even though. 2. at least

Makedoncka Iskra (*) – a Macedonian newspaper published in Australia from 1946 to 1957

Makedoncka Narodna Republika – People's Republic of Macedonia

Makedonckio (Makedonskiot) – the Macedonian, as in Makedonckio narot – the Macedonian people

Makedonia mas – (Greek) our Macedonia, Macedonia is ours

Makedonizaciite (*) – the Macedonianizations

Makedoniziraa (*) – Macedonianized

Makedoniziranje (*, Makedonizam) – Macedonianization

Maklinieto (*) – a place opposite St Luke monastery near Neret, the wet lands, the swamp, an area of land in Gorna Mala

Makrobertson (*) – (English) the Australian chocolate maker MacRobertson's Steam Confectionery Works

Makroniso (*) – the Greek island of Makronisos that was used as a concentration camp for communists and Macedonians

Mala (*) – a village between Neret and Lerin

mala (*) – area, suburb

malafti (*) – offerings for the dead

malaftite (*) – the offerings for the dead

malata (*) – the area, the suburb

malchisfa (malcinstvo, malchenstvo) – minority

malchisfata (malcinstvoto)– the minority

malchisfo (malcinstvo, malchenstvo) – minority

Malimadi – a mountain in north west Greece and site of battles during the Greek Civil War

maloletno (maloletnik, maloleten) – a minor, a juvenile

malu – 1. few, a small number of, small. 2. shortly as in malu vreme – short period of time

manata (*) – 1. jokingly, pretending. 2. defect, failing, flaw

mangup – confident, outgoing, a rascal, a ‘casanova'

manista (monista) – little beads

Mankof rit (*) – a hill near Neret

Marena (*) – the name of a place near Krpeshina

Maria Antoaneta (*) – Marie Antoinette, queen of France

Marica (*) – the river in Thrace that is the border between Greece and Turkey

marmen (mermeren) – marble

marmer (mermer) – marble

marovninite (*) – the position of the stars in the night sky as to the changing of the seasons and when winter is coming

Marshal (*) – US Secretary of State George Marshall after whom is named the Marshall Plan

marshalo (marshalot) – the marshal, as in marshalo Tito – the marshal Tito

marsho (marshot) – the march

marshovi (marshevi) – marches

marshua (marshira) – march, as in koga ke pochni voinata da marshua – when the army will start to march

marshuvame (marshirame) – we marched, we march

marshuvashe (marshiraa) – marched

marshuve (marshiraat) – they march

martinkata – a red and white bracelet of string or wool that ladies made on the 1st of March and that represent the beginning of harvest

martinki – red and white bracelets of string or wool that ladies made on the 1st of March and that represent the beginning of harvest

martinkite – the red and white bracelets of string or wool that ladies made on the 1st of March and that represent the beginning of harvest

martiri – witnesses

martirite (*, martiri) – the witnesses

martiro (martir) – the witness

mashingan (*) – (English) machine gun

mashingani (*) – (English machine gun, Macedonian plural i) machine guns

mashinganite (*) – (English machine gun, Macedonian plural ite – the) the machine guns

mashingano (*) – (English machine gun, Macedonian o for ot – the) the machine gun

mashovna (masovna) – mass, en masse, massive, all together

mashovno (masovno) – mass, en masse, massively, in great numbers, all together

Mateshnica (*) – an area in Lerin that was used to resettle people from Turie, Trsie and Statica

Mau Ce Tunk (*) – Mao Tse-tung, also known as Mao Zedong

mava – hit, strike, pound

mavae – they threw, they hit, they pounded

maval – hit, pounded

mavashe – threw, hit, pounded

mazhie (mazhea) – (they females) got married

mcheme (molchevme) – we stayed quiet, we did not speak

mchish (molchish) – to be quiet, to be silent, not to speak

Meant (*) – (English) Mount, as in Meant Laoli – Mount Lawley

mechka – bear

mechkar – bear keeper, bear tamer

mechkarcka (mechkarski) – of bears, as in mechkarcka pesna – bear song

mechkaro (*) – the bear keeper, the bear tamer

mechkata – the bear

Mega Aleksandro (*) – (Greek) Alexander the Great

Megali Istoria Tis Elados (*) – (Greek) book titled The Great History of Greece

Megas Aleksandro (*) – (Greek) Alexander the Great

Mehmed (*) – Sultan Mehmed

Meka (*) – Mecca

Melbur (Melburn) – Melbourne

melea – they milled, they ground, as in koskite gi melea – they ground the bones

Meligala (*) – the name of a village

melodii – melodies

member (*) – (English) member

memberi – (English member, Macedonian plural i) members

members (*) – (English) members

menadjero (menadjerot) – the manager

menae (menuvale) (see menvae) – they changed, they exchanged

menale (menuvale) – they changed, they exchanged

menat (menuvaat) – 1. change. 2. changed

menato (menuvaa, menuvale) – changed

Mendjimap (*) – the town of Manjimup in Western Australia

menvae (menuvale, menuvaat) (see menae) – they changed, they exchanged

menvat (menuvaat) – change

meo (mevot) – the stomach

merak – desire, liking

meraklia (meraklija) – enthusiast

Merarhia (*) – (Greek name of) a partizan division during the Second World War

Merarhiata (*) (see Merarhia) – the Greek word Merarhia, Macedonian ta – the, as in Merarhiata Divizia – the Merarhia Division
mereshe – measured, was measuring

merisa (mirisa) – to smell

merisae (mirisaat) – they had the aroma of, they smelled

merisal (mirisal) – smelly, smelled

merisashe (mirisashe) – had the aroma of, smelled of, smelled

merizmo (mirizma) – smell

merka (*) – ammunition magazine

merki (*) – ammunition magazines

mesa – meats, a variety of meats

mesata – the meats

mesea – they kneaded for baking

mesechinata – the moon

Metaksa (*) – Ioannis Metaxas, the fascist prime minister and dictator of Greece

meteshe – were/ was sweeping

mezdrata (see mezhdjata) – the fields, the pasture, the boundary between two fields

mezhdja (mezdra) – pasture, thicket, end of a field or a garden

mezhdjata (*) (see mezdrata) – the pasture, the thicket, the end of a field or a garden

Milano (*) – Milan

mima (*) (short for mi ima) – to me has, as in mima dadeno – has given to me

mimae (*) (short for mi imae) – to me had, as in ne mimae otgovoreno – they had not replied to me

mimashe (*) (short for mi imashe) – to me had, as in mimashe recheno – had said to me

ministero (ministerot) – the minister, as in prai ministero – the prime minister

Mirashica (*) – the old name for a place near Neret

mirime (*) – make peace between us, to reconcile with each other

Mirka Gineva (*) – the Macedonian freedom fighter Mirka Gineva

misael – (English) missile, as in roketite misael – the missile rockets

misaelsto – (English – missile, Macedonian sto – ness) the missile, as in misaelsto roketi – the missile rockets

mishka – upper arm

mishki – upper arms

misurka (misur) – plate, bowl, dish

misurki (*) – plates, bowls, dishes

mitin (miting) (see mitink) – meeting

mitini (mitinzi) – meetings

mitink (*) (see mitin) – meeting

mitino (*) – the meeting, a meeting

mitrolos (mitralez) – machine gun

mitrolozi (mitralezi) – machine guns

mitrolozite (*) – the machine guns

mitropoliata (*, mitropolija) – the diocese office of the archbishop

Mitrovden – a holiday dedicated to St Demetrius

miuzia (muzei) – museums

miuzio (muzej) – museum

miuzioto (muzejot) – the museum

mladinata – in one's youth, the (plural) youth, the young people

mladinckata (*, mladincka) – of/ for young people, as in mladinckata organizacia – the youth organization

mladinite – the young people

mlados (mladost) youth

mladosta – one's youth

mladozhenet (mladozhenec) – bridegroom, a newly married man

mladu (*) – young

mlat – young, of youth

mlatio (mlad) – the young, the youngster, as in mlatio oficer – the young officer

Mlivoto (*, mlivo) – the Sunday or week before the wedding when the guests were invited to a wedding and wheat or grain was given to the young couple

mnozhesfoto (mnozinstvo) – the majority

moa (moja, moe) – my, mine

Moameth (*) – Muhammed

mochanie (mochanje) – to urinate, urinating, weeing, pissing

moderen – modern, contemporary, fashionable

moderni – (plural they are) modern, contemporary, fashionable

moio (mojo, mojot, moeto) – my, as in moio naimilen – my beloved

moita (moeto) – my, as in moita zhivot – my life

moit – (plural) my, as in moite priateli – my friends

moit (moeto) – my, as in moito srce – my heart

mojata (mojta) – mine

mojo – mine

mola – ask, request, beg, as in ti se mola – I ask you/ I pray of you

mole (molev, molel) – asked, requested, begged

molivi – pencils

moma – girl, maiden

momata – the girl, the maiden

momok – servant, young man, boy

Monako – Monaco

mori (more) – an exclamation, a way of addressing people that can be used in a friendly way such as ‘dear', ‘you', ‘pal' ‘mate' or in an offhand or disrespectful way such as ‘hey you', ‘you there'.

morie (more) – sea

morieto (moreto) – the sea

morni (*) – subdued, dark or dull colours

mornici – shivers, goosebumps

most – bridge

mosto (mostot) – the bridge

motor baik – (English) motor bike

motor baiko – (English motor bike, Macedonian o for ot – the) the motor bike

mozhda (mozhebi) – probably, could have been, could be

mozhee (mozhele) – were able, they could

mozhime (mozheme) we could, we were able

mozhish (mozhesh) – can, able to, may

mozochno (mozochen) – of the brain, as in mozochno krvarenie – brain haemorrhage

mrazeshe – hated

mrdashe – moved

mrdat (mrdaat) – they move

mrdnal (mrdna) – moved

mrdname – we moved

mrsha – corpse, body

mrshata – the body

mrshi – corpses, bodies

mrshite – the corpses, the bodies

mrsna – 1. fatty, oily, rich. 2. ugly, indecent, base, shameless

mrsni – fatty, oily, rich

mrsnite – (plural) the oily, the greasy, the fatty, colloquially for people, as in tia mrsnite – those slippery people, those indecent people

mrsotia (mrsotija) – oily or fatty foods

mrtoeco – the corpse

mrzneme – we froze

mska – mule

mskata – the mule

mskite (*, maski) – the mules

muabet – chat, talk, discuss

muabetat – to chat, to talk, to discuss

muabetea (*) – they talked, they chatted, they discussed

muabetime – we chatted, we talked, we discussed

muabeto (muabetot) – the talk, the discussion, the chat

mucka – mouth

muckata – the mouth

Mukalofcka Mala – an area in Neret

Mukalofckata – the Mukalofcka Mala area in Neret

munasip – good solution, convenient solution, proper solution, suitable solution, suitable means

mur – seal, stamp

Mura (*) – (a town or place in Western Australia, but which one is meant is uncertain, most likely) Moora

muro (*) – the seal, the stamp

mushameno (mushamena) – oil cloth, table cloth, canvas

Musulini (*) – Benito Mussolini

mzat (molzat) – to milk, as in milk the sheep

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