mihi

See also: Mihi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori mihi.

Noun

mihi (plural mihis)

1. (New Zealand) A greeting, in Maori culture.
   • 1948, Eric Ramsden, Sir Apirana Ngata and Maori Culture, page 86:

     After acknowledging the mihis of the various speakers, and thanking the donors for their gift, the guest of honour spoke as follows in English: […]

See also

• mihi itch

Basque

Alternative forms

• mi(i)n (Gipuzkoan)
• mĩhĩ (Soule)

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /mihi/ [mi.hi]
• IPA^(key): (Southern) /mi/ [mi]

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• Rhymes: -ihi, -i
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: mi‧hi

Noun

mihi

1. tongue

   Synonym: mingain

Declension

Declension of mihi (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	mihi	mihia	mihiak	mihiok
ergative	mihik	mihiak	mihiek	mihiok
dative	mihiri	mihiari	mihiei	mihioi
genitive	mihiren	mihiaren	mihien	mihion
comitative	mihirekin	mihiarekin	mihiekin	mihiokin
causative	mihirengatik	mihiarengatik	mihiengatik	mihiongatik
benefactive	mihirentzat	mihiarentzat	mihientzat	mihiontzat
instrumental	mihiz	mihiaz	mihiez	mihiotaz
inessive	mihitan	mihian	mihietan	mihiotan
locative	mihitako	mihiko	mihietako	mihiotako
allative	mihitara	mihira	mihietara	mihiotara
terminative	mihitaraino	mihiraino	mihietaraino	mihiotaraino
directive	mihitarantz	mihirantz	mihietarantz	mihiotarantz
destinative	mihitarako	mihirako	mihietarako	mihiotarako
ablative	mihitatik	mihitik	mihietatik	mihiotatik
partitive	mihirik	—	—	—
prolative	mihitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• mingain
• mintzatu
• mintza

Further reading

• “mihi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “mihi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cruzeño

Noun

mihi

1. water

References

• HG

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *misi (“grieve for”). Cognate with Māori mihi (“lament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.hi/

Noun

mihi

1. repentance, remorse

   Nui loa nō koʻu mihi.

   I am so sorry.

   (literally, “My remorse is indeed very great.”)

Verb

mihi(transitive)

1. to regret
2. to apologize for, be sorry about
3. to confess

Derived terms

• mihi ʻana (“confession”)
• mihimihi (reduplicated form)

Further reading

• mihi in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Latin

Alternative forms

• mihei (archaic)
• mī (syncopated)
• michi (Late Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *meɣei with enclitic reduction of /e/ (cf. tuus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mégʰ(e)y (contrast with tibi, with the suffix *-bʰi as in the instrumental). Cognate to Umbrian mehe.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmi.(ɦ)iː], [ˈmi.(ɦ)ɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.ki]

Pronoun

mihī̆

1. dative of egō̆, indirect object form

   Dā mihi calceōs! Pedēs frīgent mihi. ― Hand me my shoes! My feet are cold.

   Mihi nomen est… ― My name is…

   • c. 254–184 B.C.E., Plautus, Captivi:

     Ehō, dīc mihī, quis illic igitur est?

     Hey? Tell me, who is he then?

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: mie
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: mi
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mi
  • Old French: mi (early Old French)
    • Picard: mi
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: mi, min
  • Galician: me (possibly), min
  • Portuguese: me (possibly), mim
  • Spanish: mí
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: mie
• Vulgar Latin: *mibi (blended with tibi)
  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: meve (archaic)
    • Neapolitan: meve
    • Sicilian:
      • → Italian: mivi (archaic)
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Leonese: mive, mibe (alt. spelling)
    • Mozarabic: מיבי (myby)

See also

• tibī̆

References

• Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 327

Further reading

• “mihi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I have no time to do something: tempus mihi deest ad aliquid faciendum
    
  • I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut
    
  • nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.)
    
  • to cherish as the apple of one's eye: aliquis est mihi in oculis
    
  • if I live till then: si vita mihi suppeditat
    
  • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimem
    
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • I dreamed I saw..: in somnis visus (mihi) sum videre
    
  • I saw a vision in my dreams: species mihi dormienti oblata est
    
  • if anything should happen to me; if I die: si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit
    
  • I have not yet committed myself: res mihi integra est
    
  • it is no longer in my power: mihi non est integrum, ut...
    
  • my wishes are being fulfilled: optata mihi contingunt
    
  • I am on good terms with a person: est or intercedit mihi cum aliquo amicitia
    
  • I am on bad terms with a person: sunt or intercedunt mihi cum aliquo inimicitiae
    
  • my best friend: amicissimus meus or mihi
    
  • my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi
    
  • a thing meets with my approval: res mihi probatur
    
  • to be in every one's mouth: in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esse
    
  • an idea strikes me: illud succurrit mihi
    
  • something comes into my mind: mihi in mentem venit alicuius rei
    
  • according to my opinion: ut mihi quidem videtur
    
  • a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
    
  • a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur
    
  • one thing still makes me hesitate: unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2)
    
  • I am quite certain on the point: mihi exploratum est, exploratum (certum) habeo
    
  • I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasum est
    
  • I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasi
    
  • I am resolved; it is my intention: in animo habeo or mihi est in animo c. Inf.
    
  • I am determined: certum (mihi) est
    
  • I am firmly resolved: stat mihi sententia (Liv. 21. 30.)
    
  • I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question)
    
  • I intend, propose to..: propositum est mihi c. Inf.
    
  • I have a point to discuss with you: res mihi tecum est
    
  • I agree with you there: hoc mihi tecum convēnit (Att. 6. 1. 14)
    
  • I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7)
    
  • I have abundance to say: res (opp. verba) mihi suppetit
    
  • my subject grows as I write: materia mihi crescit
    
  • a theme, subject proposed for discussion: id quod (mihi) propositum est
    
  • the task I have put before myself is..: mihi propositum est c. Inf. (or mihi proposui, ut)
    
  • the question has forced itself on my mind: quaerendum esse mihi visum est
    
  • to be engaged on a book: liber mihi est in manibus
    
  • something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert
    
  • I am content to..: satis habeo, satis mihi est c. Inf.
    
  • some one's death has plunged me in grief: mors alicuius luctum mihi attulit
    
  • somebody, something is never absent from my thoughts: aliquis, aliquid mihi curae or cordi est
    
  • there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut)
    
  • my relations with him are most hospitable: mihi cum illo hospitium est, intercedit
    
  • I am always welcome at his house: domus patet, aperta est mihi
    
  • to be on friendly terms with a person: est mihi consuetudo, or usus cum aliquo
    
  • I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10)
    
  • I have a few words to say on this: mihi quaedam dicenda sunt de hac re
    
  • believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)
    

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *misi (“grieve for”). Cognate with Hawaiian mihi (“regret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmihi/ [ˈmihi]

Noun

mihi

1. A welcome
2. A speech made to welcome somebody

Derived terms

• mihi whakatau (“speech of greeting”)

Descendants

• → English: mihi

Verb

mihi (passive mihia or mihingia or mihitia)(transitive)

1. to lament for, to grieve
2. to welcome, to greet, to acknowledge

Derived terms

• mihimihi (“greeting”)
• ngā mihi (“thank you”)
• whakamihi (“praise”, verb)

Related terms

• aumihi (“greet”, verb)

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “mihi”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN