Mai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"

English

Etymology

Chinese surname with several origins:

• from Mandarin 麥／麦 (“wheat”),
• from Mandarin and Cantonese 買／买 (maai⁵, “buy”)
• Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi).
• Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma)
• Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)

As a German surname, variant of May.

Proper noun

Mai

1. A female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
2. A surname from Chinese of Chinese or German origin.

Anagrams

• I'm a', ima, I'm-a, IAM, I'ma, I'm'a, AIM, i'ma, IMA, I'm a, i'm'a, I am, Ima, AMI, aim, Mia, Ima', mia, MIA

Bavarian

Etymology 1

Cognate with German Maul.

Alternative forms

• Maal (Northern Bavarian)
• Meu (East Central Bavarian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯/ (West Central Bavarian)

Noun

Mai n

1. mouth

Etymology 2

Cognate with German Mai.

Proper noun

Mai

1. May

Danish

Proper noun

Mai

1. a female given name, variant of Maj

Estonian

Etymology

Short form of Maia, from Maarja / Maria; also associated with the month mai (“May”).

Proper noun

Mai

1. a female given name

Ewe

Proper noun

Mai

1. May (month)

Related terms

• Damɛ

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin maius.

Noun

Mai

1. May

German

Etymology

From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin (mensis) Maius, the Italic goddess of growth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɪ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Mai m (strong, genitive Mais or Mai, plural Maie)

1. May (month)

Declension

Declension of Mai [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mai	die	Maie
genitive	eines	des	Mais, Mai	der	Maie
dative	einem	dem	Mai	den	Maien
accusative	einen	den	Mai	die	Maie

Derived terms

• Maibaum

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Maai

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Monat im gregorianischen Kalender (Gregorianischen Kalender);
  
• (common) Januar / Jänner, Februar / Feber, März, April, Mai, Juni (Juno), Juli (Julei), August, September, Oktober, November, Dezember
  
• (archaic, poetic) Hartung, Hornung, Lenzing, Launing / Ostermond / Ostermonat, Wonnemond, Brachet, Heuert / Heumonat, Ernting / Erntemond / Erntemonat, Scheiding, Gilbhart, Nebelung, Julmond ^{(Category: de:Gregorian calendar months)}

Further reading

• “Mai” in Duden online
• “Mai” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Romanization

Mai

1. Rōmaji transcription of まい

Latin

Proper noun

Maī

1. genitive/vocative singular of Maius

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• mei (Föhr-Amrum)
• moi (Mooring)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Maius.

Noun

Mai m

1. (Sylt) May

   Synonym: Krölenmuun

Norwegian

Proper noun

Mai

1. a female given name, short for Maja, Maria, or from the month

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [maːj˧˧]
• Homophone: mai

Proper noun

Mai

1. a surname from Chinese
2. a female given name from Chinese

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh Mey, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mai̯/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Homophone: mai; mae (South Wales)

Proper noun

Mai m

1. May

Synonyms

• cyntefin

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) Ionawr, Chwefror, Mawrth, Ebrill, Mai, Mehefin, Gorffennaf, Awst, Medi, Hydref, Tachwedd, Rhagfyr ^{(Category: cy:Months)}

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Mai	Fai	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.