mae

See also: Mae, MAE, Maè, mãe, Māe, mä, mæ, ma'e, -mä, мае, and має

Translingual

Symbol

mae

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bo-Rukul.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Bo-Rukul terms

Afrikaans

Noun

mae

1. plural of maag

'Are'are

Verb

mae

1. to die

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Ingrian

Mae.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *madëh. Cognates include Finnish made and Veps madeh.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑe/, [ˈmɑe̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑe/, [ˈmɑe̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑe
• Hyphenation: ma‧e

Noun

mae

1. burbot

Declension

Declension of mae (type 6/lähe, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	mae	matteet
genitive	matteen	mattein
partitive	maetta	matteita
illative	matteesse	matteisse
inessive	mattees	matteis
elative	matteest	matteist
allative	matteelle	matteille
adessive	matteel	matteil
ablative	matteelt	matteilt
translative	matteeks	matteiks
essive	matteenna, matteen	matteinna, mattein
exessive1)	matteent	matteint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Soikkola declension of mae (type 6/lähe, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	mae	mattehet, matteet
genitive	mattehen	mattehiin
partitive	maetta, maeht	mattehia
illative	mattehesse	mattehisse
inessive	mattehees	mattehiis
elative	mattehest	mattehist
allative	mattehelle	mattehille
adessive	matteheel	mattehiil
ablative	mattehelt	mattehilt
translative	matteheks	mattehiks
essive	mattehennä, matteheen	mattehinnä, mattehiin
exessive1)	mattehent	mattehint
1) Obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 289

Japanese

Romanization

mae

1. Rōmaji transcription of まえ

Linngithigh

Noun

mae (ergative maengg, dative maew)

1. fire
2. match
3. firewood

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmae/ [ˈma.e]
• Rhymes: -ae
• Syllabification: ma‧e

Noun

mae m or f by sense (plural maes)

1. (Costa Rica, colloquial) dude, guy, man

   Synonyms: tipo; see also Thesaurus:tío

2. (Costa Rica, colloquial) girl, gal, sis
3. (Costa Rica, colloquial, used in the vocative) dude, you

Welsh

Alternative forms

• ma’ (colloquial)

Etymology

Contraction of yma wy (literally “here is”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /maːɨ̯/
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ma/, /mə/
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /mai̯/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ma/, /mə/
• Rhymes: -aːɨ̯
• Homophones: mai, Mai (South Wales)

Verb

mae

1. third-person singular present of bod

   Ble mae’r sebon? Mae’r sebon ar y bwrdd.

   Where is the soap? The soap is on the table.

   Mae Dafydd yn dod.

   Dafydd is coming.

   Mae cath wrth y ffenestr.

   There is a cat at the window. / A cat is at the window.

   Mae hi wedi mynd.

   She has gone.

   Mae’r plant yn chwarae.

   The children are playing.

   Mae’r cathod yn sgrapo’r dyn.

   The cats are scratching the man.

   Mae Angharad ac Alun yn magu’r plant yn dda iawn.

   Angharad and Alun are bringing up the children very well.

   Mae Angharad ac Alun wedi magu’r plant yn dda iawn.

   Angharad and Alun have brought up the children very well.