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Mai
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Appendix:Variations of "mai"
English
Etymology
Chinese surname with several origins:
from en cmn 麥 wheat,
from Mandarin and en yue 買 buy
Cantonese form of yue 米 (see en Mi).
Romanized from zh 马 (see en Ma)
Romanized from zh 梅 (see en Mei)
As a en de - surname, variant of en May.
Proper noun
en female, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
en Chinese of Chinese or German origin.
Anagrams
en aim 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
en surnames from German
Bavarian
Etymology 1
Cognate with de Maul.
Alternative forms
bar Maal Northern
bar Meu East Central
Pronunciation
bar /mai̯/ West Central
bar ai̯
Noun
n
mouth
bar Mund Goschn Fotzn
Etymology 2
Cognate with de Mai.
Proper noun
May
bar Body parts
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Maj
Estonian
Etymology
Short form of Maia, from Maarja / Maria; also associated with the month et mai May.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Ewe
Etymology
ee de Mai.
Proper noun
ee proper nouns
May month
ee Damɛ<q:native term>
See also
Friulian
Etymology
From fur la Maius.
Noun
fur noun
May
fur Months
German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:meie<id:May> May
From de gmh meie, from de goh meio, from de la (mensis) la Maius, the de itc - goddess of growth.
Pronunciation
de /maɪ̯/
de De-Mai.ogg
de De-Mai2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯ 1
Noun
m,(s)
de May Q119
Declension
m,(s)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
de Maibaum
Descendants
et mai 1
he מַאי may 1
hrx Maai 1
sl máj 1
Further reading
Japanese
Romanization
まい
Latin
Proper noun
la proper noun form Maī
la Maius gen//voc s
North Frisian
Alternative forms
frr mei Föhr-Amrum
frr moi Mooring
Etymology
Ultimately from frr la Maius.
Noun
frr noun m
frr Sylt May
frr Krölenmuun
frr Months Time
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female, short for Maja, Maria, or from the month
Vietnamese
Etymology
梅.
Pronunciation
vi mai
Proper noun
Mai
vi Chinese
vi female Chinese
Welsh
cy:
Etymology
From cy wlm Mey, from cy la Maius.
Pronunciation
cy /mai̯/
cy Cy-Mai.ogg
cy ai̯ 1
cy mai; cy mae South Wales
Proper noun
m
May
Synonyms
cy cyntefin
See also
Mutation