mene (pluralmenes)
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mene f (pluralmenj,definite articulationmena)
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FromMiddle Low Germanmeinen,mēnen(“to mean”), fromProto-Germanic*mainijaną, cognate withEnglishmean,Dutchmenen,Germanmeinen (Icelandicmeina andSwedishmena are also borrowed from Low German).
mene (past tensemente,past participlement)
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Bysurface analysis,-men(animate noun classifier/indefinite marker) +-e(1st person singular demonstrative suffix)
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Mene is used only when talking about animate nouns that are nearer to the speaker than to the listener.
| general | animate | long | piece | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person (near speaker) | oawe | mene | pase | kije | pwiai,pwiak |
| 2nd person (near hearer) | oawen | menen | pasen | kijen | pwian |
| 3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) | oawo | meno | paso | kijo | pwiok |
méne
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | possessive | prepositional | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | io (i') | me | mìo,mìa,mieje,meje | me,méne | |||
| second person | familiar | tu | te | tùjo,tòja,tùoje,tòje | te,téne | |||
| formal | vuje | ve | vuósto,vósta,vuóste,vóste | vuje | ||||
| third person | m | ìsso | 'o,'u (lo,lu) | 'i,'e (li,le) | se | sùjo,sòja,sùoje,sòje | ìsso | |
| f | éssa | 'a (la) | 'e (le) | éssa | ||||
| plural | first person | nuje | ce | nuósto,nòsta,nuóste,nòste | nuje | |||
| second person | vuje | ve | vuósto,vòsta,vuóste,vòste | vuje | ||||
| third person | m | ìsse | 'i,'e (li,le) | llòro | se | llòro (invariable) | llòro | |
| f | llòro | 'e (le) | ||||||
FromOld Norsemeina andMiddle Low Germanmenen,meinen.
mene (imperativemen,present tensemener,passivemenes,simple pastmente,past participlement,present participlemenende)
FromProto-West Germanic*manī,*manni, fromProto-Germanic*manją(“necklace”), fromProto-Indo-European*mony-(“withers, crest, mane”). Cognate withOld High Germanmenni(“necklace”),Old Norsemen(“necklace, jewelry”).
mene m
Strongja-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mene | menas |
| accusative | mene | menas |
| genitive | menes | mena |
| dative | mene | menum |
mȅne ? (Cyrillic spellingме̏не)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jȃ | mȋ |
| genitive | mȅne,me | nȃs |
| dative | mȅni,mi | nȁma,nam |
| accusative | mȅne,me | nȃs |
| vocative | — | mȋ |
| locative | mȅni | nȁma |
| instrumental | mnȏm,mnóme | nȁma |
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
mene (Cyrillic spellingмене)
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mene n
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Fromme(3rd singular pronoun) +ne(“this”).
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