mái
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"
Boloki[edit]
Noun[edit]
mái
Further reading[edit]
Huichol[edit]
Noun[edit]
mái
- maguey, century plant.
Krisa[edit]
Noun[edit]
mái
Lingala[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.
Noun[edit]
mái class 6
Related terms[edit]
- máimái (“wet”)
References[edit]
- John Ellington, Handbook of Kinshasa Lingala (1992), page 74
- James E. Redden, Lingala: basic course (1963), page 167
Mandarin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Romanization[edit]
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霾
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埋
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *meːʔ.
Adjective[edit]
- (of a bird) female
- Antonym: trống
- gà mái ― a hen
- (of an animal with cá (“fish”) in its name, including cetaceans) female
- Antonym: trống
- cá heo mái/cái ― a female dolphin
Usage notes[edit]
- Less common than cái when used for "fish", although it is not rare nor uncommon.
See also[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Vietic *ɓaːlʔ.
Noun[edit]
- roof
- mái ấm ― loving home; shelter house (e.g. for disadvantaged children)
- bangs; fringe
- mái ngố ― blunt bangs
Usage notes[edit]
Classifier[edit]
- indicates all of someone's headhair
- mái tóc bóng mượt ― shiny and silky hair
Categories:
- Boloki lemmas
- Boloki nouns
- Huichol lemmas
- Huichol nouns
- hch:Plants
- Krisa lemmas
- Krisa nouns
- Lingala terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 6 nouns
- ln:Water
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese classifiers
- vi:Female animals
- vi:Birds
- vi:Fish
- vi:Cetaceans
- vi:Hair