medi

Etymology

From Latin medium.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.di/

Noun

medi m (plural medis)

1. medium (substance through which another passes)
2. environment
3. medium (person who communicates with ghosts)

Adjective

medi m

1. plural of medio

Noun

medi m

1. plural of medio

Verb

medi

1. second-person singular present of mediare
2. first-person singular, second-person singular, third-person singular present subjunctive of mediare
3. third-person singular imperative of mediare

Anagrams

• dime, idem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmæːdɪ]

Noun

mẽdi

1. vocative singular form of medis.

Noun

medi

1. water

References

• Edward Steere, Collections for a handbook of the Makonde language (1876)
• African Languages: Langues Africaines, volume 5 (1979), page 144

Verb

medi

1. first-person singular preterite of medir

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *meto- (compare Cornish mysi, Breton medi), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”) (compare English meadow, Latin metō, Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːdi/, /ˈmɛdi/

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Verb

medi (first-person singular present medaf)

1. to reap
   • c. 1800, attributed to Wil Hopcyn, "Bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn":

     Myfi’n bugeilio’r gwenith gwyn
     Ac arall yn ei fedi.

     I’m watching the white wheat
     And someone else is reaping it.

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