mei

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

Aiwoo

Verb

mei

1. to sleep

References

• 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)

Alternative forms

• mai
• me

Etymology

From English May.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mej/

Noun

mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)

1. May

Synonyms

• jetja

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Chuukese

Verb

mei

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/

• audio

  (file)

• Homophone: mij

Noun

mei m (uncountable)

1. May

Descendants

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

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Anagrams

• iem., Mie

East Central German

Etymology

Cognate to German mein.

Pronoun

mei

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

Declension

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

• 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.)

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯/

Determiner

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

1. First-person singular possessive determiner; my

Pronoun

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

1. First-person singular possessive pronoun; mine

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			Possessee
			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

1. Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

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

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetian méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.

Noun

mei m (plural mei)

1. millet

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mei

1. masculine plural of meo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: mèi

Adjective

mei (invariable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Adverb

mei

1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛj/
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: mèi

Noun

mei m (invariable)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of mezzo

Anagrams

• -ime, emi, emi-, ime, mie

Japanese

Romanization

mei

1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iː/, [ˈmeiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmɛːi]

Pronoun

meī

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

Pronoun

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

Noun

mei ? (please provide plural)

1. apple

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Méï (Eupen)
• Mai (Krefeld)
• Meie (Selfkant)

Noun

mei

1. May (month)

See also

• mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^li

Mandarin

Romanization

mei

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

Usage notes

• 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

Noun

mei

1. water

References

• G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

Mizo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj (“fire”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej (“fire”).

Noun

mei

1. fire

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mei

1. tail
2. stern (of a ship)

References

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

North Frisian

Etymology

From Latin māius.

Noun

mei m

1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See also

• months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. alternative form of meie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• meid

Etymology

From Old Norse meiðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪː/

Noun

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

1. runner of a sled, skid

References

• “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

• eim, ime, mie

Old French

Pronoun

mei

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

Papiamentu

Etymology 1

From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.

Adjective

mei

1. half
2. middle

Etymology 2

From Dutch mei.

Noun

mei

1. May

See also

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

Etymology

Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.

Adjective

mei

1. (possessive) my

Inflection

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mej]
• Rhymes: -ej

Determiner

mei

1. masculine plural of meu

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mej/

Noun

mei n (plural meiuri)

1. millet

   Synonym: păsat

Declension

Declension of mei

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mei	meiul	(niște) meiuri	meiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mei	meiului	(unor) meiuri	meiurilor
vocative	meiule		meiurilor

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei/

Adjective

mei

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

Pronoun

mei m pl or f pl

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

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌj/

Pronoun

mei (personal, emphatic)

1. (South Scots) me

See also

• A
• is

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.i/

Noun

mei

1. breadfruit

Preposition

mei

1. from

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian mith, mit, mei, mithi, mithe, methe (“with”), from Proto-Germanic *midi (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-, *meta (“with”).

Pronunciation

• (Clay) IPA^(key): /mai̯/
• (Wood) IPA^(key): /mɛi̯/

Preposition

mei

1. with

   kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages

Further reading

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

Zou

Mei.

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Khumi Chin mai and Tibetan མེ (me).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məi̯˧˩/

Noun

mèi

1. fire

References

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