mãy

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "may"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From madre, from Latin mātrem, accusative singular of māter (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmãj/

Noun

mãy f (plural mãys)

(hypocoristic, usually childish) mummy, mother
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Mem Rodrigues de Briteiros or João Fernandes de Ardeleiro, B 1330: Hun sangrador de Leirea (facsimile)
  Quen tal jogo que[r] jogar / Com ſa mãy uaa jogetar.
  If anyone wants to mock me / he can go mock his mummy!

Synonyms

madre

Coordinate terms

pay, padre

Descendants

Fala: má
Galician: mai, nai
Portuguese: mãe (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Noun

mãy f (plural mãys)

Obsolete spelling of mãe.
- 1545, Garcia de Resende, Liuro das obras de Garcia de Reſẽnde que trata da vida do christianiſſimo; muito alto ⁊ muyto poderoſo principe el Rey dõ João o ſegundo deſte nome, page 1:
  De ſeu pay ⁊ ſua mãy ⁊ ſeu nacimento.
  About his father and his mother and his birth.

Tai Do

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Thai ไม้ (máai), Northern Thai ᨾᩱ᩶, Lao ໄມ້ (mai), Lü ᦺᦙᧉ (may²), Tai Dam ꪼꪣ꫁, Shan မႆႉ (mâ̰i), Tai Nüa ᥛᥭᥳ (mȧy), Aiton မႝ (may), Ahom 𑜉𑜩 (may), Zhuang faex, Nong Zhuang maex, Saek ไม.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maj⁵³/

Noun

mãy

tree

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