# mai
## Translingual
### Symbol

mai
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Maithili.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Maithili terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Determiner

mai
* (anime, manga, fandom slang, Internet slang) Alternative form of my (used in the expressions mai waifu and mai husbando)

### See also

* mai-baap
* mai fun
* mai tai
* mai tu liao
* siu mai
* yellow mai

### 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

## Ajië
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mai]

### Adjective

mai
* far

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
* Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin mater, matrem.

### Noun

mai f
* mother

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* maiu

### Etymology

From Latin Maius or Greek Μάιος (Máios). Compare Romanian mai.

### Noun

mai
* May (month)

## Atong (India)
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maj/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mai¹ (“rice; paddy; cooked rice”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”). Cognate with Chinese 米 (mǐ).

#### Noun

mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই)
* rice

### Etymology 2

From English May.

#### Alternative forms

* me
* mei

#### Noun

mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই)
* May

##### Synonyms

* jetja

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Bamwe
### Noun

mai
* water

## Bangi
### Noun

mai
* water

### Further reading

* Comparative Handbook of Congo Languages (1903), page 176

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin magis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmaj]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aj

### Adverb

mai
* never
    Antonym: sempre
    No ho sabrem mai. ― We'll never know.
* ever
    Synonym: alguna vegada
    Hi has vingut mai, a la festa major? ― Have you ever been to the major festival?

#### Derived terms

* més val tard que no mai

#### See also

* jamai

## Chuukese
### Noun

mai
* breadfruit

## Dharug
### Noun

mai
* eye

## Estonian
### Etymology

From German Mai.

### Noun

mai (genitive mai, partitive maid)
* May

#### Synonyms

* lehekuu
* lehehakkamiskuu
* õiekuu
* toomekuu
* meiukuu
* nelipühakuu

#### See also

* jaanuar
* veebruar
* märts
* aprill
* mai
* juuni
* juuli
* august
* september
* oktoober
* november
* detsember

## Faroese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (mensis) maius.

### Noun

mai m
* May (month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* mars
* apríl
* mai
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* desember

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

### Verb

mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)
* (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

### Preposition

mai
* in
* from

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French mai, from Latin Maius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ/
* Audio (France); “en mai”:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Homophones: maie, maies, mais, met, mets (general), mes (ɛ/e-merger)

### Noun

mai m (plural mais)
* May (month)

#### Derived terms

* arbre de mai
* mi-mai

#### Descendants

* Guianese Creole: mè
* Haitian Creole: me
* → English: may
* → Iranian Persian: مه (me)
* Louisiana Creole: mê
* → South Azerbaijani: مه (mə)
* → Tunisian Arabic: ماي (mēy)

#### See also

* janvier
* février
* mars
* avril
* mai
* juin
* juillet
* août
* septembre
* octobre
* novembre
* décembre

### Further reading

* “mai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* ami

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Adverb

mai
* never

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, influenced by the archaic nana (“mother”), from Latin mater. Cognate of Portuguese mãe.

### Noun

mai f (plural mais)
* Alternative form of nai

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “padre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Gallo
### Pronoun

mai
* me

## Garo
### Pronoun

mai
* what

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese mãe. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mai.

### Noun

mai
* mother

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mâi/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [mâi]

### Noun

mâi m (possessed form mâin)
* oil, fat, grease
* gasoline, petrol

#### Derived terms

* man shanu

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi. Compare with Maori mai and Rapa Nui mai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmai̯/, [ˈmɐj], [ˈmɛj] (rapid speech)

### Particle

mai
* hither, this way, towards the speaker
    Mai mai mai!
       Come in, come in!
    E hoʻolohe mai ana lākou i ka moʻolelo.
       They were listening to the story.

#### Usage notes

* Commonly used after verbs that do not need a directional in English.
* Mai and aku may change the meaning of the verb:
    aʻo mai ("to learn") - aʻo aku ("to teach")
    kūʻai mai ("to buy") - kūʻai aku ("to sell")

#### Synonyms

* maila

#### Antonyms

* aku, akula

### Preposition

mai
* from (used in the sequence mai...mai or mai...aku)

### Verb

mai
* don't Negative imperative followed by a verb
    Mai makaʻu.Don't be afraid.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

ma +‎ -i

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɒji]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mai
* Rhymes: -ji

### Adjective

mai (not comparable)
* of today, today's
    Antonyms: régi, antik
    a mai újság ― today’s newspaper

#### Declension
### Further reading

* mai in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

### Anagrams

* ami, ima

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maiʔ/
* Rhymes: -mai
* Hyphenation: mai

### Verb

mai
* to bring

## Ingrian

Month names :
| Previous: | apreli |
| Next: | ijuuni |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmɑi̯/, [ˈmɑi̯]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmɑi̯/, [ˈmɑi̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯

### Noun

mai
* May
** 1937, N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova, Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:Vooes ono 12 kuuta: janvari, fevrali, martti, apreli, mai, ijuuni, ijuuli, avgusta, sentjabri, oktjabri, nojabri i dekabri.In a year are 12 months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

#### Derived terms

* Maipraaznikka

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 291

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Adverb

mai
* never (not ever)
** 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin magis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.i/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ai
* Hyphenation: mà‧i

### Adverb

mai
* never
* ever, always
* used as an intensifier
    Una risposta quanto mai ambigua.An ambiguous answer indeed.
    Dove mai si sarà cacciato?Where on earth did he end up?

#### Derived terms

* casomai
* come mai
* giammai
* mai dire mai
* mai e poi mai
* mai più
* meglio tardi che mai
* ora o mai più
* ormai
* quasi mai

### References

* ↑ mai in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* ami, ima, mia

## Japanese
### Romanization

mai
* Rōmaji transcription of まい
* Rōmaji transcription of マイ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese mãe.

### Noun

mai
* mother

## Karelian

Regional variants of mai :
| North Karelian (Viena) | — |
| South Karelian (Tver) | mai |
Months of the year :
| Previous: | aprelʹa |
| Next: | ijunʹa |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑi̯/
* Hyphenation: mai

### Noun

mai (genitive main, partitive maida)
* (South Karelian) May

#### Synonyms

* oraškuu

### References

* A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mai”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

## Kaurna
### Noun

mai
* vegetable food, bush tucker

## Kedah Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai/

### Verb

mai
* Come, present (at here), attend, be (here)
    Hang nak gebang aku eh, kata nak mai, batang hidung pun tak nampak!You said that you're gonna come, but I didn't see you anywhere!
    Depa mai ka dak ni; dah cemuih dah dok tang ni dok melangut ja.Have you seen them (present at here), cause I am bored to death here, just doing nothing.

### Interjection

mai
* Come here! Here!
    Mai la sat, aku seghighau satgi depa tabuh aku pulak.Please come with me for a second, I'm afraid that they might hit me.
    "Mai la, hang dok takut pa, aku tak buat pa eh," kata Ali kepada kucingnya."Come! What are you so afraid of? I'm not gonna do anything to you," says Ali to his cat.

## Khumi Chin
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *maj, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Tibetan མེ (me) and S'gaw Karen မ့ၣ် (maỳ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai̯˥/

### Noun

mai
* fire
* flame

#### Derived terms

* mai-ing
* maidüte
* maikangte
* maikhü
* maipa
* maiphaw
* maisä-e
* maithawngte
* maitinae

### References

* R. Shafer (1944) “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, number 2, page 423
* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 44

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

Hinde (1904) records mai as an equivalent of English dung (cow's) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba maii and Swahili mavi as its equivalents.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai/

### Noun

mai class 6
* shit, stool

#### Derived terms

(Proverbs)
* mbũri ya mai ndĩremaga

#### See also

* mathugumo

### References

* ↑ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 20–21. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* ↑ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.

## Kokborok
### Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mai¹ (“rice; paddy; cooked rice”), from, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”). Cognate with Garo mi, Atong (India) mai.

### Noun

mai
* rice
* paddy

### References

* Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “mai”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 78

## Leonese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mai f
* mother

### References

* AEDLL

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Kedah) IPA: [ˈmai̯]

### Verb

mai (Jawi spelling ماي)
* (dialectal) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

#### Related terms

* mari

### References

* "mai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
* “mai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

mai
* Nonstandard spelling of mái.
* Nonstandard spelling of mǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of mài.

#### 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.

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, Proto-Oceanic, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi. Compare with Hawaiian mai and Rapa Nui mai.

### Adverb

mai
* hither

## Mbandja
### Noun

mai
* water

### References

* William L. Gardner, Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006-005 (2006)

## Middle English
### Verb

mai
* to be able, physically
* to be allowed

### See also

* kan (to be able, mentally)

## Murui Huitoto
### Alternative forms

* maì

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mai̯]

### Adverb

mai
* Used to form hortatives of verbs; let's
    Mai jaai! ― Let's go!

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 171
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 144

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* mei (Föhr-Amrum)
* mooge (Mooring)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maganą.

### Verb

mai
* (Sylt) would, would like to, like to

#### Conjugation
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maius, after Maia.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /mɑːi/

### Noun

mai (indeclinable)
* May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

### See also

* januar
* februar
* mars
* april
* mai
* juni
* juli
* august
* september
* oktober
* november
* desember

### References

* “mai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “mai” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maius, after Maia.

### Noun

mai (indeclinable)
* May (fifth month)

### References

* “mai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* (Limousin, Auvergne, Languedoc, "but") mas
* (Gascony, "more/but") mes
* (Gascony, "more") mèi/mei
* (Gascony, Auvergne, "but") mès

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Occitan mai, from Latin magis.

#### Adverb

mai
* (Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine, Languedoc) but
* (Provençal, Vivaro-Alpine, Languedoc, Auvergne, Limousin) more
    Synonym: pus

##### Derived terms

* a mai
* mai o mens

### Etymology 2

From Latin (mensis) Maius.

#### Noun

mai m (plural mais)
* May (month)

## Pitjantjatjara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai̯/, [mɛɪ]

### Noun

mai
* food (especially non-meat food; sometimes used for food in general)
* plant used for food

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi. Cognate with Hawaiian mai and Maori mai.

### Preposition

mai
* from, since

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* май (mai) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaj/
* Audio (male voice):(file)
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: mai

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic маи (mai), from Koine Greek Μάϊος (Máïos), from Latin (mensis) Maius. Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.

#### Noun

mai m (uncountable)
* May
    Synonym: (popular/folk name) florar

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin magis.

#### Adverb

mai
* more
* anymore
* again
* before

##### Usage notes

This word regards degree rather than number, for which a form of the word mult should be appended.
    mai ușor ― easier (literally, “more easy”)
    mai fericit ― happier (literally, “more happy”)
    mai multă fericire ― more happiness
    mai mulți băieți ― more boys
    el nu mai merge ― he is not going anymore

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Latin malleus (“hammer”).

#### Noun

mai n (plural maiuri)
* mallet, maul, sledgehammer, rammer, club

##### Derived terms

* măior

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hungarian máj.

#### Noun

mai n (plural maiuri) (Moldavia (region), Transylvania, Bukovina, Maramureș)
* liver
    Synonym: ficat

##### Declension
### See also

* ianuarie
* februarie
* martie
* aprilie
* mai
* iunie
* iulie
* august
* septembrie
* octombrie
* noiembrie
* decembrie

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* matg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* meg (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin (mensis) Maius (“of May”).

### Proper noun

mai m
* (Vallader) May

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* ma-y, may — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
* ma-i

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /maˈʔi/ [mɐˈʔi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ma‧i

### Noun

maí (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁ) (obsolete)
* word loaded with meaning
    Synonym: wikang malaman
    may maing salita ― has a word loaded with meaning

#### See also

* paramdam
* sakuna

### Further reading

* “mai”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈma.i]

### Adverb

mai
* even
    botoboto mai ioho, lado mai ioho ― they even ate grasshoppers, they even ate eels
    ngofa-ngofa amoi ua mai kado ― not even one child came
    ngori pipi cabu mai ua ― I have no money at all (literally, “my money, even a little is not”)

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi, compare Malay mari.

### Verb

mai
* to come

## Tocharian B
### Particle

mai
* perchance

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai. Cognates include Hawaiian mai and Samoan mai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈma.i]
* Hyphenation: ma‧i

### Preposition

mai
* from
** 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎, page 1:Mai te kāloā, ko nā tālaaga ki nā fenua o Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo, ma Olohega na fauhia kē fai ma o matou kāiga.From the ancient times, of the tales, the islands of Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo and Olohega You created together, as our home.

### Particle

mai
* Indicates the motion of the action of the preceding verb towards the speaker; towards, to

#### Antonyms

* atu

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 199

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *um-aʀi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai/

### Verb

mai
* to come

### Further reading

* Ross, Malcolm D. (2003) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [maːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maːj˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) For the connection between "first part of the day" and "day after this one", compare Germanic equivalents such as English morn(ning) and morrow, Dutch morgen, Romance ones such as French demain and Italian domani, and Japanese 明日 and 朝 (ashita).

#### Noun

mai • (埋, 𣈕, 枚, 𪰹)
* early morning
* (colloquial) Short for ngày mai (“tomorrow”).
* the hair in front of a person's ears, sideburns

##### Derived terms

* ban mai
* mai mốt
* ngày mai
* sao Mai

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅 (“Chinese plum”).

#### Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) mai • (枚, 梅)
* Ochna integerrima, a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the family Ochnaceae, sometimes called apricot in English
** 1999, Lê Trung Vũ and Lê Hồng Lý, Lễ hội Việt Nam, Văn hoá Thông tin, page 357
    Ngày xưa kỳ thi Hội chọn lấy đỗ Tiến sĩ được tổ chức vào mùa xuân, cùng với dịp hoa mai nở.In times of old, the ceremony of selecting Imperial Examination laureates was organized in spring, to coincide with the blooming of the apricot trees.

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

(classifier cái) mai
* (of crabs, turtles and tortoises) carapace (dorsal shell)
    Synonym: mu

### Etymology 4

Cognate with Muong Bi bai.

#### Noun

(classifier cái) mai • (鋰)
* a kind of shovel

##### Derived terms

* dốt đặc cán mai

### Etymology 5

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 媒 (SV: môi).

#### Noun

mai • (䋦)
* (Southern Vietnam) matchmaker

##### Derived terms

* mai mối

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian май (maj).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈmɑi̯/, [ˈmɑi̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑi̯
* Hyphenation: mai

### Noun

mai
* May

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mai”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

## Welsh
### Etymology

From mae (“it is”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales, standard) IPA: /mai̯/
** (North Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ma/, /mə/
* (South Wales) IPA: /mai̯/
* Homophone: Mai; mae (South Wales)

### Conjunction

mai
* (formal and North Wales colloquial) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
    Mae’n dweud mai athro yw ef. (formal)He says that he is a teacher.
    Mae o’n deud mai athro ’dy o. (North Wales, colloquial)He says that he is a teacher.
** 2012 April 27, “Uchafbwynt Uwchgynghrair Rygbi”, in BBC Cymru Fyw‎:Byddai buddugoliaeth i Bontypridd yn sicrhau mai nhw fydd yn gorffen y tymor ar frig y tabl.Victory for Pontypridd would ensure that they finish the season at the top of the table.

#### Synonyms

* (South Wales, colloquial) taw

#### See also

* y
* bod
* i
* nad

## West Makian
### Etymology

Cognate with Ternate mari (“stone”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.i/

### Noun

mai
* stone

### References

* James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics
* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as may)

## Yola
### Verb

mai
* Alternative form of mye
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114

## Zou
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai̯˧/

#### Noun

mai
* face

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mai̯˧/

#### Noun

mai
* pumpkin

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45