mè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛ]

Adjective

mè

1. white

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin me. Cognates include Italian me and French moi.

Pronoun

mè

1. me (disjunctive)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin mē (accusative of ego), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognates include French moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ/
• Hyphenation: mè

Pronoun

mè (personal, disjunctive case)

1. I, me (emphatic form)

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Disjunctive (tonic)	Nominative (subject)	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Reflexive (-self)	Comitative (with)
Singular	First	—	mè	a	me			mêg
	Second	—	tè	et	te			têg
	Third	Masculine	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine	lê	la
Plural	First	Masculine	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
		Feminine	nuētri
	Second	Masculine	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
		Feminine	vuētri
	Third	Masculine	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
		Feminine		el	li

Scottish Gaelic

Interjection

mè

1. (onomatopoeia) baa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɛ˨˩]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) mèn

Noun

mè

1. bamboo rod used as a purlin or batten in a thatched roof

   Buộc các mè vào các rui.

   Tie the battens to the rafters.

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 麻 (SV: ma), as in 胡麻 (hồ ma).

Noun

(classifier cây, hạt, hột) mè • (米, 𥻡)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) sesame

Synonyms

• (sesame): vừng

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bánh khô mè
• chè mè đen
• dầu mè
• kẹo mè
• mè đen
• mè xửng
• muối mè
• ốc cối hột mè

 

Etymology 3

Clipping of cá mè.

Noun

mè

1. Short for cá mè.

See also

• cá mú mè
• màu mè
• mè đất
• mè hoang
• mè nheo
• mè tré
• mè tương

References

• "mè" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)