Wiktionary

mei

See also: Mei, méi, mèi, Méi, měi, and Méï

AiwooEdit

VerbEdit

mei

  1. to sleep

ReferencesEdit

Atong (India)Edit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English May.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)

  1. May

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

ChuukeseEdit

VerbEdit

mei

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

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mei m (uncountable)

  1. May

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: Mei
  • Jersey Dutch: Māi
  • Negerhollands: maj
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: mai
  • → Malay: Mei
    • Indonesian: Mei
  • → Papiamentu: mei
  • → Trió: mei

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

East Central GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate to German mein.

PronounEdit

mei

  1. (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch, Breslauisch) my (mine)

DeclensionEdit

Breslauisch:

Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Neuter Singular Plural of all Genders
Nominative mei, mei' meine mei, mei' meine
Genitive meines meines meiner
Dative meinem, me'm meiner meinem, me'm meinen
Accusative meinen, me'n meine mei, mei' meine

Gebirgsschlesisch:

Masculine Singular Feminine Singular Neuter Singular Plural of all Genders
Nominative mei meine mei meine
Dative memm
mem		 menner memm
mem		 men'n
menn
men
Accusative men'n
menn
men		 meine mei meine

See alsoEdit

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

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Hyphenation: mè‧i

AdjectiveEdit

mei

  1. masculine plural of meo

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.i/
  • Rhymes: -ɛi
  • Hyphenation: mè‧i

VerbEdit

mei

  1. inflection of meare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mei (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

AdverbEdit

mei

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Etymology 4Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mei m (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of mezzo

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

AnagramsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

mei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

meī

  1. genitive singular of ego: "of me".

PronounEdit

meī

  1. nominative masculine plural of meus: "my (plural masculine noun or noun phrase)"
  2. genitive masculine singular of meus: "of my (singular masculine noun or noun phrase)"
  3. genitive neuter singular of meus: "of my (singular neuter noun or noun phrase)"
  4. vocative masculine plural of meus: "my (plural masculine noun or noun phrase)"

LigurianEdit

NounEdit

mei ? (please provide plural)

  1. apple

LimburgishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

mei

  1. May (month)

See alsoEdit

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.

MeyahEdit

NounEdit

mei

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

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

MizoEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj (“fire”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”).

NounEdit

mei

  1. fire

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *C-maj (“tail”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj (“tail; penis”).

NounEdit

mei

  1. tail
  2. stern (of a ship)

ReferencesEdit

North FrisianEdit

 
North Frisian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frr

EtymologyEdit

From Latin māius.

NounEdit

mei m

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See alsoEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meier, definite plural meiene)

  1. alternative form of meie

Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse meiðr.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meiar, definite plural meiane)

  1. runner of a sled, skid

ReferencesEdit

  • “mei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “mei”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “Meid” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

AnagramsEdit

Old FrenchEdit

PronounEdit

mei

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

PapiamentuEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.

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”).

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

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

mei

  1. masculine plural of meu

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

SassareseEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

mei

  1. masculine/feminine plural of méiu
  2. masculine/feminine plural of meu

PronounEdit

mei m pl or f pl

  1. masculine/feminine plural of méiu
  2. masculine/feminine plural of meu

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

mei (personal, emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) me

See alsoEdit

TonganEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mei

  1. breadfruit

PrepositionEdit

mei

  1. from

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”).

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

mei

  1. with
    kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages

Further readingEdit

  • “mei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

ZouEdit

 
Mei.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Khumi Chin mai and Tibetan མེ (me).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mèi

  1. fire

ReferencesEdit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64
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