Contionary:mei

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Carnian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Carnian mej, a contraction of Proto-Slavic *meďu or Proto-Slavic *meďi. Semantic shift from "between" to "half" was likely a calque of Latin medius. Compare Italian mezzo and Venetan mezo. Doublet of medio (between).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mɛ̂ɪ̯]

Numeral

mei

  1. half
    Synonym: pou
    Mam mei abla.I have half an apple.

Derived terms

Segotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

mei

  1. first-person singular pronoun; I, me
    genitive
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Declension

1st-person pronouns
  sg du pl
nom.emph egom newa nomes
nom ego na mos
obl me mes
gen mei nai moi
dat mewei nawei mowei
com egem nama noma
abl mede naide motes