mey
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See also: Mey
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mey f (genitive singular meyjar, nominative plural meyjar)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Noun
mey f (genitive meyjar, dative meyju, plural meyjar)
- Alternative form of mær
Declension
Declension of mey (strong jō-stem)
Alternative forms
- (Teotepeque) -may
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *maː(y)(V)-. Compare Classical Nahuatl māitl (“hand”). Cognate with Yaqui mamam, Hopi maa('at), Shoshone mo', and Cahuilla -mal.
Pronunciation
Noun
-mēy (plural -mejmēy)
- hand (including hand and forearm)
- Tay tikpia tik mumey?
- What do you have in your hand?
- branch
- Nemi se tutut pak ne imey uni kwawit
- There is a bird on that tree's branch
- handle
- Shikwi yek ne imey ne metat pal titisi
- Hold the metate's handle well so you can grind
Synonyms
- (branch): -majtzal
Related terms
- mā- (combining form)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
mey (plural meys)
- hawthorn flower
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
mey (past tense micht)
Usage notes
Generally replaced by can
Verb
mey
- Alternative form of mye
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
- Nore zichel ne'er well, nowe, nore ne'er mey.
- Nor such never will,
no(now), nor never may.
- Nor such never will,
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86
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