mai

mai

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English Online Dictionary. What means mai‎? What does mai mean?

English

Determiner

mai

  1. (anime, manga, fandom slang, Internet slang) Alternative form of my (used in the expressions mai waifu and mai husbando)

Anagrams

  • AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'm-a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MIA, Mia, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mia

Ajië

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mai]

Adjective

mai

  1. far

References

  • Leenhardt, M., Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie, 1935. 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., Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie, 1946. 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

From Latin mater, matrem.

Noun

mai f

  1. mother

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • maiu

Etymology

From Latin Māius or Greek Μάιος (Máios). Compare Romanian mai.

Noun

mai

  1. May (month)

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maj/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mai¹ (“rice; paddy; cooked rice”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”).

Noun

mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই)

  1. rice

Etymology 2

From English May.

Alternative forms

  • me
  • mei

Noun

mai (Bengali script মায় or মাই)

  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

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmaj/

Adverb

mai

  1. never
    Antonym: sempre
  2. ever
    Synonym: alguna vegada

Derived terms

  • més val tard que no mai

See also

  • jamai

Chuukese

Noun

mai

  1. breadfruit

Dharug

Noun

mai

  1. eye

Estonian

Etymology

From German Mai.

Noun

mai (genitive mai, partitive maid)

  1. May

Declension

Synonyms

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

See also

  • (Gregorian calendar months) jaanuar, veebruar, märts, aprill, mai, juuni, juuli, august, september, oktoober, november, detsember (Category: et:Months)

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (mensis) māius.

Noun

mai m

  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, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Verb

mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)

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

Preposition

mai

  1. in
  2. from

French

Etymology

From Old French mai, from Latin (mensis) Māius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ/, /me/

Noun

mai m (plural mais)

  1. May (month)

Related terms

  • (Gregorian calendar months) mois du calendrier grégorien; janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre (Category: fr:Months)

Descendants

  • Guianese Creole: mè
  • Haitian Creole: me
  • → English: may
  • → Persian: مه‎ (me)

Further reading

  • “mai” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • ami

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

  1. never

Galician

Noun

mai f (plural mais)

  1. Alternative form of nai

Garo

Pronoun

mai

  1. what

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mãe. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mai.

Noun

mai

  1. mother

Hausa

Noun

mâi m (possessed form mâin)

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

Derived terms

  • man shanu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Particle

mai

  1. hither, this way, towards the speaker
    Mai mai mai!
    Come in, come in!
    E hoʻolohe mai ana lākou i ka moʻolelo.
    They were listening to the story.

Usage notes

  • Commonly used after verbs that do not need a directional in English.
  • Mai and aku may 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 sequence mai...mai or mai...aku)

Verb

mai

  1. don't Negative imperative followed by a verb
    Mai makaʻu.
    Don't be afraid.

Hungarian

Etymology

ma +‎ -i

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒji]
  • Hyphenation: mai
  • Rhymes: -ji

Adjective

mai (not comparable)

  1. of today, today's

Declension

Antonyms

  • régi
  • antik

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

  1. never (not ever)
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Che mai pioûn biela duon i’iê veisto al mondo,
      That I haven’t ever seen a more beautiful woman in the world,

Italian

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Pronunciation

Adverb

mai

  1. never
  2. ever, always
  3. Used as an intensifier.

Related terms

  • casomai/caso mai
  • come mai?
  • giammai
  • mai dire mai (proverb)
  • mai e poi mai
  • mai più
  • meglio tardi che mai (proverb)
  • ormai
  • ora o mai più
  • quasi mai

Anagrams

  • ami
  • mia

Japanese

Romanization

mai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of マイ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mãe.

Noun

mai

  1. mother

Kaurna

Noun

mai

  1. vegetable food, bush tucker

Kedah Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai/

Verb

mai

  1. Come, present (at here), attend, be (here)
    Depa mai ka 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!
    Mai la sat, aku seghighau satgi depa tabuh aku pulak.
    Please come with me for a second, I'm afraid that they might hit me.
    "Mai la, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *may, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Tibetan མེ (me) and S'gaw Karen မ့ၣ် (maỳ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai̯˥/

Noun

mai

  1. fire
  2. flame

Derived terms

References

  • R. Shafer, “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, 1944, page 423
  • K. E. Herr, The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎[1], Payap University, 2011, page 44

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records mai as an equivalent of English dung (cow's) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba maii and Swahili mavi as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai/

Noun

mai 6

  1. shit, stool

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

  • mbũri ya mai ndĩremaga

See also

  • mathugumo

References

Kokborok

Etymology

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

Noun

mai

  1. rice
  2. paddy

References

  • Debbarma, Binoy, “mai”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎[2], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, 2001, →ISBN, page 78

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mai f

  1. mother

References

  • AEDLL

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Kedah) IPA(key): [ˈmai̯]

Verb

mai (Jawi spelling ماي‎)

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

Related terms

  • mari

References

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

Mandarin

Romanization

mai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mái.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mǎi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mài.

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.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, Proto-Oceanic, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

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)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maius, after Maia

Noun

mai (indeclinable)

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

  • (Gregorian calendar months) månad i den gregorianske kalenderen; januar, februar, mars, april, mai, juni, juli, august, september, oktober, november, desember (Category: no:Months)

References

  • “mai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Maius, after Maia

Noun

mai (indeclinable)

  1. May (fifth month)

References

  • “mai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan mai, from Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

  1. but
  2. more
    Synonym: pus
Derived terms
  • a mai
  • mai o mens

Etymology 2

From Latin (mensis) Māius.

Noun

mai m (plural mais)

  1. May (month)

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mai̯/, [mɛɪ]

Noun

mai

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

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Preposition

mai

  1. from, since

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaj/

Etymology 1

From Latin (mensis) Māius, probably through Greek Μάιος (Máios) and partially Proto-Slavic *majь. Less likely a direct derivation from Latin.

Noun

mai m (uncountable)

  1. May
Synonyms
  • florar (popular/folk name)

Etymology 2

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

  1. more
Usage notes

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

Etymology 3

From Latin malleus (“hammer”).

Noun

mai n (plural maiuri)

  1. mallet, maul, sledgehammer, rammer, club
Declension
Derived terms
  • măior

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hungarian máj.

Noun

mai n (plural maiuri)

  1. (dialectal) liver
Declension
Synonyms
  • ficat

See also

  • (Gregorian calendar months) lună a calendarului gregorian; ianuarie, februarie, martie, aprilie, mai, iunie, iulie, august, septembrie, octombrie, noiembrie, decembrie (Category: ro:Months)

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin (mensis) Māius (“of May”).

Proper noun

mai m

  1. (Vallader) May

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mai. Cognates include Hawaiian mai and Samoan mai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.i/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧i

Preposition

mai

  1. from

Particle

mai

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

References

  • R. Simona, editor, Tokelau Dictionary‎[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, 1986, page 199

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [maːj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [maːj˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mai • (𣈕, 𪰹)

  1. early morning
  2. (colloquial) Short for ngày mai (“tomorrow”).
  3. the hair in front of a person's ears
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 梅 (“Chinese plum”).

Noun

(classifier cây, bông, hoa) mai

  1. Ochna integerrima, a tree species (sometimes shrub) of the family Ochnaceae, sometimes called apricot in 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 hoa mai nở.
      In times of old, the ceremony of selecting Imperial Examination laureates was organized in spring, to coincide with the blooming of the apricot trees.

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái) mai • (𨨦)

  1. (of crabs, turtles and tortoises) shell

Etymology 4

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 媒 (SV: môi).

Noun

mai

  1. (Southern Vietnam) matchmaker

Welsh

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /mai̯/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ma/, /mə/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /mai̯/

Conjunction

mai

  1. (formal and North Wales colloquial) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
    (formal)
    (North Wales, colloquial)

Synonyms

  • (South Wales, colloquial) taw

See also

  • y
  • bod
  • i
  • nad

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, A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, 2013, page 45

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