mai
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forMaithili . mai
( anime , manga , fandom slang , Internet slang ) Alternative form ofmy (used in the expressionsmaiwaifu andmaihusbando )I'm a' ima I'm-a IAM I'ma I'm'a AIM i'ma IMA I'm a i'm'a I am Ima AMI aim Mia Ima' mia MIA mai
far Leenhardt, M. (1935 )Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou , Paris: Institut d'ethnologie Houaïlou " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics Leenhardt, M. (1946 )Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie Ajiø " in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R. , &Gray, R.D. (2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics .Evolutionary Bioinformatics FromLatin mater, matrem
mai f
mother FromLatin Maius Greek Μάιος ( Máios ) . CompareRomanian mai
mai
May (month)FromProto-Bodo-Garo *mai¹ ( “ rice; paddy; cooked rice ” ) , fromProto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej ( “ rice; paddy ” ) . Cognate withChinese 米 ( mǐ ) .
mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই
rice FromEnglish May
mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই
May mai
water mai
water Comparative Handbook of Congo Languages (1903), page 176Inherited fromLatin magis
mai
never Antonym: sempre No ho sabremmai . ―We'llnever know. ever Synonym: alguna vegada Hi has vingutmai , a la festa major? ―Have youever been to the major festival? mai
breadfruit mai
eye FromGerman Mai
mai (genitive mai partitive maid
May Borrowed fromLatin (mensis)maius .
mai m
May ( month of the Gregorian calendar ) From Proto-Central-Pacific*mai , fromProto-Oceanic *maʀi *mai Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi
mai (always together with lako , as lako mai
( intransitive ) come ( to move from further away to nearer to ) mai
in from Inherited fromOld French mai Latin Maius
mai m plural mais
May ( month ) Guianese Creole:mè Haitian Creole:me → English:may → Iranian Persian:مه ( me ) Louisiana Creole:mê → South Azerbaijani:مه ( mə ) → Tunisian Arabic:ماي ( mēy ) FromLatin magis
mai
never FromOld Galician-Portuguese mãy nana ( “ mother ” ) ,[ 1] Latin mater Portuguese mãe
mai f plural mais
Alternative form ofnai mai
me mai
what Guinea-Bissau Creole [ edit ] FromPortuguese mãe Kabuverdianu mai
mai
mother mâi m possessed form mâin
oil ,fat ,grease gasoline ,petrol FromProto-Polynesian *mai Proto-Oceanic Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Maori mai Rapa Nui mai
IPA (key ) : /ˈmai̯/ ,[ˈmɐj] ,[ˈmɛj] ( rapid speech ) mai
hither ,this way , towards the speakerMai mai mai Come in, come in! E hoʻolohemai ana lākou i ka moʻolelo. They were listening to the story. Commonly used after verbs that do not need a directional in English. Mai andaku may change the meaning of the verb:aʻo mai ("to learn") -aʻo aku ("to teach")kūʻai mai ("to buy") -kūʻai aku ("to sell")mai
from (used in the sequencemai ...maimai ...akumai
don't Negative imperative followed by a verb Mai makaʻu.Don't be afraid. ma -i
mai notcomparable )
oftoday ,today 'sAntonyms: régi antik amai újság ―today’s newspaper mai inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh .A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz. ). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN mai
tobring Borrowed fromRussian май ( maj ) .
mai
May 1937 Arifmetiikan oppikirja alkușkouluja vart (toin osa) , Leningrad: Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page25 :Vooes ono 12 kuuta: janvari, fevrali, martti, apreli,mai , ijuuni, ijuuli, avgusta, sentjabri, oktjabri, nojabri i dekabri. In a year are 12 months: January, February, March, April,May , June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Ruben E. Nirvi (1971 )Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page291 FromLatin magis
mai
never ( not ever ) 1877 Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno , volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page40 :Chemai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo, That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world, FromLatin magis
mai
never ever ,always used as anintensifier Una risposta quantomai ambigua. An ambiguous answerindeed . Dovemai si sarà cacciato? Whereon earth did he end up? mai
Rōmaji transcription ofまい Rōmaji transcription ofマイ FromPortuguese mãe
mai
mother Regional variants ofmai North KarelianViena ) — South KarelianTver ) mai
Borrowed fromRussian май ( maj ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈmɑi̯/ Hyphenation:mai mai (genitive main partitive maida
( South Karelian ) May Possessive forms ofmai 1st person maini 2nd person mais 3rd person maih *) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivised clauses.
A. V. Punzhina (1994 ) “mai ”, inСловарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects) →ISBN mai
vegetable food ,bush tucker FromProto-Malayic *mari Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi
mai
Come, present (at here), attend, be (here)Hang nak gebang aku eh, kata nakmai , batang hidung pun tak nampak! You said that you're gonnacome , but I didn't see you anywhere! Depamai ka dak ni; dah cemuih dah dok tang ni dok melangut ja. Have you seen them(present at here) , cause I am bored to death here, just doing nothing. mai
Come here! Here!Mai la sat, aku seghighau satgi depa tabuh aku pulak.Pleasecome with me for a second, I'm afraid that they might hit me. "Mai la, hang dok takut pa, aku tak buat pa eh," kata Ali kepada kucingnya. "Come! What are you so afraid of? I'm not gonna do anything to you," says Ali to his cat. Mai. FromProto-Kuki-Chin *maj Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej Tibetan མེ ( me ) andS'gaw Karen မ့ၣ် ( maỳ ) .
mai
fire flame R. Shafer (1944 ) “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, inBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London , volume11 , number 2, page423 K. E. Herr (2011 )The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin [1] 44 Hinde (1904) recordsmai as an equivalent of Englishdung (cow's) Kamba maii Swahili mavi [ 1]
mai class6
shit ,stool [ 2] ( Proverbs )
FromProto-Bodo-Garo *mai¹ ( “ rice; paddy; cooked rice ” ) , from,Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej ( “ rice; paddy ” ) . Cognate withGaro mi Atong (India) mai
mai
rice paddy Debbarma, Binoy (2001 ) “mai”, inConcise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary [2] →ISBN 78 (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
mai f
mother mai (Jawi spelling ماي
( dialectal ) come ( to move from further away to nearer to ) mai
Nonstandard spelling ofmái Nonstandard spelling ofmǎi Nonstandard spelling ofmài 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.FromProto-Polynesian *mai Proto-Oceanic Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Hawaiian mai Rapa Nui mai
mai
hither mai
water mai
to be able ,physically to be allowed mai
Used to formhortatives of verbs ;let's Mai jaai!Let's go!Shirley Burtch (1983 )Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[3] 171 Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017 )A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia. [4] 144 FromProto-Germanic *maganą
mai
( Sylt ) would ,would like to,like toConjugation of
mai (
Sylt dialect)
infinitive I mai infinitive II (tö past participle maat imperative — present past 1st singular mai maat 2nd singular maist maatst 3rd singular mai maat plural / dual mai maat perfect pluperfect 1st singular haa her 2nd singular heest herst 3rd singular heer her plural / dual haa her future (skel) future (wel) 1st singular skel wel 2nd singular sket wet 3rd singular skel wel plural / dual skel wel
Borrowed fromLatin Maius Maia .
IPA (key ) : /mɑːi/
mai (indeclinable )
May ( fifth month of the Gregorian calendar ) “mai” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .“mai” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).Borrowed fromLatin Maius Maia .
mai (indeclinable )
May ( fifth month ) “mai” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .FromOld Occitan mai Latin magis
mai
( Provençal , Vivaro-Alpine , Languedoc ) but ( Provençal , Vivaro-Alpine , Languedoc , Auvergne , Limousin ) more Synonym: pus FromLatin (mensis)Maius .
mai m plural mais
May ( month ) mai
food ( especially non-meat food; sometimes used for food in general ) plant used for foodFromProto-Polynesian *mai Proto-Oceanic Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Hawaiian mai Maori mai
mai
from ,since Borrowed fromOld Church Slavonic маи ( mai ) , fromKoine Greek Μάϊος ( Máïos ) , fromLatin (mensis)Maius . Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.
mai m uncountable
May Synonym: ( popular/folk name ) florar Inherited fromLatin magis
mai
more anymore again before This word regards degree rather than number, for which a form of the wordmult
mai ușor easier (literally, “more easymai fericit happier (literally, “more happymaimultă fericire more happinessmaimulți băieți more boysel nu maimerge he is not goinganymore Inherited fromLatin malleus ( “ hammer ” ) .
mai n plural maiuri
mallet ,maul ,sledgehammer ,rammer ,club Borrowed fromHungarian máj
mai n plural maiuri ( Moldavia (region), Transylvania , Bukovina , Maramureș )
liver Synonym: ficat FromLatin (mensis)Maius ( “ of May ” ) .
mai m
( Vallader ) May maí (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜁ ( obsolete )
word loaded withmeaning Synonym: wikang malaman maymaing salita ―has aword loaded with meaning mai
even botobotomai ioho, ladomai ioho ―theyeven ate grasshoppers, theyeven ate eels ngofa-ngofa amoi uamai kado ―noteven one child came ngori pipi cabumai ua ―I have no moneyat all (literally, “my money,even a little is not ”)Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 )A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Malay mari
mai
tocome mai
perchance FromProto-Polynesian *mai Hawaiian mai Samoan mai
IPA (key ) : [ˈma.i] Hyphenation:ma‧i mai
from 1948 Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau [6] Mai te kāloā, ko nā tālaaga ki nā fenua o Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo, ma Olohega na fauhia kē fai ma o matou kāiga.From the ancient times, of the tales, the islands of Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo and Olohega You created together, as our home.mai
Indicates the motion of the action of the preceding verb towards the speaker ;towards ,to R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [7] 199 FromProto-Oceanic *mai Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Proto-Austronesian *um-aʀi
mai
tocome Ross, Malcolm D. (2003 ) Andrew Pawley, editor,The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment , Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN →OCLC (Please provide a date or year) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) For the connection between "first part of the day" and "day after this one", compare Germanic equivalents such asEnglish morn (ning) morrow Dutch morgen French demain Italian domani Japanese 明日 朝 ( ashita ) .
mai • (埋 ,𣈕 ,枚 ,𪰹
early morning ( colloquial ) Short forngày mai ( “ tomorrow ” ) .thehair infront of a person'sears ,sideburns Sino-Vietnamese word from梅 ( “ Chinese plum ” ) .
(classifier cây ,bông ,hoa mai • (枚 ,梅
Ochna integerrima Ochnaceae apricot in English1999 , Lê Trung Vũ and Lê Hồng Lý,Lễ hội Việt Nam , Văn hoá Thông tin, page 357Ngày xưa kỳ thi Hội chọn lấy đỗ Tiến sĩ được tổ chức vào mùa xuân, cùng với dịp hoamai nở. In times of old, the ceremony of selecting Imperial Examination laureates was organized in spring, to coincide with the blooming of theapricot trees. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
(classifier cái mai
( of crabs, turtles and tortoises ) carapace (dorsal shell)Synonym: mu Cognate withMuong bai
(classifier cái mai • (鋰
a kind ofshovel Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese 媒 ( SV :môi ) .
mai • (䋦
( Southern Vietnam ) matchmaker Borrowed fromRussian май ( maj ) .
mai
May Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012 ) “mai ”, inVadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language Frommae ( “ it is ” ) .
mai
( formal and North Wales colloquial ) that ( introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis ) Mae’n dweudmai athro yw ef. ( formal ) He saysthat he is a teacher. Mae o’n deudmai athro ’dy o. ( North Wales, colloquial ) He saysthat he is a teacher. 2012 April 27, “Uchafbwynt Uwchgynghrair Rygbi”, inBBC Cymru Fyw [8] Byddai buddugoliaeth i Bontypridd yn sicrhaumai nhw fydd yn gorffen y tymor ar frig y tabl. Victory for Pontypridd would ensurethat they finish the season at the top of the table. ( South Wales, colloquial ) taw Cognate withTernate mari ( “ stone ” ) .
mai
stone James Collins (1982 )Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary [9] Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 )The Makian languages and their neighbours [10] may )mai
Alternative form ofmye 1867 CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page114 , lines21-23 :Ye pace——yea, wemai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam, The peace——yes, wemay say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival, Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page114 mai
face mai
pumpkin Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 )A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page45 
