mei

See also: Mei, méi, mèi, Méi, and měi

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AiwooEdit

VerbEdit

mei

1. to sleep

ReferencesEdit

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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ChuukeseEdit

VerbEdit

mei

1. (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/

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• Homophone: mij

NounEdit

mei m (uncountable)

1. May

See alsoEdit

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december

AnagramsEdit

• iem., Mie

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FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.

NounEdit

mei m (plural mei)

1. millet

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

mei

1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

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LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmeː.i]

PronounEdit

meī

1. genitive singular of ego

PronounEdit

meī

1. nominative masculine plural of meus
2. genitive masculine singular of meus
3. genitive neuter singular of meus
4. vocative masculine plural of meus

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LigurianEdit

NounEdit

mei ? (please provide plural)

1. apple

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LimburgishEdit

NounEdit

mei

1. May (month)

See alsoEdit

• mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^li

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

mei

1. Nonstandard spelling of méi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of měi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mèi.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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MeyahEdit

NounEdit

mei

1. water

ReferencesEdit

• G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

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North FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin māius.

NounEdit

mei m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See alsoEdit

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

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Old FrenchEdit

PronounEdit

mei

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

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PapiamentuEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meia.

AdjectiveEdit

mei

1. half
2. middle

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch mei.

NounEdit

mei

1. May

See alsoEdit

Months of the year: yanüari (“January”), febrüari (“February”), mart (“March”), aprel (“April”), mei (“May”), yüni (“June”), yüli (“July”), ougùstùs (“August”), sèptèmber (“September”), oktober (“October”), novèmber (“November”), desèmber (“December”).

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Pennsylvania GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.

AdjectiveEdit

mei

1. (possessive) my

InflectionEdit

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative and accusative	mei	mei	mei	mei
dative	meim	meinre	meim	meine

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RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [mej]

DeterminerEdit

mei

1. masculine plural form of meu

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mej/

NounEdit

mei n (plural meiuri)

1. millet

DeclensionEdit

declension of mei

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mei	meiul	(niște) meiuri	meiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mei	meiului	(unor) meiuri	meiurilor
vocative	meiule		meiurilor

SynonymsEdit

• păsat

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ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mʌj/

PronounEdit

mei (personal, emphatic)

1. (South Scots) me

See alsoEdit

• A
• is

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TonganEdit

NounEdit

mei

1. breadfruit

PrepositionEdit

mei

1. from

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West FrisianEdit

PrepositionEdit

mei

1. with