maile
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
maile (uncountable)
- A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
- 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165:
- All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of mail.
Noun edit
maile (uncountable)
References edit
- maile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alyxia stellata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Alyxia stellata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From English mail (“[delivery of] letters and small parcels”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
maile (imperative mail, infinitive at maile, present tense mailer, past tense mailede, perfect tense er/har mailet)
- e-mail (to compose and send an e-mail) [from 1989]
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Audio (file)
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maile
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Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
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maile
Etymology 2 edit
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maile
French edit
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maile
- inflection of mailer:
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maile
- inflection of mailen:
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
mailē
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴
Hawaiian edit
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maile
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
maile
- Alternative form of male (“bag”)
Etymology 2 edit
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maile
- Alternative form of mayle
Samoan edit
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maile
Tokelauan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian [Term?]. Cognates include Samoan maile.
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maile
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Polynesian *maile. Cognates include Hawaiian maile and Samoan maile.
Noun edit
maile
References edit
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 199