mei
Aiwoo
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Chuukese
Friulian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.iː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.i/, [ˈmeː.i]
Ligurian
Mandarin
Romanization
mei
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Meyah
References
- G. P. Reesink, Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002), page 5: 'water': Meyah mei
North Frisian
Old French
Papiamentu
Etymology 1
From Portuguese meio and Kabuverdianu meiu.
Pennsylvania German
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mej]
Etymology 2
From Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mej/
Declension
declension of mei
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mei | meiul | (niște) meiuri | meiurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) mei | meiului | (unor) meiuri | meiurilor |
vocative | meiule | meiurilor |
West Frisian
Further reading
- “mei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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