# mihi
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori mihi.

### Noun

mihi (plural mihis)
* (New Zealand) A greeting, in Maori culture.
** 1948, Eric Ramsden, Sir Apirana Ngata and Maori Culture, page 86:After acknowledging the mihis of the various speakers, and thanking the donors for their gift, the guest of honour spoke as follows in English: […]

### See also

* mihi itch

## Basque
### Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bini.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mihi
* tongue

#### Declension
## Cruzeño
### Noun

mihi
* water

### References

* HG

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* mihei, mī
* michi (post-classical, Medieval Latin)

### Etymology

From earlier mihei, for Proto-Italic *meɣei with enclitic reduction of /e/ (cf. tuus), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mégʰ(e)y (contrast with tibi, with the suffix *-bʰi as in the instrumental). Cognate to Umbrian mehe.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmi.hiː/, [ˈmi(ɦ)iː] or IPA: /ˈmi.hi/, [ˈmi(ɦ)ɪ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmi.ki/, [ˈmiːki]
* Note: the short-vowel variant originally occurred via iambic shortening; it is around 3 times as common in hexameters.

### Pronoun

mihī̆
* dative of egō̆, indirect object form
    Dā mihi calceōs! Pedēs frīgent mihi. ― Hand me my shoes! My feet are cold.
    Mihi nomen est… ― My name is…
** c. 254–184 B.C.E., Plautus, Captivi:Ehō, dīc mihī, quis illic igitur est?Hey? Tell me, who is he then?

#### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Romanian: mie
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: mi
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: mi
** Old French: mi (early Old French)
*** Picard: mi
* Ibero-Romance:
** Galician: me (possibly), min
** Portuguese: me (possibly), mim
** Spanish: mí
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: mie
* Vulgar Latin: *mibi (blended with tibi)
** Italo-Romance:
*** Italian: meve (archaic)
*** Neapolitan: meve
*** Sicilian: [Term?]
**** → Italian: mivi (archaic)
** Ibero-Romance:
*** Old Leonese: mive, mibe (alt. spelling)
*** Mozarabic: מיבי (myby)

#### See also

* tibī̆

### References

* Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin‎, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 327
* ↑ Oerberg, Hans H. (2011) Lingua Latina per se illustrata. Pars I, Familia Romana‎, Newburyport, MA, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106

### Further reading

* “mihi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. I have no time to do something: tempus mihi deest ad aliquid faciendum I cannot wait till..: nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut nothing is more tiresome to me than..: nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.) to cherish as the apple of one's eye: aliquis est mihi in oculis if I live till then: si vita mihi suppeditat to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimem I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt I dreamed I saw..: in somnis visus (mihi) sum videre I saw a vision in my dreams: species mihi dormienti oblata est if anything should happen to me; if I die: si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit I have not yet committed myself: res mihi integra est it is no longer in my power: mihi non est integrum, ut... my wishes are being fulfilled: optata mihi contingunt I am on good terms with a person: est or intercedit mihi cum aliquo amicitia I am on bad terms with a person: sunt or intercedunt mihi cum aliquo inimicitiae my best friend: amicissimus meus or mihi my most intimate acquaintance: homo intimus, familiarissimus mihi a thing meets with my approval: res mihi probatur to be in every one's mouth: in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esse an idea strikes me: illud succurrit mihi something comes into my mind: mihi in mentem venit alicuius rei according to my opinion: ut mihi quidem videtur a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit a doubt arises in my mind: dubitatio mihi affertur, inicitur one thing still makes me hesitate: unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2) I am quite certain on the point: mihi exploratum est, exploratum (certum) habeo I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasum est I am persuaded, convinced: mihi persuasi I am resolved; it is my intention: in animo habeo or mihi est in animo c. Inf. I am determined: certum (mihi) est I am firmly resolved: stat mihi sententia (Liv. 21. 30.) I have not made up my mind: mihi non constat (with indirect question) I intend, propose to..: propositum est mihi c. Inf. I have a point to discuss with you: res mihi tecum est I agree with you there: hoc mihi tecum convēnit (Att. 6. 1. 14) I have nothing to write about: deest mihi argumentum ad scribendum (Att. 9. 7. 7) I have abundance to say: res (opp. verba) mihi suppetit my subject grows as I write: materia mihi crescit a theme, subject proposed for discussion: id quod (mihi) propositum est the task I have put before myself is..: mihi propositum est c. Inf. (or mihi proposui, ut) the question has forced itself on my mind: quaerendum esse mihi visum est to be engaged on a book: liber mihi est in manibus something harasses me, makes me anxious: aliquid me sollicitat, me sollicitum habet, mihi sollicitudini est, mihi sollicitudinem affert I am content to..: satis habeo, satis mihi est c. Inf. some one's death has plunged me in grief: mors alicuius luctum mihi attulit somebody, something is never absent from my thoughts: aliquis, aliquid mihi curae or cordi est there is nothing I am more interested in than..: nihil antiquius or prius habeo quam ut (nihil mihi antiquius or potius est, quam ut) my relations with him are most hospitable: mihi cum illo hospitium est, intercedit I am always welcome at his house: domus patet, aperta est mihi to be on friendly terms with a person: est mihi consuetudo, or usus cum aliquo I have received a legacy from a person: hereditas ad me or mihi venit ab aliquo (Verr. 2. 1. 10) I have a few words to say on this: mihi quaedam dicenda sunt de hac re believe me: mihi crede (not crede mihi)

## Maori
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mihi
* A welcome
* A speech made to welcome somebody

#### Descendants

* → English: mihi

### Verb

mihi
* To welcome.