mái
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mai"
Boloki
[edit]Nomen
[edit]mái
Further reading
[edit]Huichol
[edit]Nomen
[edit]mái
- maguey, century plant.
Krisa
[edit]Nomen
[edit]mái
Lingala
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.
Nomen
[edit]mái class 6
Related terms
[edit]- máimái (“wet”)
References
[edit]- John Ellington, Handbook of Kinshasa Lingala (1992), page 74
- James E. Redden, Lingala: basic course (1963), page 167
Mandarin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 狷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 薶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 貊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霾
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 埋
Vietnamese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [maːj˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [maːj˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [maːj˦˥]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *meːʔ.
Adjective
[edit]- (of a bird) female
- Antonym: trống
- gà mái ― a hen
- (of an animal with cá (“fish”) in its name, including cetaceans) female
- Antonym: trống
- cá heo mái/cái ― a female dolphin
Usage notes
[edit]- Less common than cái when used for "fish", although it is not rare nor uncommon.
See also
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *ɓaːlʔ.
Nomen
[edit]- roof
- mái ấm ― loving home; shelter house (e.g. for disadvantaged children)
- bangs; fringe
- mái ngố ― blunt bangs
Usage notes
[edit]Classifier
[edit]- indicates all of someone's headhair
- mái tóc bóng mượt ― shiny and silky hair
Kategorien:
- Boloki lemmas
- Boloki nouns
- Huichol lemmas
- Huichol nouns
- hch:Plants
- Krisa lemmas
- Krisa nouns
- Lingala terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Lingala lemmas
- Lingala nouns
- Lingala class 6 nouns
- ln:Water
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with audio links
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese nouns
- Vietnamese classifiers
- vi:Female animals
- vi:Birds
- vi:Fish
- vi:Cetaceans
- vi:Hair