mai

Symbol

mai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Maithili.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Maithili terms

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Determiner

mai

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

See also

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

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.

Etymology

From Latin mater, matrem.

Noun

mai f

1. mother

Alternative forms

• maiu

Etymology

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

Noun

mai

1. May (month)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maj/

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From English May.

References

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

Noun

mai

1. water

Noun

mai

1. water

Further reading

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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin magis.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aj

Adverb

mai

1. never

   Antonym: sempre

   No ho sabrem mai. ― We'll never know.

2. ever

   Synonym: alguna vegada

   Hi has vingut mai, a la festa major? ― Have you ever been to the major festival?

Noun

mai

1. breadfruit

Noun

mai

1. eye

Etymology

From German Mai.

Noun

mai (genitive mai, partitive maid)

1. May

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin (mensis) maius.

Noun

mai m

1. May (month of the Gregorian calendar)

See also

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mai, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ/

• Audio (France); “en mai”:

  (file)

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

Noun

mai m (plural mais)

1. May (month)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ami

Etymology

From Latin magis.

Adverb

mai

1. never