mayi

See also: máyī and mǎyǐ

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmá.ji/

Noun

máyi class 1a (plural amáyi class 2)

  1. mother
  2. madam, lady (also used as a term of address)
  3. maternal aunt, mother's sister

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Chimwiini

Noun

mayi class 6

  1. water

References
  • Charles W. Kisseberth and Mohammad Imam Abasheikh (2011), "Chimwiini phonological phrasing revisited" in Lingua 121:1987–2013.

Guugu Yimidhirr
FWOTD – 12 May 2014

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *mayi, from Proto-Pama-Maric *mayi, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mayi.

Compare Wanyi mama.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maji/

Noun

mayi

  1. vegetable-based food

Synonyms
  • gudhubay (avoidance language)

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Ido

Noun

mayi

  1. plural of mayo

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀫𑀬𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • मयि (Devanagari script)
  • মযি (Bengali script)
  • මයි (Sinhalese script)
  • မယိ (Burmese script)
  • มยิ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᨿᩥ (Tai Tham script)
  • មយិ (Khmer script)

Pronoun

mayi

  1. locative singular of ahaṃ (“me”)

Wanyi

Particle

mayi

  1. expresses a possible future state

References
  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
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