mei

See also: Mei, méi, mèi, Méi, and měi

Aiwoo

Verb

mei

  1. to sleep

References


Chuukese

Verb

mei

  1. (transitive, copulative) Alternative form of mi (“to be”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛi̯/
  • audio(file)
  • Homophone: mij

Noun

mei m (uncountable)

  1. May

See also

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

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

Noun

mei m (plural mei)

  1. millet

Japanese

Romanization

mei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of めい

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

meī

  1. genitive singular of ego

Pronoun

meī

  1. nominative masculine plural of meus
  2. genitive masculine singular of meus
  3. genitive neuter singular of meus
  4. vocative masculine plural of meus

Ligurian

Noun

mei ? (please provide plural)

  1. apple

Limburgish

Noun

mei

  1. May (month)

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

mei

  1. Nonstandard spelling of méi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of měi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mèi.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Meyah

Noun

mei

  1. water

References

  • G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei

North Frisian

Etymology

From Latin māius.

Noun

mei m

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) May

See also

Old French

Pronoun

mei

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of moi

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mein, Dutch mijn, English my.

Adjective

mei

  1. (possessive) my

Inflection

masculine feminine neuter plural
nominative
and
accusative		 mei mei mei mei
dative meim meinre meim meine

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin meī, masculine plural of meus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mej]

Determiner

mei

  1. masculine plural form of meu

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mej/

Noun

mei n (plural meiuri)

  1. millet
Declension
Synonyms

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʌj/

Pronoun

mei (personal, emphatic)

  1. (South Scots) me

See also

Tongan

Noun

mei

  1. breadfruit

Preposition

mei

  1. from

West Frisian

Preposition

mei

  1. with
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