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Mei
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Appendix:Variations of "mei"
Translingual
Etymology
From mul cmn - 寐 sleep (such that the name of the type species means "sleeping dragon").
Proper noun
†1 m
genus family †Troodontidae a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of China
Hyponyms
genus †Mei long species sole species
References
Mei (dinosaur) Mei (dinosaur)
Troodontidae
Troodontidae
68249 Mei
English
Pronunciation
mā, en /meɪ/
en eɪ 1
en may May
Etymology 1
From en cmn 美 beautiful měi, a common Chinese given name among women.
Proper noun
en female Mandarin.
Etymology 2
Typically renders the common Chinese surnames en cmn 梅 plum méi and en cmn 枚 tree trunk méi.
Proper noun
en Mandarin.
Etymology 3
Mei County
From en cmn ^眉.
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Baoji province/Shaanxi c/China.
en 23 May 1969 19 May 1969 Activities in Shensi Daily Report: Communist China https://books.google.com/books?id=e1QcAAAAMAAJ I 100 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261251&seq=763 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Sian Shensi Provincial cmn 31371214 H 3 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049261251&seq=804 The Paochi Special District Revolutionary Committee held an on-the-spot symposium on implementation of policies in Mei County and exemplary models were set up later in the various countries and communes.
en October 15, 2010 Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain zh:叶欣 https://web.archive.org/web/20150523142113/http://en.people.cn/90001/90782/7167531.html 23 May 2015 w:People's Daily The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi ProvniceProvince recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.
en
Translations
county
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 眉 Méi
Japanese: ja
Further reading
Meihsien 1179 2
en 1998 Mei Xian Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1942 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1942/ 3
Anagrams
en eim EMI IME MIE Mie
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Mei.wav
Noun
Meimaande
May
See also
Hawaiian
Etymology
Borrowed from haw en May.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
May (month)
haw female English
See also
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records the name Mei does not appear in 19th century marriage records.
Hunsrik
Verb
hrx verb
hrx Meu
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id nl mei, from id la māius Maia's month, from la Maia, a Roman earth goddess, possibly from id ine-pro *magya she who is great, from id ine-pro *méǵh₂s great. Cognate with af Mei, ms Mei.
Pronunciation
méi
Proper noun
Méi
May
Coordinate terms
Further reading
id Gregorian calendar months
Italian
it:
Etymology
it
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Japanese
Romanization
めい
Makasar
Etymology
From mak nl mei May.
Pronunciation
mak /ˈmei/ [ˈme.i]
mak me i
Noun
en May
Coordinate terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from ms en May, from ms enm -, from ms ang -, from ms fro mai, from ms la māius, from la Maia.
Pronunciation
ms [me] nativization
ms e 1
ms [mei̯] uncommon,Baku
ms ei̯ 1
ms Mei
Proper noun
مي
May fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
See also
Further reading
ms Gregorian calendar months
Māori
Etymology
Borrowed from mi en May.
Pronunciation
mei '-
Proper noun
May (month)
See also
Plautdietsch
Noun
pdt proper noun m plural Meien
May
pdt Months
Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor en:May<ref:39> + 1
Pronunciation
mei
sw Sw-ke-Mei.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
May
See also
References
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From tpi en May.
Proper noun
tpi proper noun
May (month)
See also