From Latinmīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.
Noun
mi (uncountable)
(music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Translations
See mi/translations § Noun.
See also
see list of other syllables at solfège, sol-fa
Etymology 2
Noun
mi
Alternative form of mi. .
Anagrams
'im, I'm, IM, Im, im-
Ajië
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mi]
Verb
mi
to come
References
Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Albanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European*me-.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mi]
Pronoun
mi
my
See also
im
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian*mūh-, from Proto-Indo-European*múh₂s(“mouse”). Cognate with Latinmūs, Ancient Greekμῦς(mûs), and the like.
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
John R. Roberts, Amele Organised Phonology Data (1998)
Ampari Dogon
Noun
mi
water
Further reading
Roger Blench, Ampari Pa, a Dogon language in Northern Mali and its affinities (2005)
Arikapú
Noun
mi
water
Further reading
E R Ribeiro, Nimuendajú Was Right: The Inclusion of the Jabutí Language Family (IJAL)
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latinme, accusative singular of ego. Compare Romanianmă.
Pronoun
mi (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of io)
me (accusative)
(reflexive) myself
Related terms
mini
io/iou
Bagupi
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Baimak
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Bau
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Berti
Noun
mi
water
References
Ehret, Christopher (2001) A Historical-Comparative Reconstruction of Nilo-Saharan (SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika: Beihefte; 12)[1], Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN.
Bikol Central
Pronoun
mi
by us, of us
Our—exclusive of person spoken to.
Synonym:niamo
Bislama
Etymology
From Englishme
Pronoun
mi
I/me (first-person singular pronoun)
my (first-person singular possessive)
Usage notes
Mi is often placed before a noun to mean my in high-register speech, but in low-register speech, blongmi is placed after the noun to achieve the same meaning.
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Latinmedius.
Noun
mim (mis)
noon, midday
Synonyms
mairande
meidi
mijor
pregneire
References
Thomas Mignard (1870). Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne.
Buginese
Particle
mi
ᨆᨗ: which means only, e.g. ᨉᨘᨕᨆᨗ /duaːmi/ means only two.
Catalan
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈmi/
Etymology 1
From Latinmihi, through a Vulgar Latin*mi.
Pronoun
mi
me; post preposition form of jo
Declension
See Template:ca-decl-ppron for more pronouns.
Etymology 2
Noun
mim (pluralmis)
(music) mi (third note of diatonic scale)
Etymology 3
Noun
mif (pluralmis)
mu; the Appendix:Greek alphabet letter Μ (lowercase μ).
Chuukese
Verb
mi
(transitive, copulative) to be (precedes the adjective or adverb)
Corsican
Etymology
From Latinme. Cognates include Italianme, mi and Sicilianmi.
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan*ma-j ~ mej(“rice; paddy”).
Noun
mi
(botany) rice plant
rice
Garus
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Gaulish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic*mī, from Proto-Indo-European*h₁me-, *h₁me-n-(“me”).
Pronoun
mī
I; first-person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
Inflection
Girawa
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Patricia Lillie, Girawa Dictionary
Guerrero Amuzgo
Verb
mi
have
Noun
mi
cat
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguesemim. Cognate with Kabuverdianumi.
Pronoun
mi
I (first person singular)
me
my
Gumalu
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmi]
Rhymes: -mi
Etymology 1
From Proto-Uralic*me.
Pronoun
mi
(personal) we
Declension
Derived terms
Note: In all these forms, mi is optional and only serves for emphasis.
mialattunk, mielőttünk etc. (mi + a postposition with the first-person plural personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
minekünk, mihozzánk etc. (mi + one of the declined forms listed in the table above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
Alternative forms
mink(dialectal)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Uralic*mi.
Interjection
mi
(poetic) how …!, what (a) …!
Synonyms
mily(also poetic)
milyen(normal use)
micsoda(normal, somewhat colloquial)
minő(poetic and archaic)
Pronoun
mi
(interrogative) what?
(after van or nincs in any tense and mood, followed by an infinitive) something, anything, nothing
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
mi (pluralmik)
mi (a syllable used in solfège to represent the third note of a major scale)
Coordinate terms:dó, ré, fá, szó, lá, ti
Declension
Its inflected forms are uncommon.
or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of the interrogative pronoun)
Further reading
solfège hand signs
Indonesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈmi]
Hyphenation: mi
Etymology 1
From Malaymi(“noodle”), from Hokkien麵/面 (mī, “noodle, flour”).
Noun
mi (plural, first-person possessivemiku, second-person possessivemimu, third-person possessiveminya)
(food) noodle
Etymology 2
From Latinmīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.
Noun
mi (plural, first-person possessivemiku, second-person possessivemimu, third-person possessiveminya)
(music) mi, a syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
Further reading
“mi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Determiner
mi
(possessive) my
Isebe
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latinmē (accusative of ego), from Proto-Indo-European*h₁me-. As an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from Latinmihi, dative singular of ego, through a form mi.
Alternative forms
-mi(enclitic)
Pronoun
mi (first person, objective case)
me
(dative) (to) me
Synonym:a me
Usage notes
Becomes me when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
See also
See Template:Italian personal pronouns for more pronouns.
Etymology 2
Noun
mi
(music) The third note, mi.
E (musical note or key)
Etymology 3
Noun
mim or f (invariable)
mu (Greek letter)
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
me
Etymology
From Englishme. Compare Sranan Tongomi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɪ/
Hyphenation: mi
Pronoun
mi
I
me
my
Related terms
yuh
im
har
shi
wi
unnu
dem
Further reading
Richard Allsopp (main editor), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, 2003 (reprint by The University of the West Indies Press, originally 1996 by Oxford University Press), ISBN 9789766401450 (originally ISBN-10: 976-640-145-4), page 377
mi – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Japanese
Romanization
mi
Rōmaji transcription of み
Rōmaji transcription of ミ
Jarawa
Etymology
Cognate to Öngemi(“I; me”). Not related to English.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mi
I; we (both singular and plural first-person pronoun, usually not as the object of the verb)
Usage notes
The pronoun mi can be used in both the nominative and accusative case, but it is less common than ma for the latter. When used in possessive constructions, the choice of pronoun is largely determined by vowel harmony.
See also
References
Kumar, Pramod (2012). Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 76—85.
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguesemim.
Pronoun
mi
I, me, my
Kare (New Guinea)
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic*mi. Cognates include Estonianmis and Vepsmi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmi/
Pronoun
mi
what?
which, that
Declension
Synonyms
(relative pronoun):ku, kumpani
References
P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 60
Laboya
Pronoun
mi
second person plural independent pronoun
See also
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan*b-ləj. Cognates include Jingphomali and Burmeseလေး(le:).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/, [mi˧]
Numeral
mi
four
Alternative forms
myit
References
Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[6], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 36
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /miː/
(Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mī
vocative masculine singular of meus
Pronoun
mī
(poetic, syncopated)dative singular of egō
References
mi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
mi in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
mi in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
mi in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[7], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latinmē, accusative of egō(“I”), from Proto-Italic*egō (accusative *mē), from Proto-Indo-European*éǵh₂, (accusative *m̥(m)é ~ me).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mi
I, me
See also
ti
lê
noî, niâtri
voî, viâtri
lô, liâtri
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish*ʔ-mre¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Burmeseမြေ(mre).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mi³³]
Noun
mi
(Yao'an) ground, land, dirt
Low German
Alternative forms
my(older orthography)
mie
mek, meck, mik, mick(Eastphalian)
mui(Eastwestphalian)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Etymology
From Middle Low Germanmî from Old Saxonmī, from Proto-Germanic*miz.
Pronoun
mi
me (dative of ik)
me (accusative of ik)
Usage notes
Some Low German dialects in southern Westphalia differentiate between dative mi and accusative mik.
English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Matepi
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Mawan
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miː/, /mi/
Pronoun
mi
accusative/dative of ic
Descendants
Dutch: mij, me
Afrikaans: my
Limburgish: mir
Middle English
Alternative forms
my, mie, me
Etymology
Apocopated form of min, myn, from Old Englishmīn(“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic*mīnaz(“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek(“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European*méynos(“my; mine”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmiː/
(unstressed) IPA(key): /mi/
Determiner
mi (nominativeI)
First-person singular genitive determiner: my.
Usage notes
mi is usually used before a consonant (other than h-), while min is usually used before a vowel or h-, much as with Modern English an vs a.
Related terms
min
Descendants
English: my
Scots: my, ma
References
“min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxonmī, from Proto-Germanic*miz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miː/
Pronoun
mî
(first person singular dative) me
(first person singular accusative) me
Declension
See Template:gml-perpron for declension.
Descendants
Low German: my, mie, mui
German Low German: mi
Plautdietsch: mie
Mosimo
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Munit
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Murupi
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Nadëb
Etymology
Related to Dâwmiʔ(“in (liquid)”).
Noun
mi
water
Synonyms
naʔɤy
References
Language at Large: Essays on Syntax and Semantics (Aikhenvald, Dixon), citing Martins (1994)
Nake
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From Englishme.
Pronoun
mi
I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
North Frisian
Pronoun
mi
me
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norsemín.
Pronunciation
Determiner
mi
feminine singular of min
References
“mi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /miː/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norsemínf.
Determiner
mif
feminine singular of min
Etymology 2
From Latinmīra, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.
(music)mi, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Coordinate terms
(scale of solfège):do, re, mi, fa, so(or sol), la, ti(or si), do
References
“mi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
im
Nzadi
Pronoun
mǐ`
I (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
mē
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*miz.
Pronoun
mī
accusative/dative of ik
Inflection
See Template:ofs-decl-ppron for more pronouns.
Descendants
North Frisian: me
Saterland Frisian: mie
West Frisian: my
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
mik(for the accusative)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*miz.
Pronoun
mī
dative/accusative of ik
Declension
See Template:osx-decl-ppron for more pronouns.
Descendants
Middle Low German: mi
Low German: my, mie, mui
German Low German: mi
Plautdietsch: mie
Önge
Etymology
Cognate to Jarawami(“I; we”). Not related to English.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mi
I; me (singular first-person pronoun)
See also
References
D. Dasgupta, S. R. Sharma (1982) A Handbook of Onge Language, Anthropological Survey of India
Palenquero
Etymology
From Spanishmi.
Adjective
mi
my
Usage notes
Placed after the noun.
Panim
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Panim Talking Dictionary
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
ami(synonym)
Etymology
From Portuguesemim and Spanishmi and Kabuverdianumi.
Pronoun
mi
I, me, my.
Pijin
Etymology
From Englishme
Pronoun
mi
I/me (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
Polish
Alternative forms
(stressed)mnie
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mʲi/
Pronoun
mi
dative singular mute of ja
Portuguese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmi/
Hyphenation: mi
Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1
From Latinmi[ra] in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.
Noun
mim (pluralmis)
mi (musical note)
Coordinate terms
(C major scale) escala de dó maior; dó, ré, mi, fá, sol, lá, si
Etymology 2
Pronoun
mi
Obsolete form of mim.
Rapting
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Rempi
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Samosa
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Saruga
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irishmé, from Proto-Celtic*mī.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [mi]
Pronoun
mi
I
me
Derived terms
mise(emphatic)
See also
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*my
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mîː/
Pronoun
mȋ (Cyrillic spellingми̑)
we (nominative plural of jȃ(“I”))
we (vocative plural of jȃ(“I”))
Declension
Pronoun
mi (Cyrillic spellingми)
to me (clitic dative singular of jȃ(“I”))
(emphatic, possessive, dative) my, of mine (clitic dative singular of jȃ(“I”))
Declension
Seta
Noun
mi
water
References
transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66
Sihan
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Silopi
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Slovak
Alternative forms
mne
Pronoun
mi
dative of ja
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic*my.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /míː/
Pronoun
mȋ
we (masculine plural, more than two)
Inflection
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Rhymes: -i
Etymology 1
Adjective
mi (first-person singular possessive singular, pluralmis)
(before the noun)Apocopic form of mío, my
Usage notes
The forms mi and mis are only used before and within the noun phrase of the modified noun. In other positions, a form of mío is used instead.
Besides being a pronoun, because mi occurs in a noun phrase and expresses reference, it also grammatically classifies as a determiner (specifically a possessive/genitive determiner).
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
mif (pluralmíes)
mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
Synonym:mu
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Englishme. Compare Jamaican Creolemi.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mi
I
me
my
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic*mi.
Pronoun
mi
what
Further reading
Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[9], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Englishme.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /mi/
Pronoun
mi
I, me. First person pronoun; refers to the person speaking.
See also
See Template:tpi-personal pronouns for more pronouns.
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
From Englishme.
Pronoun
mi
me
See also
ai
Turkish
Particle
mi
Used to form interrogatives.
Usage notes
Personal suffixes are added to the interrogative particles, as well as the past tense suffixes.
This form is used when the last vowel of the previous word is "i" or "e". Other forms used with different vowels are: mu?, mü? and mı?
Utu
Noun
mi
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Veps
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic*mi.
Pronoun
mi (genitivemin, partitivemidä)
what (interrogative)
Inflection
Derived terms
mi-se
koje-mi
nimi
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Conjunction
mi
than (in comparisons)
Synonyms
ku
References
Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “чем, что”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from . . Probably unrelated to .
Noun
eyelashes
Related terms
Etymology 2
From , from . See also .
Alternative forms
Pronoun
you
you
Related terms
;
Etymology 3
Borrowed from or .
Noun
mi
Etymology 4
Verb
to kiss
Synonyms
; ;
Walloon
Pronoun
me
my
Wamas
Noun
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology
From , from , from . Cognate to , , , and .
Pronoun
I, me
Usage notes
Mi is typically heard only after the preposition in formal language and in northern colloquial language. In southern colloquial language the form is used after the preposition .
See also
Particle
a particle used with verbs other than to mark affirmative statements.
Usage notes
Mi triggers the soft mutation on the following verb. It is more common in the north; in the south, is used instead.
Yoidik
Noun
louse
Further reading
Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975)