mei

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

Äiwoo

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Verb

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mei

  1. to sleep

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Atong (India)

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English May.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)

  1. May

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mīn, from Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognates include German mein, Yiddish מײַן (mayn), Dutch mijn, English mine and my, Old Norse mínn, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (meins).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɑɛ̯/
  • IPA(key): /mæː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Determiner

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mei

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

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Declension of mei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative mei mei mei meine
dative meim meiner meim meine
accusative mein mei mei meine

Derived terms

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Bavarian possessive pronouns
attributive (nominative case) independent
singular plural
1st person singular mei meine meins
2nd person singular
(informal) 		dei deine deins
2nd person singular
(formal) 		Eahna Eahnare Eahnas
3rd person singular m, n sei seine seins
f ihr ihre ihrs
1st person plural unsa unsare unsas
2nd person plural eia eire eias
3rd person plural eahna eahnare eahnas

Chuukese

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Verb

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mei

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch meye, from Latin Māius.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mei m (uncountable)

  1. May
    Synonym: (archaic) bloeimaand

Descendants

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

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Anagrams

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Cognate to German mein.

Pronoun

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mei

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

Declension

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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

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Fala

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese *mei, from Latin meum.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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

  1. First-person singular possessive determiner; my

Pronoun

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

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun; mine

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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

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

Friulian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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mei m (plural mei)

  1. millet

Italian

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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mei

  1. masculine plural of meo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mei (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Adverb

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mei

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mei m (invariable)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of mezzo

References

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  1. ^ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  2. ^ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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mei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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meī

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

Pronoun

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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

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Noun

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mei ? (please provide plural)

  1. apple

Limburgish

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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mei

  1. May (month)

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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mei

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Noun

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mei

  1. water
  2. river
  3. cloth

References

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  • Gravelle, Gilles (2001) Daftar kata Meyah-Indonesia dan kebalikan Indonesia-Meyah [A Meyah-Indonesian Lexicon]‎[2] (in Indonesian), Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Indonesia: Yayasan Pengembangan Masyarakat Arfak (YPMA), pages 30–1
  • G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

Mizo

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mei

  1. fire

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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mei

  1. tail
  2. stern (of a ship)

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Murui Huitoto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛi̯]
  • Hyphenation: mei

Etymology 1

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto mei and Nüpode Huitoto mei.

Adverb

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mei

  1. afterwards
  2. so, thus

Postposition

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mei

  1. after
    • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:6, page 5:
      Jobaimemo naimɨe fiodaiya mei, naiñaiñona ote.
      After that man's dying in the war, he got her.

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

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mei

  1. shame

References

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[3] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 175
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[4], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), pages 82, 177

North Frisian

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North Frisian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia frr

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *maganą.

Verb

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mei

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) would, would like to, like to
    Meest mi gau ens halep?
    Would you help me real quick?
Conjugation
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Conjugation of mei (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
infinitive I mei
infinitive II (tu) meien
past participle maaden
imperative singular —
imperative plural —
  present past
1st singular mei maad
2nd singular meest maadst
3rd singular mei maad
plural mei maad
  perfect pluperfect
1st singular haa maaden hed maaden
2nd singular heest maaden hedst maaden
3rd singular hee maaden hed maaden
plural haa maaden hed maaden
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st singular skal mei wal mei
2nd singular skääl mei wääl mei
3rd singular skal mei wal mei
plural skel mei wel mei
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Etymology 2

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Ultimately from Latin Māius.

Noun

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mei m

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) May
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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. alternative form of meie

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse meiðr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. runner of a sled, skid

References

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  • “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

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Old French

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Pronoun

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mei

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

Papiamentu

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.

Adjective

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mei

  1. half
  2. middle

Etymology 2

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From Dutch mei.

Noun

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mei

  1. May

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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

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Etymology

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Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.

Determiner

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mei

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

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Declension of mei
masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative mei mei mei mei
dative meim meinre meim meine
accusative mei mei mei mei

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mei

  1. masculine plural of meu

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mei n (plural meiuri)

  1. millet
    Synonym: păsat
Declension
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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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mei

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

Pronoun

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mei m pl or f pl

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

Scots

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Determiner

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mei

  1. Alternative form of my

References

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Tongan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mei

  1. breadfruit

Preposition

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mei

  1. from

West Frisian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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mei

  1. with
    kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages

Further reading

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

Zou

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Mei.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mèi

  1. fire

References

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