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Mei

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mei"

Translingual

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 寐 (mèi, “sleep”) (such that the name of the type species means "sleeping dragon").

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†Mei ?

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Troodontidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China.

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.

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Mei

  1. A female given name from Mandarin.

Etymology 2

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Typically renders the common Chinese surnames Mandarin 梅 (méi, literally “plum”) and Mandarin 枚 (méi, literally “tree trunk”).

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Mei

  1. A surname from Mandarin.

Etymology 3

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Mei County

From Mandarin 眉 (Méi).

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Mei

  1. A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
    • 1969 May 23 [1969 May 19], “Activities in Shensi”, in Daily Report: Communist China‎[2], volume I, number 100, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sian Shensi Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page H 3:
      The Paochi Special District Revolutionary Committee held an on-the-spot symposium on implementation of policies in Mei County and exemplary models were set up later in the various countries and communes.
    • 2010 October 15, “Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain”, in 叶欣, editor, People's Daily‎[3], archived from the original on 23 May 2015:
      The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice[sic – meaning Province] recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?
      Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?
      Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mei.
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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Mei (plural Meimaande)

  1. May

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English May.

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Mei

  1. May (month)
  2. a female given name from English

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Gregorian calendar months: nā mahina o ka makahikiedit

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  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records the name Mei does not appear in 19th century marriage records.

Hunsrik

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Verb

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Mei

  1. Alternative form of Meu

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch mei, from Latin māius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *magya (“she who is great”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate with Afrikaans Mei, Malay Mei.

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Méi

  1. May

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Italian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Mei m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Japanese

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Romanization

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Mei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

Makasar

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Etymology

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From Dutch mei (“May”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmei/, [ˈme.i]
  • Hyphenation: me‧i

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Mei (Lontara spelling ᨆᨙᨕᨗ)

  1. May

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Further reading

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  • Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English May, from Middle English, from Old English, from Old French mai, from Latin māius, from Maia.

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Mei (Jawi spelling مي)

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

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Gregorian calendar months: bulan-bulan takwim Gregoryedit

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Maori

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English May.

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Mei

  1. May (month)

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Gregorian calendar months: ngā marama o te tauedit

Plautdietsch

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Noun

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Mei m (plural Meien)

  1. May

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English May.[1]

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Mei

  1. May

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Gregorian calendar months: miezi ya mwaka[c 1]edit
  1. ^ Months are more commonly referred to by number rather than name, e.g. mwezi wa kwanza, mwezi wa pili, mwezi wa kumi na mbili rather than Januari, Februari, Desemba.

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  1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[1], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 39 of 33-41

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English May.

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Mei

  1. May (month)

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