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, 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)[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.
Chuukese[edit]
Verb[edit]
mei
- (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)
Dutch[edit]
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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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]
- 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[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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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]
- 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)
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
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
North Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mei m
See also[edit]
- months of the year in Föhr-Amrum North Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember
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.
Adjective[edit]
mei
- (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
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
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