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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishMengen.

Symbol

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mee

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forMengen.

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English

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WOTD – 31 August 2024

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishmee, variant ofme, fromOld Englishmē(“me”). See further atme.

Pronoun

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mee (personal pronoun)

  1. Obsolete spelling ofme.
  2. obsolete emphatic ofme
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book LXIX”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC, lines236-238:
      Beholdmee then,mee for him, life for life / I offer, onmee let thine anger fall; / Accountmee man;[…]

Etymology 2

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Abowl of mee(sense 1) in asoup withfishballs.

Borrowed fromHokkien麵／面 (mī).[1][2]

Noun

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mee (countable anduncountable,pluralmees)(cooking, Malaysia, Singapore)

  2. Chinese-stylewheatnoodles.
    Coordinate terms:bee hoon,kway teow,lamian,mai fun,mee hoon,mee sua,mei fun,ramen
  3. With adescriptiveword: adishcontaining Chinese-style wheat noodles.
    currymee    prawnmee soup
    • 1935, Alec Dixon, chapter XIII, inSingapore Patrol, London:George G. Harrap and Co.,→OCLC, page107:
      We were confronted by a large dish piled with a startling mixture of spaghetti, bamboo shoots, sliced prawns, and tiny cubes of pork[…] Its name[…] wasmee.Mee is a favourite dish of the Chinese, and is on sale at all hours of the day and night.
    • 1992, Hugo Dunn-Meynell, “Singapore Street Food”, in Harlan Walker, editor,Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating: Proceedings, London:Prospect Books,→ISBN,page93:
      Hokkien PrawnMee – Pork and prawns in yellow noodles.[…] MushroomMee – Noodles with Chinese mushrooms, minced pork and green vegetables.
    • 2007, Lee Geok Boi, “Wheat Noodles in Soup and Gravy”, in Lydia Leong, editor,Classic Asian Noodles, Singapore:Marshall Cavendish Cuisine,→ISBN,page150:
      Penang-style prawnmee is spicier and is usually served with more pork than Singapore-style prawnmee. Like Singapore-style prawnmee, the Hokkienmee in this recipe can be combined with fine rice vermicelli.
    • 2016, “Noodles and Rice”, in Lydia Leong, editor,Meatmen Cooking Channel Hawker Favourites: Popular Singaporean Street Foods, Singapore:Marshall Cavendish Cuisine,→ISBN,page38:
      Braised. Thick. Heavy. These are the key words people associate withlormee, and it's all true! And it's so damshiok! If you're a fan of braised dishes with that dark gooey sauce, you'll love thislormee recipe.
    • 2023 May 21, Linda Lumayag, “Our identity is reflected in our food”, inThe Sun‎[1], Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia:Sun Media Corporation,→OCLC:
      My former student's kouyteav sachko (mee Champa) is not just any othermee soup. In it is one person's constant reminder of his/her identity heightened in its unique ingredients, taste and flavour and presented vis-a-vis other types ofmee soup available in restaurants, kopitiams, hawkers' stalls or at home.
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Translations
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Chinese-style wheat noodles
dish containing Chinese-style wheat noodles

References

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  1. ^“mee,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2024.
  2. ^“mee,n.”, inCollins English Dictionary.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromDutchmee, from oldermede with the frequent loss of intervocalic-d-.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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mee

  1. (postpositional)adverbial form ofmet

Dutch

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Etymology

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From oldermede with the frequent loss of intervocalic-d- (cf.kou vs.koude ["cold"];slee vs.slede ["sleigh"]). The formsmee andmede were subsequently distributed to different senses.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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mee

  1. (postpositional)adverbial form ofmet
  2. along,together (i.e. with one)

Declension

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Pronominal adverbs ofmee
prepositionmet
postpositional adv.mee
+ het (it)ermee
+ dit (this)hiermee
+ dat (that)daarmee
+ wat (what)waarmee
+ iets (something)ergensmee
+ niets (nothing)nergensmee
+ alles (everything)overalmee

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Adjective

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mee (used onlypredicatively,notcomparable)

  1. able tofollow
    Ikbennietmeermee.
    I cannot follow anymore.

Estonian

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Noun

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mee

  1. genitivesingular ofmesi

Finnish

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Verb

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mee

  1. (colloquial or dialectal)inflection ofmennä:
    1. presentactiveindicativeconnegative
    2. second-personsingularpresentimperative
    3. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperativeconnegative

Alternative forms

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmai.

Noun

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mee o

  1. (Pular)May
    Synonym:duujal

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Indonesian

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Noun

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mee (pluralmee-mee)

  1. misspelling ofmi

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mee

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofmeus
    • Late 4th century,Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson,Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart:Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published2007,→ISBN,21:20:
      Et ait Ahab ad Heliam num invenisti me inimicemee qui dixit inveni eo quod venundatus sis ut faceres malum in conspectu Domini.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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mee

  1. alternative form ofmä

Malay

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Noun

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mee

  1. misspelling ofmi

Manx

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Irishmé, fromProto-Celtic*mī, fromProto-Indo-European*me(“me”).

Pronoun

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mee (emphaticmish)

  1. I,me
    Tamee aynshoh. ―I am here.
    As tamee gra riu. ―And I say unto you.

Etymology 2

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FromOld Irishmí, fromProto-Celtic*mīns, fromProto-Indo-European*mḗh₁n̥s(“moon, month”).

Noun

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mee f (genitive singularmee,pluralmeeghyn)

  1. month
    MeeHouney ―November
    MeeLuanistyn ―August
    mee ny heayst ―lunar month
    mee nymolley ―honeymoon

Mutation

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Mutation ofmee
radicallenitioneclipsis
meeveeunchanged

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutch*mē, fromProto-Germanic*maiz.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mêe

  1. more

Alternative forms

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Adverb

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mêe

  1. more, to a greater degree
    Antonym:min
  2. moreoften, morefrequently
    Antonym:min
  3. better
  4. rather
  5. later, further on in time
  6. also,furthermore

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • “mee (I)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000
  • “mee (II)”, inVroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek,2000

Naxi

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"mee" written in Dongba script

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mee

  1. sky
  2. heaven

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mee

  1. mark;print

Classifier

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mee

  1. classifier for a mark or print

Etymology 3

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Naxi numbers(edit)
[a],[b] ←  10 ←  1,00010,000
   Cardinal:mee

Numeral

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mee

  1. ten thousand

Neapolitan

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mèe f pl (first person singular possessive)

  1. alternative form ofmèje;feminineplural ofmìo

Pronoun

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mèe f pl (first person singular possessive)

  1. alternative form ofmèje;feminineplural ofmìo

Sinacantán

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Adjective

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mee

  1. green orblue

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References

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  • Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Spanish

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Verb

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mee

  1. inflection ofmear:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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meê (Baybayin spellingᜋᜒᜁ)

  1. alternative form ofme:bleat

Anagrams

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Yola

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishme, fromOld Englishmē, fromProto-West Germanic, fromProto-Germanic*miz, dative of*ek, fromProto-Indo-European*me.

Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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mee

  1. oblique ofich:me
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page48:
      Dinna ishemee a raison.
      Do not askme the reason.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page71:
      Teachmee.
      Hand tome.

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishmi,my, apocopated form ofmin,myn, fromOld Englishmīn(“my, mine”), fromProto-West Germanic*mīn.

Determiner

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mee

  1. my
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page23:
      Ich atmee dhree meales.
      I atemy three meals.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page41:
      Come adh o'mee gazb.
      Come out ofmy breath.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page50:
      Mee hoanès is ee-kimmelt.
      My hands are benumbed with cold.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page65:
      Mee coat is ee-runt.
      My coat is torn.
    • 1867,GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page80:
      How yarthe to-die,mee joee?
      How art thou to-day,my joy?

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References

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  • 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
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