mè

See also: Appendix:Variations of "me"

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛ]

Adjective

mè

1. white

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935), Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin me. Cognates include Italian me and French moi.

Pronoun

mè

1. me (disjunctive)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	1st person		eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person		tù	ti		tè
	3rd person	m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
		f	ella		a, l'	ella
plural	1st person		noi	ci		noi
	2nd person		voi	vi		voi
	3rd person	m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
		f	elle		e, l'	elle

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Emilian

Alternative forms

• mé (Bolognese)

Etymology

From Latin mē (accusative of ego), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). Cognates include French moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ/
• Hyphenation: mè

Pronoun

mè (personal, disjunctive case)

1. I, me (emphatic form)

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (strong forms)

Number	Person		disjunctive (tonic)	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	reflexive	comitative (with)
singular	first		mè	a	me			mêg
	second		tè	et	te			têg
	third	m	ló	al		ge	se	sêg
		f	lê	la
plural	first	m	nuēter	a	se			nōsk
		f	nuētri
	second	m	vuēter	a	ve			vōsk
		f	vuētri
	third	m	lôr	i		ge	se	sêg
		f		el	li

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mē (accusative).

Pronoun

mè (prevocalic m') (ORB, broad)

1. me (first-person singular accusative, dative, or tonic)

See also

Franco-Provençal personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	tonic1	possessive2
singular	1st person		jo	mè			min
	2nd person		te	tè			tin
	3rd person	masculine	il	lo / le	lui		sin
		feminine	el	la	lyé
		neuter	o		y	—
		reflexive	—	sè
plural	1st person		nos				noutro
	2nd person		vos				voutro
	3rd person	masculine	ils	los / les	lor		lor
		feminine	els	les	lor / lyés
		reflexive	—	sè

¹ Disjunctive or object of a preposition.   ² Generally preceded by a definite article.

References

• me in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• mè in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃ː/

Interjection

mè

1. (onomatopoeia) baa

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛ˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɛ˨˩]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) mèn

Noun

(classifier cây) mè • (楣, 𥻡, 眉)

1. bamboo rod used as purlin or batten of a thatched roof

   Buộc các mè vào các rui.

   Tie the battens to the rafters.

Derived terms

• rui mè

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 麻 (SV: ma), as in 胡麻 (hồ ma).

Noun

(classifier cây, hạt, hột) mè • (米, 𥻡)

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) sesame

Synonyms

• (Northern Vietnam) vừng

Derived terms

• bánh khô mè
• chè mè đen
• dầu mè
• kẹo mè
• mè đen
• mè xửng
• muối mè
• ốc cối hột mè

Etymology 3

Noun

mè • (𩹪, 䱊, 𩺍, 眉)

1. short for cá mè

See also

• cá mú mè
• màu mè
• mè đất
• mè hoang
• mè nheo
• mè tré
• mè tương

References

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “mè”, in Việt–Việt‎^[1] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024