mei

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

Aiwoo[edit]

Verb[edit]

mei

  1. to sleep

References[edit]

Atong (India)[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English May.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)

  1. May

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

Chuukese[edit]

Verb[edit]

mei

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

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei m (uncountable)

  1. May

Descendants[edit]

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

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Anagrams[edit]

East Central German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to German mein.

Pronoun[edit]

mei

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

Declension[edit]

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 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)

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner; my

Pronoun[edit]

mei m sg (feminine miña, masculine plural meis, feminine plural miñas)

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun; mine

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

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)

  1. millet

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

mei

  1. masculine plural of meo

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mei (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Adverb[edit]

mei

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei m (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of mezzo

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

mei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

meī

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

Pronoun[edit]

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)"

Ligurian[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei ? (please provide plural)

  1. apple

Limburgish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei

  1. May (month)

See also[edit]

Mandarin[edit]

Romanization[edit]

mei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of méi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of měi.
  3. 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

  1. water

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

  1. fire

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

mei

  1. tail
  2. stern (of a ship)

References[edit]

North Frisian[edit]

North Frisian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frr

Etymology[edit]

From Latin māius.

Noun[edit]

mei m

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See also[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. alternative form of meie

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse meiðr.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. runner of a sled, skid

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

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

Papiamentu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.

Adjective[edit]

mei

  1. half
  2. middle

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch mei.

Noun[edit]

mei

  1. May

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.

Adjective[edit]

mei

  1. (possessive) my

Inflection[edit]

masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative
and
accusative
mei mei mei mei
dative meim meinre meim meine

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

mei

  1. masculine plural of meu

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei n (plural meiuri)

  1. millet
    Synonym: păsat
Declension[edit]

Sassarese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mei

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

Pronoun[edit]

mei m pl or f pl

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

Scots[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

mei (personal, emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) me

See also[edit]

Tongan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mei

  1. breadfruit

Preposition[edit]

mei

  1. from

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

  1. with
    kontakt mei oare talencontact with other languages

Further reading[edit]

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

Zou[edit]

Mei.

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

  1. fire

References[edit]

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