# meis
## Brooke's Point Palawano
### Noun

meis
* corn

## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of meisje, from meid.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛi̯s/
* Hyphenation: meis
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

### Noun

meis f (uncountable)
* (familiar, colloquial, Netherlands, mostly used as a term of address) girl
    Hoi meis, hoe gaat het met je?Hi girl, how are you doing?
    Sterkte met het verlies van je pony, meis.My condolences on the loss of your pony, girl.

## Fala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmei̯s/
* Rhymes: -ei̯s
* Syllabification: meis

### Determiner

meis m pl
* masculine plural of mei (“my”)

### Pronoun

meis m pl
* masculine plural of mei (“mine”)

### See also

| | | | Possessee | Possessee | Possessee | Possessee |
| | | | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural |
| | | | Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine |
| Possessor | First person | Singular | mei | miña | meis | miñas |
| Possessor | First person | Plural | nosu | nosa | nosus | nosas |
| Possessor | Second person | Singular | tei | túa, tu$^1$ | teis | túas, tus$^1$ |
| Possessor | Second person | Plural | vosu | vosa | vosus | vosas |
| Possessor | Third person | Third person | sei | súa, su$^1$ | seis | súas, sus$^1$ |
* Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

### References

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

## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmei̯sːæ/, [ˈme̞i̯s̠ː]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmei̯s/, [ˈme̞i̯ʒ̥]
* Rhymes: -ei̯sː, -ei̯s
* Hyphenation: meis

### Pronoun

meis
* inessive of möö

### References

* V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin mēnsis.

### Noun

meis m (plural meisc)
* month

#### Synonyms

* mens / mëns

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈme.iːs/, [ˈmeiːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈme.is/, [ˈmɛːis]

### Pronoun

meīs
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of meus

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* mais (Jersey)

### Etymology

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

### Noun

meis m (plural meis)
* (Guernsey, France) month

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse meiss.

#### Noun

meis
* a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
* a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

##### Derived terms

* bakmeis
* kløvmeis
* bæremeis
* vidjemeis

### Etymology 2

From German Meise.

#### Noun

meis
* a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

### References

* “meis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* meise

### Etymology 1

From German Meise.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛɪːs/

#### Noun

meis f (definite singular meisa, indefinite plural meiser, definite plural meisene)
* a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

##### Derived terms

* blåmeis
* granmeis
* kjøtmeis, kjøttmeis
* spettmeis

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse meiss.

#### Noun

meis
* a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
* a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

##### Derived terms

* bakmeis
* kløvmeis

### References

* “meis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Noun

meis oblique singular, m (oblique plural meis, nominative singular meis, nominative plural meis)
* (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mois
** c. 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut pleinThey sailed for a whole month without wind
** c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:La paiz dura treis meisThe peace lasted for three months