# mei
## Translingual
### Symbol

mei
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Midob.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Midob terms

## Äiwoo
### Verb

mei
* to sleep

### References

* Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Atong (India)
### Alternative forms

* mai
* me

### Etymology

From English May.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mej/

### Noun

mei (Bengali script মেয় or মেই)
* May

#### Synonyms

* jetja

### References

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

## Bavarian
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /mɑɛ̯/
* IPA: /mæː/ (East Central, Vienna)

### Determiner

mei
* (possessive) my

#### Derived terms

* meiner
* meinige

#### See also
## Chuukese
### Verb

mei
* (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch meye, from Latin Māius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛi̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: mij

### Noun

mei m (uncountable)
* May
    Synonym: (archaic) bloeimaand

#### Descendants

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

### See also

* januari
* februari
* maart
* april
* mei
* juni
* juli
* augustus
* september
* oktober
* november
* december

### Anagrams

* iem., Mie

## East Central German
### Etymology

Cognate to German mein.

### Pronoun

mei
* (Silesian, Gebirgsschlesisch, Breslauisch) my (mine)

#### Declension

Breslauisch:
Gebirgsschlesisch:

#### See also

* ihch/iech; ich (1st ps. sg. personal pronoun)
* dei & Dei (2nd ps. sg.); sei (3rd ps. sg. m. & n.), ihr (3rd ps. sg. f.); insa / inser (1st ps. pl.)

## Fala
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmei̯/
* Rhymes: -ei̯
* Syllabification: mei

### Determiner

mei m sg (feminine miña, masculine plural meis, feminine plural miñas)
* First-person singular possessive determiner; my

### Pronoun

mei m sg (feminine miña, masculine plural meis, feminine plural miñas)
* First-person singular possessive pronoun; mine

### See also

$^1$ 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

## Friulian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mei m (plural mei)
* millet

## Italian
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.i/
* Rhymes: -ɛi
* Hyphenation: mè‧i

#### Adjective

mei
* masculine plural of meo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.i/
* Rhymes: -ɛi
* Hyphenation: mè‧i

#### Verb

mei
* inflection of meare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛj/
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Hyphenation: mèi

#### Adjective

mei (invariable)
* (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

#### Adverb

mei
* (archaic) Alternative form of meglio

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛj/
* Rhymes: -ɛj
* Hyphenation: mèi

#### Noun

mei m (invariable)
* (archaic) Alternative form of mezzo

### References

* ↑ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* ↑ mei in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* -ime, emi, emi-, ime, mie

## Japanese
### Romanization

mei
* Rōmaji transcription of めい

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈme.iː/, [ˈmeiː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈme.i/, [ˈmɛːi]

### Pronoun

meī
* genitive singular of ego

### Pronoun

meī
* nominative masculine plural of meus
* genitive masculine singular of meus
* genitive neuter singular of meus
* vocative masculine plural of meus

## Ligurian
### Noun

mei ? (please provide plural)
* apple

## Limburgish
### Alternative forms

* Méï (Eupen)
* Mai (Krefeld)
* Meie (Selfkant)

### Noun

mei
* May (month)

### See also

* mei on the Limburgish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{li}$

## Mandarin
### Romanization

mei
* Nonstandard spelling of méi.
* Nonstandard spelling of měi.
* Nonstandard spelling of mèi.

#### 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.

## Meyah
### Noun

mei
* water
* river
* cloth

### References

* Gravelle, Gilles (2001) Daftar kata Meyah-Indonesia dan kebalikan Indonesia-Meyah [A Meyah-Indonesian Lexicon]‎ (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
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

mei
* fire

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

mei
* tail
* stern (of a ship)

### References

* Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “mei”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

## Murui Huitoto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛi̯]
* Hyphenation: mei

### Etymology 1

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mei and Nüpode Huitoto mei.

#### Adverb

mei
* afterwards
* so, thus

#### Postposition

mei
* 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

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

#### Root

mei
* shame

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (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.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), pages 82, 177

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *maganą.

#### Verb

mei
* (Föhr-Amrum) would, would like to, like to
    Meest mi gau ens halep?Would you help me real quick?

##### Alternative forms

* mooge (Mooring)
* mai (Sylt)

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin Māius.

#### Noun

mei m
* (Föhr-Amrum) May

##### Alternative forms

* moi (Mooring)
* Mai (Sylt)

##### See also

* Months of the year in Föhr-Amrum Frisian: janewoore, febrewoore, marts, april, mei, jüüne, jüüle, august, september, oktuuber, nofember, deetsember

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meier, definite plural meiene)
* alternative form of meie

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* meid

### Etymology

From Old Norse meiðr.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛɪː/

### Noun

mei m (definite singular meien, indefinite plural meiar, definite plural meiane)
* runner of a sled, skid

### References

* “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

* eim, ime, mie

## Old French
### Pronoun

mei
* (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

## Palauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛi/

### Verb

mei
* (intransitive) to come, to arrive

### References

* mei in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
* mei in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
* mei in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 147.

## Papiamentu
### Etymology 1

From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.

#### Adjective

mei
* half
* middle

### Etymology 2

From Dutch mei.

#### Noun

mei
* May

#### See also

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
### Etymology

Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.

### Determiner

mei
* (possessive) my

#### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mej]
* Rhymes: -ej

#### Determiner

mei
* masculine plural of meu

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mej/

#### Noun

mei n (plural meiuri)
* millet
    Synonym: păsat

##### Declension
## Sassarese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmei/

### Adjective

mei
* masculine/feminine plural of méiu
* masculine/feminine plural of meu

### Pronoun

mei m pl or f pl
* masculine/feminine plural of méiu
* masculine/feminine plural of meu

## Scots
### Determiner

mei
* Alternative form of my

### References

* “my, possess. pron.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /me.i/

### Noun

mei
* breadfruit

### Preposition

mei
* from

## West Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Clay) IPA: /mai̯/
* (Wood) IPA: /mɛi̯/

### Preposition

mei
* with
    kontakt mei oare talen ― contact with other languages

#### Further reading

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

## Zou
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məi̯˧˩/

### Noun

mèi
* fire

### References

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