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Revision as of 07:55, 8 January 2023
Aiwoo
Verb
mei
- to sleep
References
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 896: |date= should contain a full date (year, month, day of month); use |year= for year. 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
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)
Synonyms
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Chuukese
Verb
mei
- (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
mei m (uncountable)
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
East Central German
Etymology
Pronoun
mei
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.)
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin milium. Compare Italian miglio, Venetan méjo, Romanian mei, Dalmatian mail, Catalan mill, Spanish mijo.
Noun
mei m (plural mei)
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mei
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
mei
- inflection of meare:
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Adjective
mei (invariable)
Adverb
mei
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
mei m (invariable)
References
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
mei
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.iː/, [ˈmeiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmɛːi]
Pronoun
Pronoun
- 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
Noun
mei ? (please provide plural)
Limburgish
Alternative forms
Noun
mei
- May (month)
See also
- mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia li
Mandarin
Romanization
mei
- Nonstandard spelling of méi.
- Nonstandard spelling of měi.
- 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
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
Etymology 2
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *C-maj (“tail”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-maj ~ m-raj (“tail; penis”).
Noun
mei
References
- Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
North Frisian
Etymology
Noun
mei m
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)
- alternative form of meie
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meiar, definite plural meiane)
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
Old French
Pronoun
mei
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi
Papiamentu
Etymology 1
From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.
Adjective
mei
Etymology 2
Noun
mei
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
- (possessive) my
Inflection
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative and accusative |
mei | mei | mei | mei |
dative | meim | meinre | meim | meine |
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mei
Etymology 2
From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mei n (plural meiuri)
Declension
Synonyms
Sassarese
Pronunciation
Adjective
mei
Pronoun
mei m pl or f pl
Scots
Pronunciation
Pronoun
mei (personal, emphatic)
See also
Tongan
Pronunciation
Noun
mei
Preposition
mei
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
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Clay" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /mai̯/
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Preposition
mei
- with
- kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages
Further reading
- “mei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zou
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Khumi Chin mai and Tibetan མེ (me).
Pronunciation
Noun
mèi
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 64
- Äiwoo lemmas
- Äiwoo verbs
- nfl:Sleep
- Atong (India) terms borrowed from English
- Atong (India) terms derived from English
- Atong (India) terms with IPA pronunciation
- Atong (India) lemmas
- Atong (India) nouns
- Atong (India) nouns in Latin script
- Chuukese lemmas
- Chuukese verbs
- Chuukese transitive verbs
- Chuukese copulative verbs
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Months
- East Central German lemmas
- East Central German pronouns
- Silesian East Central German
- Friulian terms inherited from Latin
- Friulian terms derived from Latin
- Friulian lemmas
- Friulian nouns
- Friulian masculine nouns
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛi
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛi/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Italian verb forms
- Italian 1-syllable words
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛj
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛj/1 syllable
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian indeclinable adjectives
- Italian archaic terms
- Italian adverbs
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ligurian lemmas
- Ligurian nouns
- Limburgish lemmas
- Limburgish nouns
- Limburgish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- li:Months
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Meyah lemmas
- Meyah nouns
- mej:Water
- Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Mizo terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Mizo terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Mizo terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Mizo lemmas
- Mizo nouns
- North Frisian terms derived from Latin
- North Frisian lemmas
- North Frisian nouns
- North Frisian masculine nouns
- Föhr-Amrum North Frisian
- frr:Months
- frr:Time
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Old French lemmas
- Old French pronouns
- Anglo-Norman
- Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese
- Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu
- Papiamentu lemmas
- Papiamentu adjectives
- Papiamentu entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Papiamentu terms derived from Dutch
- Papiamentu nouns
- pap:Months
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German adjectives
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Romanian/ej
- Rhymes:Romanian/ej/1 syllable
- Romanian non-lemma forms
- Romanian determiner forms
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- Sassarese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sassarese non-lemma forms
- Sassarese adjective forms
- Sassarese pronoun forms
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots pronouns
- Southern Scots
- Tongan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tongan lemmas
- Tongan nouns
- Tongan entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Tongan prepositions
- to:Plants
- to:Polynesian canoe plants
- West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian prepositions
- West Frisian terms with usage examples
- Zou terms inherited from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Zou terms derived from Proto-Kuki-Chin
- Zou terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Zou terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Zou terms with IPA pronunciation
- Zou lemmas
- Zou nouns