mi

See also:Appendix:Variations of "mi"

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(international standards)ISO 639-1 language code forMaori.

English

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This entry needsquotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting,durably archived quotes then please add them!

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/
Audio(General American): (file)
Rhymes:-iː
Homophone:me

Etymology 1

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From Glover'ssolmization, fromMiddle Englishmi(“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),Italianmi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable ofLatinmīra(“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymnUt queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

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mi (uncountable)

(music) A syllable used insol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of amajor scale.

Alternative form ofmi. .

Anagrams

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'im,I'm,I. M.,I.M.,IM,Im,im-

Ajië

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[mi]

Verb

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tocome

References

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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.

Albanian

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Indo-European*me-.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[mi]

Pronoun

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Etymology 2

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FromProto-Albanian*mūh-, fromProto-Indo-European*múHs(“mouse”).

Noun

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mi m (pluralminj,definitemiu,definite pluralminjtë)

mouse

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Declension ofmi
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mi	miu	minj	minjtë
accusative	mi	miun	minj	minjtë
dative	miu	miut	minjve	minjve
ablative	miu	miut	minjsh	minjve

Ama

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩː/

Noun

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bone

Amele

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Noun

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louse

Ampari Dogon

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Noun

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water

Arikapú

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Noun

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water

Aromanian

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Etymology

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FromLatinme.

Pronoun

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mi (unstressedaccusative andreflexive form ofio)

me (accusative)
(reflexive pronoun)myself
Mi-ashedz.
I sit (seat myself).

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mini
io/iou

Bagupi

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Noun

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louse

Baimak

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Noun

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louse

Bau

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Noun

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louse

Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate withGermanmich.

Pronoun

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me(accusative)

Bavarian personal pronouns
	nominative	accusative	dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1^st person singular	i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2^nd person singular	informal	du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
formal	Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3^rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
n	es,des	's	des	's
f	se,de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1^st person plural	mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2^nd person plural	eß,ihr	—	enk,eich	—	enk,eich	—
3^rd person plural	se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

Berti

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Noun

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water

References

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Ehret, Christopher (2001)A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte;12)‎^[2], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag,→ISBN,→ISSN.

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/ [mi]

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mi (Basahan spellingᜋᜒ)

byus, ofus
Synonym:niyato
Our—exclusive of person spoken to.
Synonym:niyamo
Yaon an harongmi sana sa may kanto.
Our house is just around the corner.

Bislama

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme. Cognate withTok Pisinmi andPijinmi.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/
Hyphenation:mi

Pronoun

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I,me,my
- 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff,Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎^[3],→ISBN, page344:
  Bang i wantemmi faen frommi ovaspen.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

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In formal speech,mi is placed before a noun to denote a first-person possessor. In informal speech, the constructionblong mi is used instead.

Bislama personal pronouns
	singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
inclusive	—	yumitu,yumitufala	yumitrifala	yumi
2nd person	yu	yutufala	yutrifala	yufala
3rd person	neutral	hem,em	tufala	trifala	ol¹,olgeta
collective²	—	tugeta	trigeta	—

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Terry Crowley (2004)Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press,→ISBN, page46

Bourguignon

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Etymology

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FromLatinmedius.

Noun

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mi m (mis)

noon,midday
El âtmi, noutre ovreire é dressai lai sope
It'snoon, our worker has prepared the soup

Synonyms

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References

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Thomas Mignard (1870).Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne.

Buginese

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Particle

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ᨆᨗ: which meansonly, e.g. ᨉᨘᨕᨆᨗ /duaːmi/ means only two.

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈmi]
Rhymes:-i

Etymology 1

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FromLatinmī.

Pronoun

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me;post preposition form ofjo

Declension

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SeeTemplate:ca-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mi m (pluralmis)

(music)mi (third note of diatonic scale)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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mi f (pluralmis)

mu; theGreek alphabet letterΜ (lowercaseμ)

Etymology 4

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Verb

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(colloquial)second-person singular imperative ofmirar

Usage notes

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This form is an optional reduced form of the imperativemira that can see use when combined with one or more clitic pronouns attached to the end of the verb - for example:
mi-te'l(“look at it, look at him”) formira-te'l

Derived terms

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(Algherese)mi-lo,mi-la,mi-los,mi-les(behold!, here it is!, here they are!)

References

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“Imperatius amb forma molt reduïda: mi-te'l, mi-te-la, mi-te'ls, mi-te-les”, inOptimot‎^[4], 2020 August 28, retrieved4 July 2022

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona,2003,→ISBN, page57

“mi-lo, mi-la”, inDiccionari d'Alguerés, 2022 July 4 (last accessed)

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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mei,mein(Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanmīn.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/,/mi/

Determiner

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mi (masculinemengeorminge,feminine and pluralmengorming)

(Ripuarian)my(first-person singular possessive)
Wo hann ich dannmi Jlas henjestallt?
Where did I putmy glass?

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The formmeng/ming is used for the neuter when strongly stressed:Dat esming Jlas!(“That'smy glass!”) Contrariwise, the formmi may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives:mi Papp (“my father”, but less common thanmenge Papp).

Chuukese

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Verb

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(transitive,copulative) tobe (precedes the adjective or adverb)

Corsican

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Etymology

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FromLatinme.

Pronoun

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me(both direct and indirect subject)

Corsican personal pronouns
		nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	1st person	eiu	mi	mè
2nd person	tù	ti	tè
3rd person	m	ellu	li	u,l'	ellu
f	ella	a,l'	ella
plural	1st person	noi	ci	noi
2nd person	voi	vi	voi
3rd person	m	elli	li	i,l'	elli
f	elle	e,l'	elle

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https://infcor.adecec.net/

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[ˈmɪ]
Audio: (file)

Pronoun

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cliticdative ofjá

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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FromLatinmeus.

Pronoun

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mi m (femininemaja)

mine;first-person masculine singular possessive pronoun
my

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:mi
Rhymes:-i

Noun

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mi f (pluralmi's)

(music)mi

Egyptian

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Romanization

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Manuel de Codage transliteration ofmj.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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FromItalianmi,Frenchmoi,Englishme, etc., plus thei of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

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mi (first-person singular nominative,accusativemin,possessivemia)

I, the one who is speaking,me,myself
Mi vidas lin. ―I see him.
Li donis la hundon almi. ―He gave the dog tome.
Mi diris almi. ―I said tomyself.

Esperanto personal pronouns
	singular		plural
nominative	accusative	possessive	nominative	accusative	possessive
first person	mi	min	mia	ni	nin	nia
second person	formal	vi	vin	via	vi	vin	via
familiar¹	ci	cin	cia
third person	masculine	li	lin	lia	ili iŝi³	ilin iŝin³	ilia iŝia³
feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
gender-neutral²	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
reflexive	si	sin	sia	si	sin	sia
indefinite	oni	onin	onia	oni	onin	onia

Ewe

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmɪ/

Pronoun

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you(plural)

Fala

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Etymology

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesemi, fromLatinmihi.

Pronoun

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First person singular prepositional pronoun;me

Fala personal pronouns
		nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
singular	first person	ei	me,-mi	mi
second person	tú	te,-ti	ti
third person	m	el	le,-li	u^LV,o^M	el
f	ela	a	ela
plural	first person	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos,-nus^M	nos
m	noshotrus^M	noshotrus^M
f	noshotras^M	noshotras^M
second person	common	vos	vus^LV vos,-vus^M	vos
m	voshotrus^M	voshotrus^M
f	voshotras^M	voshotras^M
third person	m	elis	le,-li	us^LV,os^M	elis
f	elas	as	elas
third person reflexive	—	se,-si	sí

References

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Valeš, Miroslav (2021)Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[5], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published2022,→ISBN

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/,[ˈmi]
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification^(key):mi
Hyphenation^(key):mi

Pronoun

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mi(poetic)

Alternative form ofmikä(“what”)(especially as a relative pronoun)

Declension

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Declension ofmi

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit	superessive	–	–
genitive	min	min	delative	–	–
partitive	mitä	mitä	sublative	minne	–
accusative	mi, min	mitkä	lative	–	–
inessive	missä	missä	temporal	milloin	–
elative	mistä	mistä	causative	miten	–
illative	mihin	mihin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	millä	millä	distributive	–	–
ablative	miltä	miltä	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	mille	mille	prolative	–	–
essive	minä	minä	situative	–	–
translative	miksi	miksi	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	–	–
comitative	–	–

French

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/
Audio(Paris): (file)

Noun

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mi m (pluralmi)

(music)mi, the note 'E'

Descendants

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→ Persian:می(mi)

Friulian

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Etymology

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FromLatinmē, and possibly, as an indirect object, in part fromLatinmihi.

Pronoun

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mi (first person direct object, indirect object)

(direct object)me
(indirect object) tome
(reflexive pronoun)myself

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Fula

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Pronoun

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I(first person singular subject pronoun; short form)

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Common to all varieties ofFula (Fulfulde /Pulaar /Pular).
Used in all conjugations except the affirmative non-accomplished, where the long form is used instead.

Ga

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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I,me (first-person pronoun; refers to the person speaking)

Gal

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Noun

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louse

Galician

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinmeus.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[mi]

Determiner

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mi (first-person singular possessive singular)

(before the noun) unstressed form ofmeu andmiña:my
- 1880, Rosalía de Castro,Follas novas, page83:
  —Non mo preguntés,mi madre,
  Vale mais que nunca o sepás.
  Secretos d'esta feitura
  Deben dormir antr'as pedras.
  Don't ask me,my mother,
  better if thou never know.
  Secrets of this making
  should sleep among the stones.

Usage notes

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The formmi is only used beforepadre(“father”),madre(“mother”),tío(“uncle”),señor(“lord, sir”),amo(“master”), as a form of respect.

Derived terms

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mi madriña

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[ˈmi]

Noun

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mi m (pluralmis)

(music)mi(musical note)
(music)E (the musical note or key)

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Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mi”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mi”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

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Etymology

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FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*ma-j ~ mej(“rice; paddy”).

Noun

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(botany)rice plant
rice

Garus

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Noun

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louse

Gaulish

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Etymology

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FromProto-Celtic*mī.

Pronoun

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mī

I; first-person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

Inflection

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Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mī	snīs
Accusative	me	snīs
Genitive	mon	ansron
Dative	moi	amē
Ablative	me	ame
Instrumental	moi	?
Locative	moi	amē

Girawa

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Noun

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louse

Guerrero Amuzgo

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Verb

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have

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesemim.

Pronoun

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I (first person singular)
me
my

Gumalu

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Noun

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louse

Gun

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩ́/

Pronoun

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mí

we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩ̀/

Pronoun

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mì

you (second-person plural personal pronoun)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩ/

Pronoun

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me (first-person singular personal object pronoun)

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩ́/

Pronoun

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mí

us (first-person plural personal object pronoun)

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mĩ̀/

Pronoun

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mì

you (second-person plural personal object pronoun)

Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Etymology 1

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FromFrenchmûr.

Adjective

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ripe,mature

Etymology 2

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FromFrenchmur.

Noun

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wall

Synonyms

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miray

References

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Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G.Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993;→ISBN)

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[ˈmi]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-mi

Etymology 1

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FromProto-Uralic*me.

Pronoun

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(personal)we

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Declension ofmi
nominative	mi
accusative	minket
dative	nekünk
instrumental	velünk
causal-final	értünk
inessive	bennünk
superessive	rajtunk
adessive	nálunk
illative	belénk
sublative	ránk
allative	hozzánk
elative	belőlünk
delative	rólunk
ablative	tőlünk

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mink(dialectal)

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Note: In all these forms,mi is optional and only serves for emphasis.

mialattunk,mielőttünk etc. (mi + a postposition with the first-person plural personal suffix; seeAppendix:Hungarian postpositions)
minekünk,mihozzánk etc. (mi + one of the declined forms listed in the table above; seeAppendix:Hungarian pronouns)

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Uralic*mi.

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(interrogative)what?
Mi van a kezedben? ―What is in your hand?
(aftervan ornincs in any tense and mood, followed by an infinitive)something,anything,nothing
Nincsmit hozzátennem. ―I havenothing to add.
Még szerencse, hogy voltmit enni! ―It's lucky there wassomething to eat!
Örülnék, ha lennemit nézni a tévében. ―I would be glad if there weresomething to watch on TV.
Vanmire tenni a vázát? ―Is thereanything to put the vaseon?

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mik
accusative	mit	miket
dative	minek	miknek
instrumental	mivel	mikkel
causal-final	miért	mikért
translative	mivé	mikké
terminative	miig	mikig
essive-formal	miként	mikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	miben	mikben
superessive	min	miken
adessive	minél	miknél
illative	mibe	mikbe
sublative	mire	mikre
allative	mihez	mikhez
elative	miből	mikből
delative	miről	mikről
ablative	mitől	miktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mié	miké
non-attributive possessive - plural	miéi	mikéi

Possessive forms ofmi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mim	mijeim
2nd person sing.	mid	mijeid
3rd person sing.	mije	mijei
1st person plural	mink	mijeink
2nd person plural	mitek	mijeitek
3rd person plural	mijük	mijeik

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Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end

Expressions

mi újság?(pronoun/determiner)

Determiner

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mi (interrogative)

(now only in certain set phrases)what?
Synonyms:milyen,miféle
mi okból? ―forwhat reason?
mi célból? ―forwhat purpose/goal?
mi végből/végre? ―towhat end?
mi módon? ―inwhat manner?
mi fán terem? ―what kind of thing is it? (literally, “onwhat tree is it produced?”)

Derived terms

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Expressions

mi járatban vagy?
mi újság?(pronoun/determiner)

Interjection

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(poetic)how …!,what (a) …!
Synonyms:(poetic)mily,(normal)milyen,(normal, slightly colloquial)micsoda,(poetic and archaic)minő
Mi gyönyörűség! ―What beauty!

Etymology 3

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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solmisation

mi (pluralmik)

mi (a syllable used insolfège to represent the third note of a major scale)
Coordinate terms:dó,ré,fá,szó,lá,ti

Declension

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Its inflected forms are uncommon.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mik
accusative	mit	miket
dative	minek	miknek
instrumental	mivel	mikkel
causal-final	miért	mikért
translative	mivé	mikké
terminative	miig	mikig
essive-formal	miként	mikként
essive-modal	miül	—
inessive	miben	mikben
superessive	min	miken
adessive	minél	miknél
illative	mibe	mikbe
sublative	mire	mikre
allative	mihez	mikhez
elative	miből	mikből
delative	miről	mikről
ablative	mitől	miktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	mié	miké
non-attributive possessive – plural	miéi	mikéi

Possessive forms ofmi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mim	mijeim
2nd person sing.	mid	mijeid
3rd person sing.	mije	mijei
1st person plural	mink	mijeink
2nd person plural	mitek	mijeitek
3rd person plural	mijük	mijeik

or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of the interrogative pronoun)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mi-k
accusative	mi-t	mi-ket
dative	mi-nek	mi-knek
instrumental	mi-vel	mi-kkel
causal-final	mi-ért	mi-kért
translative	mi-vé	mi-kké
terminative	mi-ig	mi-kig
essive-formal	mi-ként	mi-kként
essive-modal	mi-ül	—
inessive	mi-ben	mi-kben
superessive	mi-n	mi-ken
adessive	mi-nél	mi-knél
illative	mi-be	mi-kbe
sublative	mi-re	mi-kre
allative	mi-hez	mi-khez
elative	mi-ből	mi-kből
delative	mi-ről	mi-kről
ablative	mi-től	mi-ktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	mi-é	mi-ké
non-attributive possessive – plural	mi-éi	mi-kéi

Possessive forms ofmi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mi-m	mi-jeim (ormi-im)
2nd person sing.	mi-d	mi-jeid (ormi-id)
3rd person sing.	mi-je	mi-jei (ormi-i)
1st person plural	mi-nk	mi-jeink (ormi-ink)
2nd person plural	mi-tek	mi-jeitek (ormi-itek)
3rd person plural	mi-jük	mi-jeik (ormi-ik)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/[ˈmi]
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification:mi

Etymology 1

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FromMalaymi(“noodle”), fromHokkien麵 /面(mī,“noodle, flour”).

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mi (pluralmi-mi)

(food)noodle

Etymology 2

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FromLatinmīra, from the first word of the third line ofUt queant laxis, the medieval hymn whichsolfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

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mi (pluralmi-mi)

(music)mi, a syllable used insol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of amajor scale

Ingrian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*mi.

Pronunciation

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(Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/,[ˈmi]
(Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/,[ˈmi]
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:mi

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(rare)Alternative form ofmikä
- 1937, N. A. Iljin,Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page25:
  „Katso,mi kumma seel ono?“
  Hää hiljaa karhulle saoi.
  „Look,what kind of wonder is there?“
  It quietly asked the bear.

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Declension ofmi: seemikä

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Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page309

Interlingua

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Determiner

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(possessive)my

Isebe

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Noun

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louse

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromLatinmē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part fromLatinmihi.

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-mi(enclitic)

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/^°[1]
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:mi

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mi (first person, objective case)

cliticaccusative ofio.me
Synonym:me(non-clitic)
m'ha colpito ―he hitme
cliticdative ofio. (to)me
Synonym:a me(non-clitic)
dammelo ―give itto me
dimmi tutto ―tellme anything
mi piace ―I like it (literally, “it's pleasingto me”)
nonmi fai paura ―you don't scare me (literally, “you don't give fearto me”)
(colloquial)Used asethical dative.
stammi bene! ―keep well!
chemi combini? ―what are you doing?

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Becomesme when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo,la,li,le, orne).

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi,m',-mi	me	me	—
second	—	tu	ti,t',-ti	te	te
third	m	lui	si²,s',-si	lo,l',-lo	gli,-gli	glie,se²	lui,sé	ci,c', vi,v'(formal)	ne,n'
f	lei,Lei¹	la,La¹,l',L'¹,-la,-La¹	le³,Le¹,-le³,-Le¹	lei,Lei¹,sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci,c',-ci	ce	noi	—
second	—	voi,Voi⁴	vi,Vi⁴,v',V'⁴,-vi,-Vi⁴	ve	voi,Voi⁴
third	m	loro,Loro¹	si,s',-si	li,Li¹,-li,-Li¹	gli,-gli,loro(formal), Loro¹	glie,se	loro,Loro¹,sé	ci,c', vi,v'(formal)	ne,n'
f	le,Le¹,-le,-Le¹
¹	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
²	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
³	Often replaced bygli,-gli in informal language.
⁴	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with Frenchvous).

Etymology 2

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:

Mi (nota)

Wikipedia^it

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/^°[1],(traditional)/ˈmi/^*[1]
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:mì

Noun

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(music) the third note,mi
E(musical note or key)

Etymology 3

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:

Mi (lettera)

Wikipedia^it

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/^*[1],^*/ˈmi/^*[1]
Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:mì

Noun

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mi m or f (invariable)

mu(Greek letter)

References

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↑^1.0^1.1^1.2^1.3^1.4mi inLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Jamaican Creole

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmɪ/
Hyphenation:mi

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I
Mi born a Westmoreland.
I was born in Westmoreland.
- 2020, Carolyn Cooper, “Junjo inna di judge wig”, inThe Jamaica Gleaner‎^[7] (in Jamaican Creole):
  “Mi nearly dead wid laugh wen mi read wa Fieldgar post pon Gleaner website bout mi column, "Hair Policy Infested With Racism".[…]”
  I nearly died of laughter when I read what Fieldgar posted about my column on Gleaner's website, "Hair Policy Infested with Racism"[…]
me
Yuh can seemi?
Can you seeme?
- 2019, “Hello Mi Neighbour - Reduce your speed on the roads”, inThe Jamaica Gleaner‎^[8] (in English):
  “Si dat now! If yuh did only listen tomi!”[…]”
  Shucks! If only you had listened tome[…]
my
Ami suitcase dat.
That'smy suitcase.
- 2020, Andre Williams, “PORK POT SAFE - Senior glad after receiving COVID compassionate grant”, inThe Jamaica Gleaner‎^[9] (in English):
  “Mi just done cookmi pork andmi rice and peas 'cause I didn't get to cook yesterday[…]”
  I've just finished cookingmy pork andmy Jamaican rice and peas because[…]

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Japanese

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Romanization

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Thehiragana syllableみ(mi) or thekatakana syllableミ(mi) inHepburn romanization.

Jarawa

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Etymology

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Cognate toÖngemi(“I; me”). Not related to English.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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I;we (both singular and plural first-person pronoun, usually not as the object of the verb)

Usage notes

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The pronounmi can be used in both the nominative and accusative case, but it is less common thanma for the latter. When used in possessive constructions, the choice of pronoun is largely determined by vowel harmony.

Jarawa pronouns
Person	Default form	Accusative form	Prefixed form
1st	mi	ma	m-
2nd	ŋi	ŋa	ŋ-
ni	na	n-
ən		ən-
3rd	hi,əhi	hiwa	h-,hi-,ih-,he-,əh-
ən(for generic third-person)

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Kumar, Pramod (2012)Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa^[10] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 76—85.

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesemim.

Pronoun

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I,me,my

Kare (New Guinea)

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Noun

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louse

Karelian

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Regional variants ofmi
North Karelian (Viena)	mi
South Karelian (Tver)	mi

Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*mi. Cognates includeVepsmi andFinnishmi-.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/
Hyphenation:mi

Pronoun

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(interrogative)what?
(relative)whatever
(indefinitve)whatever

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Viena Karelian declension of mi (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit
genitive	min	min
partitive	mitä	mitä
illative	mih	mih
inessive	missä	missä
elative	mistä	mistä
adessive	millä	millä
ablative	miltä	miltä
translative	miksi	miksi
essive	minä	minä
comitative	—	mineh
abessive	mittä	mittä

Tver Karelian declension of mi (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit
genitive	min	min
partitive	midä	midä
illative	mih	mih
inessive	missä	missä
elative	mistä	mistä
adessive	millä	millä
ablative	mildä	mildä
translative	miksi	miksi
essive	minä	minä
comitative	minke	minke
abessive	mittä	mittä

Derived terms

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References

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A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mi”, inСловарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)],→ISBN
P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “mi”, inКарельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk,→ISBN

Kari'na

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Etymology

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FromProto-Cariban*mitɨ(“root”); compareApalaímity,Triómitï,Triómi,Wayanamit,Akawaiomi',Pemonmük,Ye'kwanamichü.

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IPA^(key):[mi]

Noun

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mi (possessedmity)

References

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Courtz, Hendrik (2008)A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[11], Toronto: Magoria Books,→ISBN, page317
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mi”, inEncyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page292; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl.,L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[12], Paris,1956, page286

Laboya

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Pronoun

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second person plural independentpronoun

Laboya independent pronouns (*nauwa*-set)
	singular	plural
inclusive	exclusive
1st person	nauwa	yitta	nami
2nd person	yauwu	mi
3rd person	nyiyo	yiɗɗa

Ladino

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOld Spanishmi(“my”), fromLatinmeus, when it was eliding before a vowel-initial word in speech.

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mi sg (first-person singular possessive singular,pluralmis,Hebrew spellingמי)^[1]

(before the noun)Apocopic form ofmío,my
- (Can wedate this quote?), Alicia Sisso Raz, “Unas membranzas de momentos pascuales”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[13]:
  Enmi corassón están grabadas con muncho cariño unos recuerdos endiamantados de la pascua enca de mis padres, ya ḥasrá.
  Advantageous memories ofmy parents’ home Seder are kept so dearly in my heart; those were the days.

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The formsmi andmis are only used before and within thenoun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form ofmío is used instead.

Sonmis livros. ―They are my books.

Los livros sonmíos. ―The books are mine.

Besides being a pronoun, becausemi occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as adeterminer (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).

Etymology 2

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Inherited fromOld Spanishmi(“me”), fromLatinmihi, dative ofego.

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mi (Hebrew spellingמי)^[1]

me(declined form ofyo used as the object of a preposition)
Hanuka linda sta aki; ocho kandelas parami.
Beautiful Hanukkah is here, so eight candles forme.

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References

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↑^1.0^1.1“mi”, inTrezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈmiː/,[ˈmiː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/,[ˈmiː]

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mī

vocative masculine singular ofmeus

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mī

(poetic)Syncopated form ofmihī̆,dative ofegō
- c. 84BCE – 54BCE,Catullus,Carmina5.7:
  Dāmī basia mille, deinde centum.
  Giveme a thousand kisses, then a hundred.

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mi inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mi inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
mi inRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[14], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Ligurian

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Etymology

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FromLatinmē.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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I,me

Livvi

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*mi.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/
Hyphenation:mi

Pronoun

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what?
which?

References

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Tatjana Boiko (2019) “mi”, inSuuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition,→ISBN

Lolopo

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Etymology

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FromProto-Loloish*ʔ-mre¹ (Bradley). Cognate withBurmeseမြေ(mre).

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IPA^(key):[mi³³]

Noun

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(Yao'an)ground,land,dirt

Low German

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Alternative forms

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my(older orthography)
mie
mek,meck,mik,mick(Eastphalian)
mui(Eastwestphalian)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanmî fromOld Saxonmī, fromProto-Germanic*miz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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me (dative ofik)
me (accusative ofik)

Usage notes

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Some Low German dialects in southern Westphalia differentiate between dativemi and accusativemik.^[1]^[2]

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^Charles V. J. Russ (editor):The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic survey. First published in 1990, reprinted 2000, page 61, note(e): „[...] southern Westphalian dialects, alone of the Low German dialects, do distinguish acc.mik anddik from dat.mi anddi.“
^Ein Sohn der rothen Erde (a son of the red earth):Niu lustert mol! Plattdeutsche Erzählungen und Anekdoten im Paderborner Dialekt. Celle, 1870, page 7: „Fürwörter. Die persönlichen lauten:ik, meyner, mey, mik;diu oderdu, deyner, dey, dik [...]“. Translation: „Pronouns. The personal pronouns are:ik, (genitive)meyner, (dative)mey, (accusative)mik;diu ordu, deyner, dey, dik [...])“

Ludian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Finnic*mi.

Pronoun

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what

Macanese

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Etymology

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FromPortuguesemim with denasalization.

Pronoun

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(archaic)prepositional form ofiou:me
Desde idade de doze ano
ganhá pà unsong vesti;
lavá ropa de sua pai,
judá cô ancusa pàmi.
From the age of twelve
earned money to dress herself;
washed her father's clothes
helped with something forme.

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For the most part, Macanese does not have pronoun inflections (accusative, dative, etc.). The exception ismi, the prepositional form ofiou, but even this is extremely rare in modern Macanese.pà mi in the above poem would bepa iou in modern Macanese.

Macanese personal pronouns and possessives
	person	pronoun	possessive
singular	first	iou,io,mi,ieu	iou-sa,iou-sua^#,minha,io-sa,io-sua^#
second	vôs	vôs-sa,vôsso,su,vôs-sua^#
third	êle,êla*	êle-sa,su,êle-sua^#
plural	first	nôs,nosôtro*	nôs-sa,nôsso,nôs-sua^#
second	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa,su,vosôtro-sua^#
third	ilôtro,elôtro,olôtro,ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa,su,ilôtro-sua^#
reflexive (all persons)	onçóm	su,onçóm-sa*,onçóm-sua^#

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Malay

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Etymology

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FromHokkien麵 /面(mī,“noodle, flour”).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/ [ˈmi]
Rhymes:-i

Noun

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mi (Jawi spellingمي)

noodle

References

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Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mi”, inA Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page139

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Romanization

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Nonstandard spelling ofmī.
Nonstandard spelling ofmí.
Nonstandard spelling ofmǐ.
Nonstandard spelling ofmì.

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Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Matepi

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Noun

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louse

Mawan

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Noun

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louse

Middle Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/,/mi/

Pronoun

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accusative/dative ofic

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Dutch:mij,me(muted)
- Afrikaans:my
- Jersey Dutch:māi
- Negerhollands:mi,mie
Limburgish:mir

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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me,mie,my

Etymology

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Anapocopic form ofmin,myn, fromOld Englishmīn(“my, mine”), fromProto-Germanic*mīnaz(“my, mine”,pron.).

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/
(unstressed)IPA^(key):/mi/

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mi (nominativeI)

First-person singular genitive determiner:my.
- c.1395,John Wycliffe,John Purvey [et al.], transl.,Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[15], published c.1410,Joon 2:16,page45r, column 2; republished asWycliffe's translation of the New Testament,Lichfield: Bill Endres,2010:
  And he ſeide to hem þat ſelden culueris / take ȝe awei from hennes þeſe þingis .· ⁊ nyle ȝe make þe hous ofmy fadir an hows of marchaundiſe
  And he said to those who sold doves: "Take those things out of here; you won't makemy father's house a place of business!"

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mi is usually used before a consonant (other thanh-), whilemin is usually used before a vowel orh-, much as with Modern Englishan vsa.

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Descendants

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English:my
Geordie English:my,maw
Scots:my,ma,me
Yola:mee

Middle English personal pronouns
		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person	I,ich,ik	me	min mi¹	min
2nd person	þou	þe	þin þi¹	þin
3rd person	m	he	him hine²	him	his	his hisen
f	sche,heo	hire heo	hire	hire hires,hiren
n	hit	hit him²	his,hit	—
dual³	1st person	wit	unk	unker
2nd person	ȝit	inc	inker
plural	1st person	we	us,ous	oure	oure oures,ouren
2nd person⁴	ye	yow	your	your youres,youren
3rd person	inh.	he	hem he²	hem	here	here heres,heren
bor.	þei	þem,þeim	þeir	þeir þeires,þeiren

References

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“min,pron.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007, retrieved6 May 2018.

Middle Low German

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Etymology

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FromOld Saxonmī, fromProto-Germanic*miz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/

Pronoun

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mî

(first person singular dative)me
(first person singular accusative)me

Declension

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SeeTemplate:gml-perpron for declension.

Descendants

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Low German:mir
- German Low German:mi
  Plautdietsch:mie

Mosimo

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Noun

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louse

Munit

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Noun

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louse

Murupi

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Noun

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louse

Nadëb

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Etymology

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Related toDâwmiʔ(“in (liquid)”).

Noun

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water

Synonyms

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naʔɤy

References

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Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics (Aikhenvald, Dixon), citing Martins (1994)

Nake

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Noun

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louse

Naxi

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Etymology

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FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*məj.

Noun

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fire

References

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Naxi Dictionary by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

Pronoun

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I,me (first-person singular pronoun)

North Frisian

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Pronoun

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mi(Föhr-Amrum,Sylt)

Object case ofik:me,myself

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me(Mooring)

Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
	personal		possessive
	subject case	object case	masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
full	reduced	full	reduced	attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi	man	min	minen
2nd	dü	–	di	dan	din	dinen
3rd	m	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin	sinen
f or n	hat	at,'t	at,'t
plural	1st	wi	'f	üs	üüs	üüsen
üsens
2nd	jam	'm	jam	jau	jauen
jamens
3rd	jo	's	jo	's	hör	hören
hörens

Personal and possessive pronouns (Sylt dialect)
	personal		possessive
	subject case	object case	singular referent	plural referent
full	reduced	full	reduced	attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi	min	minen
2nd	dü	–	di	din	dinen
3rd	m	hi	'r	höm	'n	sin	sinen
f	jü	's	höör	's	höör	höören
n	hat	et,'t	höm	et,'t	sin	sinen

dual	1st	wat	unk	unk	unken
2nd	at	junk	junk	junken
3rd	jat	jam	's	jaar	jaaren

plural	1st	wü	üüs	üüs	üüsen
2nd	i	juu	juu	juuen
3rd	ja	's	jam	's	jaar	jaaren

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsemín.

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!

Determiner

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feminine singular ofmin

References

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“mi” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/

Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsemín f.

Determiner

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mi f

feminine singular ofmin

Etymology 2

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FromLatinmīra, from the first word of the fourth line ofUt queant laxis, the medieval hymn on whichsolfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. ThroughItalian.

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mi m (definite singularmi-en,indefinite pluralmi-ar,definite pluralmi-ane)

(music)mi, a syllable used insolfège to represent the seventh note of amajor scale.

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(scale of solfège):do,re, mi,fa,so(orsol),la,ti(orsi),do

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“mi” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Nzadi

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Pronoun

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mǐ`

I (first-person singular pronoun)

Nzadi personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	mǐ`	bǐ
2nd person	yǎ`	byɛ̌n
3rd person	human	ndé	bɔ̌
nonhuman	nɔ̌	mɔ̌

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*miz.

Pronoun

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mī

accusative/dative ofik

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hī	hine	him	sīn
		f	hiū,hiō	hiā	hire,hiāre	hire,hiāre
		n	hit	hit	him	sīn
plural	1st person		wī	ūs	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		jī	jū,jō	jū,jō	jūwer
	3rd person		hiā	hiā	him,hirem,hiārem	hira,hiāra

Descendants

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North Frisian:me
Saterland Frisian:mie
West Frisian:my

Old High German

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Pronoun

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(northern)Alternative form ofmir,dative singular ofih

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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mik(for the accusative)

Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*miz.

Pronoun

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mī

dative/accusative ofik

Declension

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SeeTemplate:osx-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

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Middle Low German:mi
- Low German:mir
  - German Low German:mi
    Plautdietsch:mie

Old Spanish

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Determiner

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Önge

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Etymology

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Cognate toJarawami(“I; we”). Not related to English.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

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I;me (singular first-person pronoun)

Önge pronouns
Person	Independent singular	Independent plural	Prefixed singular	Prefixed plural
1st	mi	eti	m-	et-,ot-
2nd	ṅi	ni	ṅ-	n-
3rd	gi	ekwi	g-	ek-,ok-,ekw-
ëni(for generic third-person)	on-,ën-

References

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D. Dasgupta, S. R. Sharma (1982)A Handbook of Onge Language, Anthropological Survey of India

Palenquero

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Etymology

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FromSpanishmi.

Adjective

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Usage notes

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Placed after the noun.

Panim

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Noun

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louse

Papiamentu

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Alternative forms

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ami(synonym)

Etymology

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FromPortuguesemim andSpanishmi andKabuverdianumi.

Pronoun

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I,me,my.

Piedmontese

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

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Pijin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

Pronoun

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I/me (first-person singular pronoun)
- 1988, Geoffrey Miles White,Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[16], page41:
  Mi wande stori lebebet abaot tupela man blong America hemi foldaon long Baolo.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Pijin personal pronouns
	singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
inclusive	iumitufala	iumitrifala	iumifala,iumi
2nd person	iu	iutufala	iutrifala	iufala
3rd person	hem	tufala	trifala	ol/olketa

Polish

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PolishWikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia^pl

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/ˈmi/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification:mi

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Alternative forms

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(stressed)mnie

Pronoun

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dative singular mute ofja
Dajmi rękę. ―Give me your hand.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mi n (indeclinable)

Alternative form ofmy

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/

(Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈmi/

Rhymes:-i
Hyphenation:mi

Etymology 1

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FromLatinmi(ra) in thehymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

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mi m (pluralmis)

mi (musical note)

Coordinate terms

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(C major scale)escala de dó maior;dó,ré,mi,fá,sol,lá,si

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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Obsolete form ofmim.

Rapting

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Noun

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louse

Rempi

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Noun

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louse

Romanian

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Etymology

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FromItalianmi orFrenchmi.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Noun

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mi m (pluralmi)

(music)mi, the note 'E'.

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Declension ofmi
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	mi	miul	mi	mii
genitive-dative	mi	miului	mi	milor
vocative	miule		milor

Samosa

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Noun

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louse

Saruga

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Noun

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louse

Sassarese

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Alternative forms

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m'(apocopic)
-mi,-mmi(enclitic)

Etymology

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FromLatinmē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part frommihi.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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(accusative)me
- 1866, chapterX, inGiovanni Spano, transl.,L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[17] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation ofEvangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 38,page37:
  E ca no piglia la so’ crozi, emi sighi, no è dignu di me.
  And whoever doesn't take his own cross, and followme, is not worthy of me.
- c.19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, inGiovanni Spano, editor,Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[18], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published1873,song 4,page69:
  Nisciunumi cunsola
  Nisciunu vibendi n’ha di me firizza
  No one consolesme. No one alive is proud of me.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, inLa poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page21:
  Cand’eri
  giobaneddami pugnì
  cument’e mura mura.
  When you were young, you used toprickle me like a blackberry
(dative) tome,me
- 1866, chapterXVIII, inGiovanni Spano, transl.,L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[19] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation ofEvangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 28,page72:
  Isciddu però lu silvidori incuntresi un altru silvidori cumpagnu soju, chi li dibia zentu dinà: e affarrenddilu l’affogaba, dizendi: Pagami lu chimi debi.
  Having gone out, however, the servant met another fellow servant, who owed him a hundreddenarii; and, grabbing him, he choked him, saying: "Pay what you oweme".
  (literally, “Gone out however the servant met another servant fellow of his, who to him owed a hundred denarii: and grabbing him he choked him, saying: Pay me that whichto me you owe.”)
- c.19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, inGiovanni Spano, editor,Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[20], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published1873,song 15,page89:
  Forsimi dizarè
  Chi chiddu in lu so fà no ha uguali
  Nè forsi timarè
  Ch’ un altru possia fatti tantu mali
  Ma eju diggu cun dolu
  Chi tal’ omu in lu mondu no è solu.
  Maybe you'll tellme that he, in his actions, has no peers. And maybe you won't fear that someone else might hurt you so much. But I say, pained, that that man is not alone in the world.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Bocca [Mouth]”, inLa poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page25:
  O bocca di pizzinna, bocca bedda,
  chimi dizì paràuri pruibiddi
  e chi basgèndimi eri cussì dozzi!
  Oh, young woman's lips, beautiful lips, that spoke forbidden wordsto me, and was so sweet in kissing me!
  (literally, “Oh, mouth of girl, beautiful mouth, whoto me spoke forbidden words, and that kissing me was so sweet!”)
Alternative form ofme

Related terms

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References

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Rubattu, Antoninu (2006)Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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FromOld Irishmé.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/^[1],(accented)/mĩː/^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Pronoun

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mi (emphaticmise)

first-person singular pronoun;I,me

Scottish Gaelic personal pronouns
	simple	emphatic
singular	plural	singular	plural
first person	mi	sinn	mise	sinne
second person	thu,tu¹	sibh²	thusa,tusa¹	sibhse²
third person	m	e	iad	esan	iadsan
f	i	ise

References

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^Roy Wentworth (2003)Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR,→ISBN
^Oftedal, M. (1956)A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
^John MacPherson (1945)The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎^[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966)Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937)The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Slavic*my.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mîː/

Pronoun

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mȋ (Cyrillic spellingми̑)

we (nominative plural ofjȃ(“I”))
we (vocative plural ofjȃ(“I”))

Declension

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Seejȃ.

Pronoun

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mi (Cyrillic spellingми)

tome (cliticdative singular ofjȃ(“I”))
(emphatic, possessive, dative)my, ofmine (cliticdative singular ofjȃ(“I”))
Gdjemi je auto?
Where is my car?

Serbo-Croatian personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	ja	mi
2nd person	familiar	ti	vi
polite	vi
3rd person	m	on	oni
f	ona	one
n	ono	ona

Seta

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Noun

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water

References

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transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock,Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Sihan

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Noun

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louse

Silopi

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Noun

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louse

Slovak

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):[mi]

Pronoun

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dative ofja

Slovene

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Etymology

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FromProto-Slavic*my.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/míː/

Pronoun

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mȋ

we (masculine plural, more than two)

Declension

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Declension ofmi (irregular, suppletive)
singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne,me	tébe,te	sébe,se
genitive	méne,me	tébe,te	sébe,se
dative	méni,mi	tébi,ti	sébi,si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój,máno	tebój,tábo	sebój,sábo

possessive	mój	tvój	svój

dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídvam,médve/mídvef or n	vídvam,védve/vídvef or n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe,se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe,se
dative	náma	váma	sébi,si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój,sábo

possessive	nájin	vájin	svój

plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mím,méf or n	vím,véf or n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe,se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe,se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi,si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój,sábo

possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

Slovene personal pronouns
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	m	jaz	midva	mi
f or n	medve,midve	me

2nd person familiar (tikanje)	m	ti	vidva	vi
f or n	vedve,vidve	ve

3rd person	m	on	onadva	oni
f	ona	onedve,onidve	one
n	ono	onedve,onidve	ona

Polite forms	singular(not differentiated in dual and plural)
polite (vikanje)	vi,Vi + 2nd person plural masculine
very polite (onikanje)	oni + 3rd person plural masculine(archaic)
hyper polite (onokanje)	ono + 3rd person singular neuter(obsolete)
patriarchal (onkanje)	on + 3rd person singular masculine(obsolete)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/[mi]
Rhymes:-i
Syllabification:mi

Etymology 1

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FromLatinmeus, when it was eliding before a vowel-initial word in speech.

Determiner

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mi sg (first-person singular possessive singular,pluralmis)

(before the noun)Apocopic form ofmío,my

Usage notes

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The formsmi andmis are only used before and within thenoun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form ofmío is used instead.

Sonmis libros. ―They are my books.

Los libros sonmíos. ―The books are mine.

Besides being a pronoun, becausemi occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as adeterminer (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).

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Spanish possessive determiners
possessor		preposed		postposed orstandalone
		singular possessee	plural possessee	singular possessee		plural possessee
		singular possessee	plural possessee	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
first person	singular	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
first person	plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
second person (informal)	singular	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
second person (informal)	plural	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
third person		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

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Noun

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mi f (pluralmíes)

mu; the Greek letterΜ,μ
Synonym:mu

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

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IPA^(key):/mi/

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Sumerian

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Romanization

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Romanization of𒈪

Tày

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Etymology

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FromProto-Tai*ʰmwɯjᴬ(“bear”). Cognate withThaiหมี(mǐi),Northern Thaiᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ,Laoໝີ(mī),Lüᦖᦲ(ṁii),Tai Damꪢꪲ,Shanမီ(mǐi),Ahom𑜉𑜣(mī),Zhuangmui,Nong Zhuangmue,Bouyeimoil. CompareOld Chinese羋(*meʔ).

Pronunciation

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(Thạch An –Tràng Định)IPA^(key):[mi˧˧]
(Trùng Khánh)IPA^(key):[mi˦˥]

Noun

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mi (猸)

bear

References

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Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006)Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Ter Sami

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Etymology

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FromProto-Uralic*mi.

Pronoun

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what

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

Pronoun

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I,me. First person pronoun; refers to the person speaking.

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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FromEnglishme.

Pronoun

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Turkish

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Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

Particle

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Used to forminterrogatives.
Bugün okula gittin mi?
Did you go to school today?
Evli misin?
Are you married?

Usage notes

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Personal suffixes are added to the interrogative particles, as well as the past tense suffixes.
This form is used when the last vowel of the previous word is "i" or "e". Other forms used with different vowels are:mu?,mü? andmı?

Inflection

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See more atmı.

Utu

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Noun

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louse

Veps

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Etymology 1

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FromProto-Finnic*mi.

Pronoun

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mi (genitivemin,partitivemidä)

what (interrogative)

Inflection

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Inflection ofmi
nominative sing.	mi
genitive sing.	min
partitive sing.	midä
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	—
accusative	min	—
genitive	min	—
partitive	midä	—
essive-instructive	min	—
translative	mikš	—

inessive	miš	—
elative	mišpäi	—
illative	mihe	—

adessive	mil	—
ablative	milpäi	—
allative	mille	—

abessive	mita	—
comitative	minke	—
prolative	midäme	—

approximative I	minno	—
approximative II	minnoks	—
egressive	minnopäi	—

terminative I	mihesai	—
terminative II	millesai	—
terminative III	—	—

additive I	mihepäi	—
additive II	millepäi	—

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

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than (in comparisons)

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References

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Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “чем,что”, inUz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[22], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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(Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[mi˧˧]
(Huế)IPA^(key):[mɪj˧˧]
(Saigon)IPA^(key):[mɪj˧˧]
(Vinh)IPA^(key):[mi˧˥]

Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from眉(“eyebrows”).Doublet ofmày. Probably unrelated tomí(“eyelid”).

Noun

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mi• (眉)

eyelashes
Synonym:lông mi

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mày

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Vietic*miː, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*miiʔ. This is the native form in the Central dialects, Northern and Southern dialects borrowed this neutral pronoun with added hostile connotation, probably due to their nativemày/mầy.

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(Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam)mày
(originally Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, now chiefly Nẫu)mầy

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mi• (眉)

(chieflyCentral Vietnam,derogatory in other dialects)you(second person singular pronoun, referring to a peer or person held in low esteem)
(literary)thou/thee(used against an adversary)

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ta
tau;tao

Etymology 3

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Borrowed fromFrenchmi orItalianmi.

Noun

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(music)mi (third note of diatonic scale)
đô, rê,mi ―do, re, mi

Etymology 4

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Verb

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(slang) tokiss

Synonyms

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hôn;hun;thơm

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Walloon

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/mi/

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Wamas

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Noun

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louse

Welsh

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Etymology

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FromProto-Brythonic*mi, fromProto-Celtic*mī.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key):/miː/
Rhymes:-iː

Pronoun

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I,me
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl imi.
The old land of my fathers is dear tome.
Rhaid imi fynd i weld Taid.
I have to go and see Granddad.

Usage notes

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Mi is typically heard only after the prepositioni(“to, for”) in formal language and in northern colloquial language. In southern colloquial language the formfi is used after the prepositioni.

Particle

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mi (triggerssoft mutation on the following verb)

(North Wales)used with inflected verbs to mark affirmative statements.
Mi werthes i hanner dwsin.
I sold half a dozen.

Usage notes

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This particle is optional and may only be used before inflected verbs in the preterite, future or conditional in affirmative statements, e.g.mifyddai'nmynd(“I will go”).
Some speakers may drop the particle but keep the resulting soft mutation, e.g.fyddai'nmynd(“I will go”) instead ofbyddai'nmynd.

Synonyms

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fe(South Wales)
y(literary)

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofmi
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mi	fi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yoidik

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Noun

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louse

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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(high-tone):IPA^(key):/mĩ́/
(mid-tone):IPA^(key):/mĩ̄/
(low-tone):IPA^(key):/mĩ̀/

Etymology 1

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Noun

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mí

The name of theLatin-script letterM/m.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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me(first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tonemonosyllabic verb)

Pronoun

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mí

me(first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a low- or mid-tonemonosyllabic verb)

Determiner

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my(first-person singular possessive pronoun)

Yoruba personal pronouns
		subject	object¹	emphatic
affirmative	negative
singular	1st person	mo	n̄ /mi	mi	èmi
2nd person	o	ọ /ẹ	ìwọ
3rd person	ó	[pronoun dropped]	[preceding vowel repeated for monosyllabic verbs] /ẹ̀	òun
plural	1st person	a	wa	àwa
2nd person	ẹ	yín	ẹ̀yin
3rd person	wọ́n	wọn	wọn	àwọn