mei
AiwooEdit
VerbEdit
mei
- to sleep
ReferencesEdit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, issue 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Atong (India)Edit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
ChuukeseEdit
VerbEdit
mei
- (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei m (uncountable)
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: Mei
- Jersey Dutch: Māi
- Negerhollands: maj
- → Caribbean Hindustani: mai
- → Malay: Mei
- Indonesian: Mei
- → Papiamentu: mei
- → Trió: mei
See alsoEdit
- (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december (Category: nl:Months)
AnagramsEdit
East Central GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
mei
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
- ihch/iech; ich (1st ps. sg. personal pronoun)
- dei & Dei (2nd ps. sg.); sei (3rd ps. sg. m. & n.), ihr (3rd ps. sg. f.); insa / inser (1st ps. pl.)
FriulianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.
NounEdit
mei m (plural mei)
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mei
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
mei
- inflection of meare:
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mei (invariable)
AdverbEdit
mei
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei m (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
mei
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
meī
PronounEdit
meī
- nominative masculine plural of meus: "my (plural masculine noun or noun phrase)"
- genitive masculine singular of meus: "of my (singular masculine noun or noun phrase)"
- genitive neuter singular of meus: "of my (singular neuter noun or noun phrase)"
- vocative masculine plural of meus: "my (plural masculine noun or noun phrase)"
LigurianEdit
NounEdit
mei ? (please provide plural)
LimburgishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
mei
- May (month)
See alsoEdit
- mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia li
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
mei
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
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
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *C-maj (“tail”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj (“tail; penis”).
NounEdit
mei
ReferencesEdit
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
North FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mei m
See alsoEdit
- months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meier, definite plural meiene)
- alternative form of meie
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meiar, definite plural meiane)
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
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi
PapiamentuEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.
AdjectiveEdit
mei
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mei
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
- (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
Etymology 2Edit
From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei n (plural meiuri)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
SassareseEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
mei
PronounEdit
mei m pl or f pl
ScotsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
mei (personal, emphatic)
See alsoEdit
TonganEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mei
PrepositionEdit
mei
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
- with
- kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages
Further readingEdit
- “mei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
ZouEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Khumi Chin mai and Tibetan མེ (me).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mèi
ReferencesEdit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64