mai

See also:Appendix:Variations of "mai"

Languages (61)

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Translingual

Symbol

mai

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforMaithili.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Maithili terms

English

Pronunciation

• Audio(US):

  (file)

Determiner

mai

1. (anime,manga,fandomslang,Internetslang)Alternative form ofmy(used in the expressionsmaiwaifuandmaihusbando)

See also

• mai-baap
• mai fun
• mai tai
• mai tu liao
• siu mai
• yellow mai

Anagrams

• 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

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[mai]

Adjective

mai

1. far

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935)Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou,Paris: Institut d'ethnologie.Cited in: "Houaïlou"in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R.,&Gray, R.D.(2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946)Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie.Cited in: "Ajiø"in Greenhill, S.J.,Blust, R.,&Gray, R.D.(2008).The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics.Evolutionary Bioinformatics,4:271–283.

Aragonese

Etymology

FromLatinmater, matrem.

Noun

maif

1. mother

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• maiu

Etymology

FromLatinMaiusorGreekΜάιος(Máios).CompareRomanianmai.

Noun

mai

1. May(month)

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/maj/

Etymology 1

FromProto-Bodo-Garo*mai¹(“rice; paddy; cooked rice”),fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*ma-j ~ mej(“rice; paddy”).Cognate withChineseMễ(mǐ).

Noun

mai(Bengali scriptমায়orমাই)

1. rice

Etymology 2

FromEnglishMay.

Alternative forms

• me
• mei

Noun

mai(Bengali scriptমায়orমাই)

1. May

Synonyms

• jetja

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015.Atong-English dictionary,second edition. Available online:https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bamwe

Noun

mai

1. water

Bangi

Noun

mai

1. water

Further reading

• Comparative Handbook of Congo Languages(1903), page 176

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinmagis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈmaj]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aj

Adverb

mai

1. never

   Antonym:sempre

   No ho sabremmai.―We'llneverknow.

2. ever

   Synonym:alguna vegada

   Hi has vingutmai,a la festa major?―Have youeverbeen to the major festival?

Derived terms

• més val tard que no mai

See also

• jamai

Chuukese

Noun

mai

1. breadfruit

Dharug

Noun

mai

1. eye

Estonian

Etymology

FromGermanMai.

Noun

mai(genitivemai,partitivemaid)

1. May

Declension

Declension ofmai(ÕS type26/koi,no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		mai	maid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	mai
genitive			maide
partitive		maid	maisid
illative		maisse	maidesse
inessive		mais	maides
elative		maist	maidest
allative		maile	maidele
adessive		mail	maidel
ablative		mailt	maidelt
translative		maiks	maideks
terminative		maini	maideni
essive		maina	maidena
abessive		maita	maideta
comitative		maiga	maidega

Synonyms

• lehekuu
• lehehakkamiskuu
• õiekuu
• toomekuu
• meiukuu
• nelipühakuu

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months)Gregoriuse kalendrikuu;jaanuar,veebruar,märts,aprill,mai,juuni,juuli,august,september,oktoober,november,detsember^{(Category:et:Months)}

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatin(mensis)maius.

Noun

maim

1. May(month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months)januar,februar,mars,apríl,mai,juni,juli,august,september,oktober,november,desember^{(Category:fo:Months)}

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific*mai,fromProto-Oceanic*maʀi,*mai,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi.

Verb

mai(always together withlako,,aslako mai)

1. (intransitive)tocome(to move from further away to nearer to)

Preposition

mai

1. in
2. from

French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchmai,fromLatinMaius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mɛ/

• Audio(France);“en mai”:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɛ
• Homophones:maie,maies,mais,met,mets(general),mes(ɛ/e-merger)

Noun

maim(pluralmais)

1. May(month)

Derived terms

• arbre de mai
• mi-mai

Descendants

• Guianese Creole:mè
• Haitian Creole:me
• →English:may
• →Iranian Persian:مه(me)
• Louisiana Creole:mê
• →South Azerbaijani:مه(mə)
• →Tunisian Arabic:ماي(mēy)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months)moisducalendrier grégorien;janvier,février,mars,avril,mai,juin,juillet,août,septembre,octobre,novembre,décembre^{(Category:fr:Gregorian calendar months)}

Further reading

• “mai”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• ami

Friulian

Etymology

FromLatinmagis.

Adverb

mai

1. never

Galician

Etymology

FromOld Galician-Portuguesemãy,influenced by the archaicnana(“mother”),fromLatinmater.Cognate ofPortuguesemãe.

Noun

maif(pluralmais)

1. Alternative form ofnai

Gallo

Pronoun

mai

1. me

Garo

Pronoun

mai

1. what

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

FromPortuguesemãe.Cognate withKabuverdianumai.

Noun

mai

1. mother

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mâi/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA^(key):[mâi]

Noun

mâim(possessed formmâin)

1. oil,fat,grease
2. gasoline,petrol

Derived terms

• man shanu

Hawaiian

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*mai,fromProto-Oceanic,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi.Compare withMaorimaiandRapa Nuimai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmai̯/,[ˈmɐj],[ˈmɛj](rapid speech)

Particle

mai

1. hither,this way,towards the speaker

   Mai mai mai!

   Come in, come in!

   E hoʻolohemaiana lākou i ka moʻolelo.

   They were listening to the story.

Usage notes

• Commonly used after verbs that do not need a directional in English.
• Maiandakumay change the meaning of the verb:

  aʻo mai( "to learn" ) -aʻo aku( "to teach" )

  kūʻai mai( "to buy" ) -kūʻai aku( "to sell" )

Synonyms

• maila

Antonyms

• aku,akula

Preposition

mai

1. from(used in the sequencemai...maiormai...aku)

Verb

mai

1. don'tNegative imperative followed by a verb

   Maimakaʻu.

   Don't be afraid.

Hungarian

Etymology

ma+‎-i

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈmɒji]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:mai
• Rhymes:-ji

Adjective

mai(notcomparable)

1. oftoday,today's

   Antonyms:régi,antik

   amaiújság―today’snewspaper

Declension

Inflection (stem in-a-,back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mai	maiak
accusative	mait	maiakat
dative	mainak	maiaknak
instrumental	maival	maiakkal
causal-final	maiért	maiakért
translative	maivá	maiakká
terminative	maiig	maiakig
essive-formal	maiként	maiakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	maiban	maiakban
superessive	main	maiakon
adessive	mainál	maiaknál
illative	maiba	maiakba
sublative	maira	maiakra
allative	maihoz	maiakhoz
elative	maiból	maiakból
delative	mairól	maiakról
ablative	maitól	maiaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	maié	maiaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	maiéi	maiakéi

Further reading

• maiinBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN

Anagrams

• ami,ima

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/maiʔ/
• Rhymes:-mai
• Hyphenation:mai

Verb

mai

1. tobring

Ingrian

Month names

Previous:	apreli
Next:	ijuuni

Etymology

Borrowed fromRussianмай(maj).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑi̯/,[ˈmɑi̯]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑi̯/,[ˈmɑi̯]
• Rhymes:-ɑi̯

Noun

mai

1. May
   • 1937,N. S. Popova, translated by A. Kolesova,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.

Declension

Declension ofmai(type 8/maa,no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mai	mait
genitive	main	maijen
partitive	maita	maita
illative	maihe	maihe
inessive	mais	mais
elative	maist	maist
allative	maille	maille
adessive	mail	mail
ablative	mailt	mailt
translative	maiks	maiks
essive	mainna,main	mainna,main
exessive1)	maint	maint
1)obsolete *)theaccusativecorresponds with either thegenitive(sg) ornominative(pl) **)thecomitativeis formed by adding the suffix-ka?or-kä?to thegenitive.

Derived terms

• Maipraaznikka

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja,Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page291

Istriot

Etymology

FromLatinmagis.

Adverb

mai

1. never(not ever)
   • 1877,Antonio Ive,Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno,volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page40:

     Chemaipioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,

     That I haven’t everseen a more beautiful woman in the world,

Italian

Etymology

FromLatinmagis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈma.i/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ai
• Hyphenation:mà‧i

Adverb

mai

1. never
2. ever,always
3. used as anintensifier

   Una risposta quantomaiambigua.

   An ambiguous answerindeed.

   Dovemaisi sarà cacciato?

   Whereon earthdid he end up?

Derived terms

• casomai
• come mai
• giammai
• mai dire mai
• mai e poi mai
• mai più
• meglio tardi che mai
• ora o mai più
• ormai
• quasi mai

Anagrams

• ami,ima,mia

Japanese

Romanization

mai

1. Rōmajitranscription ofまい
2. Rōmajitranscription ofマイ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

FromPortuguesemãe.

Noun

mai

1. mother

Karelian

Regional variants ofmai

North Karelian (Viena)	—
South Karelian (Tver)	mai

Months of the year

Previous:	aprelʹa
Next:	ijunʹa

Etymology

Borrowed fromRussianмай(maj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɑi̯/
• Hyphenation:mai

Noun

mai(genitivemain,partitivemaida)

1. (South Karelian)May

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of mai (type 6/pimie,no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mai	mait
genitive	main	main
partitive	maida	maida
illative	maih	maih
inessive	maissa	maissa
elative	maista	maista
adessive	mailla	mailla
ablative	mailda	mailda
translative	maiksi	maiksi
essive	maina	maina
comitative	mainke	mainke
abessive	maitta	maitta

Possessive forms ofmai
1st person	maini
2nd person	mais
3rd person	maih
*)Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used insubstantivisedclauses.

Synonyms

• oraškuu

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mai”,inСловарь карельского языка (тверские говоры)[Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)],→ISBN

Kaurna

Noun

mai

1. vegetablefood,bush tucker

Kedah Malay

Etymology

FromProto-Malayic*mari,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai/

Verb

mai

1. 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!

   Depamaika 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.

Interjection

mai

1. Come here! Here!

   Maila sat, aku seghighau satgi depa tabuh aku pulak.

   Pleasecomewith me for a second, I'm afraid that they might hit me.

   "Maila, 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.

Khumi Chin

Mai.

Etymology

FromProto-Kuki-Chin*maj,fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*mej.Cognates includeTibetanམེ(me)andS'gaw Karenမ့ၣ်(maỳ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai̯˥/

Noun

mai

1. fire
2. flame

Derived terms

• mai-ing
• maidüte
• maikangte
• maikhü
• maipa
• maiphaw
• maisä-e
• maithawngte
• maitinae

References

• 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],Payap University, page44

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) recordsmaias an equivalent of Englishdung (cow's)in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing alsoKambamaiiandSwahilimavias its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai/

Noun

maiclass6

1. shit,stool

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mbũri ya mai ndĩremaga

See also

• mathugumo

Kokborok

Etymology

FromProto-Bodo-Garo*mai¹(“rice; paddy; cooked rice”),from,Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ma-j ~ mej(“rice; paddy”).Cognate withGaromi,Atong (India)mai.

Noun

mai

1. rice
2. paddy

References

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “mai”, inConcise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎^[2],Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC,→ISBN,page78

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

maif

1. mother

References

• AEDLL

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Northern Peninsular Malay)IPA^(key):[ˈmai̯]

Verb

mai(Jawi spellingماي)

1. (dialectal)tocome(to move from further away to nearer to)

Related terms

• mari

References

• "mai" inKamus Dewan,Fourth Edition,Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,→ISBN,2005.
• “mai”inPusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre,Kuala Lumpur:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

mai

1. Nonstandardspelling ofmái.
2. Nonstandardspelling ofmǎi.
3. Nonstandardspelling ofmài.

Usage notes

• Transcriptionsof Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonaldifferences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*mai,Proto-Oceanic,Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi.Compare withHawaiianmaiandRapa Nuimai.

Adverb

mai

1. hither

Mbandja

Noun

mai

1. water

References

• William L. Gardner,Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo,SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006-005(2006)

Murui Huitoto

Alternative forms

• maì

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[mai̯]

Adverb

mai

1. Used to formhortativesof verbs;let's

   Maijaai!―Let'sgo!

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983)Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I)(Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[3](in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page171
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[4],Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page144

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• mei(Föhr-Amrum)
• mooge(Mooring)

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*maganą.

Verb

mai

1. (Sylt)would,would liketo,liketo

Conjugation

Conjugation ofmai(Syltdialect)

infinitive I	mai
infinitive II	(tö) maien
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	haamaat	hermaat
2nd singular	heestmaat	herstmaat
3rd singular	heermaat	hermaat
plural / dual	haamaat	hermaat
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skelmai	welmai
2nd singular	sketmai	wetmai
3rd singular	skelmai	welmai
plural / dual	skelmai	welmai

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinMaius,afterMaia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/mɑːi/

Noun

mai(indeclinable)

1. May(fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months)månadi dengregorianske kalenderen;januar,februar,mars,april,mai,juni,juli,august,september,oktober,november,desember^{(Category:no:Months)}

References

• “mai”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mai”inDet Norske Akademis ordbok(NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinMaius,afterMaia.

Noun

mai(indeclinable)

1. May(fifth month)

References

• “mai”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• (Limousin,Auvergne,Languedoc,"but")mas
• (Gascony,"more/but")mes
• (Gascony,"more")mèi/mei
• (Gascony,Auvergne,"but")mès

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai/

• Audio(Béarn):

  (file)

Etymology 1

FromOld Occitanmai,fromLatinmagis.

Adverb

mai

1. (Provençal,Vivaro-Alpine,Languedoc)but
2. (Provençal,Vivaro-Alpine,Languedoc,Auvergne,Limousin)more

   Synonym:pus

Derived terms

• a mai
• mai o mens

Etymology 2

FromLatin(mensis)Maius.

Noun

maim(pluralmais)

1. May(month)

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai̯/,[mɛɪ]

Noun

mai

1. food(especially non-meat food; sometimes used for food in general)
2. plantused for food

Rapa Nui

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*mai,fromProto-Oceanic,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi.Cognate withHawaiianmaiandMaorimai.

Preposition

mai

1. from,since

Romanian

Alternative forms

• май(mai)—post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmaj/

• Audio(male voice):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-aj
• Hyphenation:mai

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromOld Church Slavonicмаи(mai),fromKoine GreekΜάϊος(Máïos),fromLatin(mensis)Maius.Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.

Noun

maim(uncountable)

1. May

   Synonym:(popular/folk name)florar

Etymology 2

InheritedfromLatinmagis.

Adverb

mai

1. more
2. anymore
3. again
4. before

Usage notes

This word regards degree rather than number, for which a form of the wordmultshould be appended.

maiușor―easier(literally, “moreeasy”)

maifericit―happier(literally, “morehappy”)

maimultăfericire―morehappiness

maimulțibăieți―moreboys

elnumaimerge―he is not goinganymore

Etymology 3

InheritedfromLatinmalleus(“hammer”).

Noun

main(pluralmaiuri)

1. mallet,maul,sledgehammer,rammer,club

Declension

Declension ofmai

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)mai	maiul	(niște)maiuri	maiurile
genitive/dative	(unui)mai	maiului	(unor)maiuri	maiurilor
vocative	maiule		maiurilor

Derived terms

• măior

Etymology 4

BorrowedfromHungarianmáj.

Noun

main(pluralmaiuri)(Moldavia(region),Transylvania,Bukovina,Maramureș)

1. liver

   Synonym:ficat

Declension

Declension ofmai

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)mai	maiul	(niște)maiuri	maiurile
genitive/dative	(unui)mai	maiului	(unor)maiuri	maiurilor
vocative	maiule		maiurilor

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months)lunăacalendarului gregorian;ianuarie,februarie,martie,aprilie,mai,iunie,iulie,august,septembrie,octombrie,noiembrie,decembrie^{(Category:ro:Months)}

Romansch

Alternative forms

• matg(Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Sutsilvan,Surmiran)
• meg(Puter)

Etymology

FromLatin(mensis)Maius(“of May”).

Proper noun

maim

1. (Vallader)May

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ma-y,may—obsolete,Spanish-based orthography
• ma-i

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/maˈʔi/[mɐˈʔi]
• Rhymes:-i
• Syllabification:ma‧i

Noun

maí(Baybayin spellingᜋᜁ)(obsolete)

1. wordloadedwithmeaning

   Synonym:wikangmalaman

   maymaingsalita―has aword loaded with meaning

See also

• paramdam
• sakuna

Further reading

• “mai”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860)Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[5](in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈma.i]

Adverb

mai

1. even

   botobotomaiioho, ladomaiioho―theyevenate grasshoppers, theyevenate eels

   ngofa-ngofa amoi uamaikado―notevenone child came

   ngori pipi cabumaiua―I have no moneyat all(literally, “my money,evena little is not”)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001)A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia,University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi,compareMalaymari.

Verb

mai

1. tocome

Tocharian B

Particle

mai

1. perchance

Tokelauan

Etymology

FromProto-Polynesian*mai.Cognates includeHawaiianmaiandSamoanmai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈma.i]
• Hyphenation:ma‧i

Preposition

mai

1. from
   • 1948,Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau[Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[6],page 1:

     Maite kāloā, ko nā tālaaga ki nā fenua o Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo, ma Olohega na fauhia kē fai ma o matou kāiga.

     Fromthe ancient times, of the tales, the islands of Atafu, Nukunonu, Fakaofo and Olohega You created together, as our home.

Particle

mai

1. Indicates the motion of the action of the preceding verb towards the speaker;towards,to

Antonyms

• atu

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary‎^[7],Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page199

Uneapa

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*mai,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*maʀi,fromProto-Austronesian*um-aʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai/

Verb

mai

1. tocome

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm D.(2003) Andrew Pawley, editor,The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 2, The Physical Environment,Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN,→OCLC;republished as Meredith Osmond, editor,(Please provide a date or year)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội)IPA^(key):[maːj˧˧]
• (Huế)IPA^(key):[maːj˧˧]
• (Saigon)IPA^(key):[maːj˧˧]

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Etymology 1

(Thisetymologyis 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 asEnglishmorn(ning)andmorrow,Dutchmorgen,Romance ones such asFrenchdemainandItaliandomani,andJapaneseMinh nhậtandTriều(ashita).

Noun

mai•(Mai,𣈕,Mai,𪰹)

1. earlymorning
2. (colloquial)Short forngày mai(“tomorrow”).
3. thehairinfrontof a person'sears,sideburns

Derived terms

• ban mai
• mai mốt
• ngày mai
• sao Mai

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnameseword fromMai(“Chinese plum”).

Noun

(classifiercây,bông,hoa)mai•(Mai,Mai)

1. Ochna integerrima,a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the familyOchnaceae,sometimes calledapricotin English
   • 1999,Lê Trung Vũ and Lê Hồng Lý,Lễ hội Việt Nam,Văn hoá Thông tin, page 357

     Ngày xưa kỳ thi Hội chọn lấy đỗ Tiến sĩ được tổ chức vào mùa xuân, cùng với dịp hoamainở.

     In times of old, the ceremony of selecting Imperial Examination laureates was organized in spring, to coincide with the blooming of theapricottrees.

Etymology 3

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

Noun

(classifiercái)mai

1. (of crabs, turtles and tortoises)carapace(dorsal shell)

   Synonym:mu

Etymology 4

Cognate withMuongBibai.

Noun

(classifiercái)mai•(鋰)

1. a kind ofshovel

Derived terms

• dốt đặc cán mai

Etymology 5

Non-Sino-VietnamesereadingofChineseMôi(SV:môi).

Noun

mai•(䋦)

1. (Southern Vietnam)matchmaker

Derived terms

• mai mối

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed fromRussianмай(maj).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa,Liivtšülä)IPA^(key):/ˈmɑi̯/,[ˈmɑi̯]
• Rhymes:-ɑi̯
• Hyphenation:mai

Noun

mai

1. May

Inflection

Declension ofmai(type I/maa,no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	mai	maid
genitive	mai	maijõ
partitive	maitõ	maitõ
illative	maihi,maihisõ	maisõ
inessive	maiz	maiz
elative	maissõ	maissõ
allative	mailõ	mailõ
adessive	maillõ	maillõ
ablative	mailtõ	mailtõ
translative	maissi	maissi
*)theaccusativecorresponds with either thegenitive(sg) ornominative(pl) **)theterminativeis formed by adding the suffix-ssaato the shortillative(sg) or thegenitive. ***)thecomitativeis formed by adding the suffix-kato thegenitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mai”,inVadja keele sõnaraamat[A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh

Etymology

Frommae(“it is”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales,standard)IPA^(key):/mai̯/
  • (North Wales,colloquial)IPA^(key):/ma/,/mə/
• (South Wales)IPA^(key):/mai̯/
• Homophone:Mai;mae(South Wales)

Conjunction

mai

1. (formalandNorth Walescolloquial)that(introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)

   Mae’n dweudmaiathro yw ef.(formal)

   He saysthathe is a teacher.

   Mae o’n deudmaiathro ’dy o.(North Wales, colloquial)

   He saysthathe is a teacher.

   • 2012April 27, “Uchafbwynt Uwchgynghrair Rygbi”, inBBC Cymru Fyw‎^[8]:

     Byddai buddugoliaeth i Bontypridd yn sicrhaumainhw fydd yn gorffen y tymor ar frig y tabl.

     Victory for Pontypridd would ensurethatthey finish the season at the top of the table.

Synonyms

• (South Wales,colloquial)taw

See also

• y
• bod
• i
• nad

West Makian

Etymology

Cognate withTernatemari(“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈma.i/

Noun

mai

1. stone

References

• James Collins (1982)Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[9],Pacific linguistics
• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[10],Pacific linguistics(asmay)

Yola

Verb

mai

1. Alternative form ofmye
   • 1867,CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,page114,lines21-23:

     Ye pace——yea, wemaizei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,

     The peace——yes, wemaysay the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,

References

• 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

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai̯˧/

Noun

mai

1. face

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mai̯˧/

Noun

mai

1. pumpkin

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou,Canchipur: Manipur University, page45