mei
Aiwoo edit
Verb edit
mei
- to sleep
References edit
- Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 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 forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German mīn, from Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognates include German mein, Yiddish מײַן (mayn), Dutch mijn, English mine and my, Old Norse mínn, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
mei
- (possessive) my
Declension edit
Declension of mei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | mei | mei | mei | meine |
dative | meim | meiner | meim | meine |
accusative | mein | mei | mei | meine |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
attributive (nominative case) | independent | |||
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singular | plural | |||
1st person singular | mei | meine | meins | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
dei | deine | deins | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Eahna | Eahnare | Eahnas | |
3rd person singular | m, n | sei | seine | seins |
f | ihr | ihre | ihrs | |
1st person plural | unsa | unsare | unsas | |
2nd person plural | eia | eire | eias | |
3rd person plural | eahna | eahnare | eahnas |
Chuukese edit
Verb edit
mei
- (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch meye, from Latin Māius.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei m (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: Mei
- Jersey Dutch: Māi
- Negerhollands: maj
- → Caribbean Hindustani: mai
- → Malay: Mei
- Indonesian: Mei
- → Papiamentu: mei
- → Trió: mei
See also edit
- (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december (Category: nl:Months)
Anagrams edit
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
Pronoun edit
mei
Declension edit
Breslauisch:
Masculine Singular | Feminine Singular | Neuter Singular | Plural of all Genders | |
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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 also edit
Fala edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meum.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
mei m sg (feminine miña, masculine plural meis, feminine plural miñas)
- First-person singular possessive determiner; my
Pronoun edit
mei m sg (feminine miña, masculine plural meis, feminine plural miñas)
- First-person singular possessive pronoun; mine
See also edit
Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |||
Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas | ||
Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu1 | teis | túas, tus1 | |
Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas | ||
Third person | sei | súa, su1 | seis | súas, sus1 |
- Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.
References edit
Friulian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.
Noun edit
mei m (plural mei)
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mei
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mei
- inflection of meare:
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mei (invariable)
Adverb edit
mei
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei m (invariable)
References edit
Anagrams edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
mei
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.iː/, [ˈmeiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmɛːi]
Pronoun edit
meī
Pronoun edit
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)"
Ligurian edit
Noun edit
mei ? (please provide plural)
Limburgish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
mei
- May (month)
See also edit
- mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia li
Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
mei
- Nonstandard spelling of méi.
- Nonstandard spelling of měi.
- Nonstandard spelling of mèi.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Meyah edit
Noun edit
mei
References edit
- G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei
Mizo edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj (“fire”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”).
Noun edit
mei
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *C-maj (“tail”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj (“tail; penis”).
Noun edit
mei
References edit
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
Murui Huitoto edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Cognates include Minica Huitoto mei and Nüpode Huitoto mei.
Adverb edit
mei
Postposition edit
mei
- after
- 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:6, page 5:
- Jobaimemo naimɨe fiodaiya mei, naiñaiñona ote.
- After that man's dying in the war, he got her.
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Root edit
mei
References edit
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 175
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), pages 82, 177
North Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mei m
See also edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meier, definite plural meiene)
- alternative form of meie
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meiar, definite plural meiane)
References edit
- “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
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Pronoun edit
mei
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi
Papiamentu edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.
Adjective edit
mei
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mei
See also edit
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 German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.
Determiner edit
mei
- (possessive) my
Declension edit
Declension of mei | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | mei | mei | mei | mei |
dative | meim | meinre | meim | meine |
accusative | mei | mei | mei | mei |
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
mei
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei n (plural meiuri)
Declension edit
Sassarese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
mei
Pronoun edit
mei m pl or f pl
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
mei (personal, emphatic)
See also edit
Tongan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mei
Preposition edit
mei
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”).
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
mei
- with
- kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages
Further reading edit
- “mei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zou edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Khumi Chin mai and Tibetan མེ (me).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mèi
References edit
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64