mi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mi"

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Translingual

Symbol

mi

(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Maori.

English

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/
Audio (General American): (file)
Rhymes: -iː
Homophone: me

Etymology 1

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

Noun

mi (uncountable)

(music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

Derived terms

do-re-mi

Translations

See mi/translations § Noun.

Etymology 2

Noun

mi

Alternative form of mi. .

Anagrams

'im, I'm, I. M., 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, Paris: 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *mūh-, from Proto-Indo-European *múh₂s (“mouse”).

Noun

mi m (plural minj, definite miu, definite plural minjtë)

mouse

Declension

Declension of mi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mi	miu	minj	minjtë
accusative	mi	miun	minj	minjtë
dative	miu	miut	minjve	minjve
ablative	miu	miut	minjsh	minjve

Ama

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩː/

Noun

mi

bone

Amele

Noun

mi

louse

Ampari Dogon

Noun

mi

water

Arikapú

Noun

mi

water

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin me.

Pronoun

mi (unstressed accusative and reflexive form of io)

me (accusative)
(reflexive pronoun) myself
Mi-ashedz.
I sit (seat myself).

Related terms

mini
io/iou

Bagupi

Noun

mi

louse

Baimak

Noun

mi

louse

Bau

Noun

mi

louse

Bavarian

Etymology

Cognate with German mich.

Pronoun

mi

me (accusative)

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, →ISSN.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/ [mi]

Pronoun

mi (Basahan spelling ᜋᜒ)

by us, of us
Synonym: niyato
Our—exclusive of person spoken to.
Synonym: niyamo

Yaon an harong mi sana sa may kanto.
Our house is just around the corner.

Bislama

Etymology

From English me. Cognate with Tok Pisin mi and Pijin mi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi

I, me, my
- 2008, Miriam Meyerhoff, Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech‎^[2], →ISBN, page 344:
  Bang i wantem mi faen from mi ovaspen.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

In formal speech, mi is placed before a noun to denote a first-person possessor. In informal speech, the construction blong mi is used instead.

References

Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, page 46

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin medius.

Noun

mi m (mis)

noon, midday
El ât mi, noutre ovreire é dressai lai sope
It's noon, our worker has prepared the soup

Synonyms

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

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmi]
Rhymes: -i

Etymology 1

From Latin mī.

Pronoun

mi

me; post preposition form of jo

Declension

See Template:ca-decl-ppron for more pronouns.

Etymology 2

Noun

mi m (plural mis)

(music) mi (third note of diatonic scale)

Etymology 3

Noun

mi f (plural mis)

mu; the Greek alphabet letter Μ (lowercase μ)

Etymology 4

Verb

mi

(colloquial) second-person singular imperative of mirar

Usage notes

This form is an optional reduced form of the imperative mira that can see use when combined with one or more clitic pronouns attached to the end of the verb - for example:
mi-te'l (“look at it, look at him”) for mira-te'l

Derived terms

(Algherese) mi-lo, mi-la, mi-los, mi-les (behold!, here it is!, here they are!)

References

“Imperatius amb forma molt reduïda: mi-te'l, mi-te-la, mi-te'ls, mi-te-les”, in Optimot‎^[3], 2020 August 28, retrieved 4 July 2022

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 57

“mi-lo, mi-la”, in Diccionari d'Alguerés, 2022 July 4 (last accessed)

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

mei, mein (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/, /mi/

Determiner

mi (masculine menge or minge, feminine and plural meng or ming)

(Ripuarian) my (first-person singular possessive)
Wo hann ich dann mi Jlas henjestallt?
Where did I put my glass?

Usage notes

The form meng/ming is used for the neuter when strongly stressed: Dat es ming Jlas! (“That's my glass!”) Contrariwise, the form mi may be used for the masculine and feminine when unstressed, chiefly with words for relatives: mi Papp (“my father”, but less common than menge Papp).

Chuukese

Verb

mi

(transitive, copulative) to be (precedes the adjective or adverb)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin me.

Pronoun

mi

me (both direct and indirect subject)

References

https://infcor.adecec.net/

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɪ]
Audio: (file)

Pronoun

mi

clitic dative of já

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin meus.

Pronoun

mi m (feminine maja)

mine; first-person masculine singular possessive pronoun
my

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

mi f (plural mi's)

(music) mi

Egyptian

Romanization

mi

Manuel de Codage transliteration of mj.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian mi, French moi, English me, etc., plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mi]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi (first-person singular nominative, accusative min, possessive mia)

I, the one who is speaking, me, myself
Mi vidas lin. ― I see him.

Li donis la hundon al mi. ― He gave the dog to me.

Mi diris al mi. ― I said to myself.

Ewe

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ/

Pronoun

mi

you (plural)

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mi, from Latin mihi.

Pronoun

mi

First person singular prepositional pronoun; me

References

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[4], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/, [ˈmi]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation^(key): mi

Pronoun

mi (poetic)

Alternative form of mikä (“what”) (especially as a relative pronoun)

Declension

Declension of mi

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit	superessive	–	–
genitive	min	min	delative	–	–
partitive	mitä	mitä	sublative	minne	–
accusative	mi, min	mitkä	lative	–	–
inessive	missä	missä	temporal	milloin	–
elative	mistä	mistä	causative	miten	–
illative	mihin	mihin	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	millä	millä	distributive	–	–
ablative	miltä	miltä	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	mille	mille	prolative	–	–
essive	minä	minä	situative	–	–
translative	miksi	miksi	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	–	–
comitative	–	–

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/
Audio (Paris): (file)

Noun

mi m (plural mi)

(music) mi, the note 'E'

Descendants

→ Persian: می (mi)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mē, and possibly, as an indirect object, in part from Latin mihi.

Pronoun

mi (first person direct object, indirect object)

(direct object) me
(indirect object) to me
(reflexive pronoun) myself

Related terms

jo

Fula

Pronoun

mi

I (first person singular subject pronoun; short form)

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).
Used in all conjugations except the affirmative non-accomplished, where the long form is used instead.

Ga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I, me (first-person pronoun; refers to the person speaking)

Gal

Noun

mi

louse

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin meus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mi]

Determiner

mi (first-person singular possessive singular)

(before the noun) unstressed form of meu and miña: my
- 1880, Rosalía de Castro, Follas novas, page 83:
  —Non mo preguntés, mi madre,
  Vale mais que nunca o sepás.
  Secretos d'esta feitura
  Deben dormir antr'as pedras.
  Don't ask me, my mother,
  better if thou never know.
  Secrets of this making
  should sleep among the stones.

Usage notes

The form mi is only used before padre (“father”), madre (“mother”), tío (“uncle”), señor (“lord, sir”), amo (“master”), as a form of respect.

Derived terms

mi madriña

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmi]

Noun

mi m (plural mis)

(music) mi (musical note)
(music) E (the musical note or key)

References

Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mi”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ma-j ~ mej (“rice; paddy”).

Noun

mi

(botany) rice plant
rice

Garus

Noun

mi

louse

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronoun

mī

I; first-person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mī	snīs
Accusative	me	snīs
Genitive	mon	ansron
Dative	moi	amē
Ablative	me	ame
Instrumental	moi	?
Locative	moi	amē

Girawa

Noun

mi

louse

Guerrero Amuzgo

Verb

mi

have

Noun

mi

cat

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mim.

Pronoun

mi

I (first person singular)
me
my

Gumalu

Noun

mi

louse

Gun

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩ́/

Pronoun

mí

we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩ̀/

Pronoun

mì

you (second-person plural personal pronoun)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩ/

Pronoun

mi

me (first-person singular personal object pronoun)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩ́/

Pronoun

mí

us (first-person plural personal object pronoun)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mĩ̀/

Pronoun

mì

you (second-person plural personal object pronoun)

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Etymology 1

From French mûr.

Adjective

mi

ripe, mature

Etymology 2

From French mur.

Noun

mi

wall

Synonyms

miray

References

Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmi]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -mi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Uralic *me.

Pronoun

mi

(personal) we

Declension

declension of mi

nominative	mi
accusative	minket
dative	nekünk
instrumental	velünk
causal-final	értünk
inessive	bennünk
superessive	rajtunk
adessive	nálunk
illative	belénk
sublative	ránk
allative	hozzánk
elative	belőlünk
delative	rólunk
ablative	tőlünk

Alternative forms

mink (dialectal)

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)

Etymology 2

ed Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question		this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
question		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik	ez	az	u u	mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy (an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy (an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy (an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	semennyi	amennyi	v	a b	–
wh. extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
: Mindeddig/-addig* mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

From Proto-Uralic *mi.

Pronoun

mi

(interrogative) what?
Mi van a kezedben? ― What is in your hand?
(after van or nincs in any tense and mood, followed by an infinitive) something, anything, nothing
Nincs mit hozzátennem. ― I have nothing to add.

Még szerencse, hogy volt mit enni! ― It's lucky there was something to eat!

Örülnék, ha lenne mit nézni a tévében. ― I would be glad if there were something to watch on TV.

Van mire tenni a vázát? ― Is there anything to put the vase on?

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mik
accusative	mit	miket
dative	minek	miknek
instrumental	mivel	mikkel
causal-final	miért	mikért
translative	mivé	mikké
terminative	miig	mikig
essive-formal	miként	mikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	miben	mikben
superessive	min	miken
adessive	minél	miknél
illative	mibe	mikbe
sublative	mire	mikre
allative	mihez	mikhez
elative	miből	mikből
delative	miről	mikről
ablative	mitől	miktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mié	miké
non-attributive possessive - plural	miéi	mikéi

Possessive forms of mi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mim	mijeim
2nd person sing.	mid	mijeid
3rd person sing.	mije	mijei
1st person plural	mink	mijeink
2nd person plural	mitek	mijeitek
3rd person plural	mijük	mijeik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end

Expressions

mi újság? (pronoun/determiner)

Determiner

mi (interrogative)

(now only in certain set phrases) what?
Synonyms: milyen, miféle

mi okból? ― for what reason?

mi célból? ― for what purpose/goal?

mi végből/végre? ― to what end?

mi módon? ― in what manner?

mi fán terem? ― what kind of thing is it? (literally, “on what tree is it produced?”)

Derived terms

Expressions

mi járatban vagy?
mi újság? (pronoun/determiner)

Interjection

mi

(poetic) how …!, what (a) …!
Synonyms: (poetic) mily, (normal) milyen, (normal, slightly colloquial) micsoda, (poetic and archaic) minő

Mi gyönyörűség! ― What beauty!

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mi (plural mik)

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.

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mik
accusative	mit	miket
dative	minek	miknek
instrumental	mivel	mikkel
causal-final	miért	mikért
translative	mivé	mikké
terminative	miig	mikig
essive-formal	miként	mikként
essive-modal	miül	—
inessive	miben	mikben
superessive	min	miken
adessive	minél	miknél
illative	mibe	mikbe
sublative	mire	mikre
allative	mihez	mikhez
elative	miből	mikből
delative	miről	mikről
ablative	mitől	miktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mié	miké
non-attributive possessive - plural	miéi	mikéi

Possessive forms of mi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mim	mijeim
2nd person sing.	mid	mijeid
3rd person sing.	mije	mijei
1st person plural	mink	mijeink
2nd person plural	mitek	mijeitek
3rd person plural	mijük	mijeik

or (as a means of distinction from the inflection of the interrogative pronoun)

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mi-k
accusative	mi-t	mi-ket
dative	mi-nek	mi-knek
instrumental	mi-vel	mi-kkel
causal-final	mi-ért	mi-kért
translative	mi-vé	mi-kké
terminative	mi-ig	mi-kig
essive-formal	mi-ként	mi-kként
essive-modal	mi-ül	—
inessive	mi-ben	mi-kben
superessive	mi-n	mi-ken
adessive	mi-nél	mi-knél
illative	mi-be	mi-kbe
sublative	mi-re	mi-kre
allative	mi-hez	mi-khez
elative	mi-ből	mi-kből
delative	mi-ről	mi-kről
ablative	mi-től	mi-ktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	mi-é	mi-ké
non-attributive possessive - plural	mi-éi	mi-kéi

Possessive forms of mi
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	mi-m	mi-jeim (or mi-im)
2nd person sing.	mi-d	mi-jeid (or mi-id)
3rd person sing.	mi-je	mi-jei (or mi-i)
1st person plural	mi-nk	mi-jeink (or mi-ink)
2nd person plural	mi-tek	mi-jeitek (or mi-itek)
3rd person plural	mi-jük	mi-jeik (or mi-ik)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmi]
Hyphenation: mi

Etymology 1

From Malay mi (“noodle”), from Hokkien 麵／面 (mī, “noodle, flour”).

Noun

mi (first-person possessive miku, second-person possessive mimu, third-person possessive minya)

(food) noodle

Etymology 2

From Latin mīra, 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 (first-person possessive miku, second-person possessive mimu, third-person possessive minya)

(music) mi, a syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmi/, [ˈmi]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmi/, [ˈmi]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi

(rare) Alternative form of mikä
- 1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
  „Katso, mi kumma seel ono?“
  Hää hiljaa karhulle saoi.
  „Look, what kind of wonder is there?“
  It quietly asked the bear.

Declension

Declension of mi: see mikä

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 309

Interlingua

Determiner

mi

(possessive) my

Isebe

Noun

mi

louse

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from Latin mihi.

Alternative forms

-mi (enclitic)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi (first person, objective case)

clitic accusative of io. me
Synonym: me (non-clitic)

m'ha colpito ― he hit me
clitic dative of io. (to) me
Synonym: a me (non-clitic)

dammelo ― give it to me

dimmi tutto ― tell me anything

mi piace ― I like it (literally, “it's pleasing to me”)

non mi fai paura ― you don't scare me (literally, “you don't give fear to me”)
(colloquial) Used as ethical dative.
stammi bene! ― keep well!

che mi combini? ― what are you doing?

Usage notes

Becomes me when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

Etymology 2

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

mi

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/, /ˈmi/^*
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: mì

Noun

mi

(music) the third note, mi
E (musical note or key)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: mi

Noun

mi m or f (invariable)

mu (Greek letter)

Anagrams

im-

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

me

Etymology

From English me.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ/
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi

I
Mi born a Westmoreland.
I was born in Westmoreland.
- 2020, Carolyn Cooper, “Junjo inna di judge wig”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[6] (in Jamaican Creole):
  “Mi nearly dead wid laugh wen mi read wa Fieldgar post pon Gleaner website bout mi column, "Hair Policy Infested With Racism". […] ”
  I nearly died of laughter when I read what Fieldgar posted about my column on Gleaner's website, "Hair Policy Infested with Racism" […]
me
Yuh can see mi?
Can you see me?
- 2019, “Hello Mi Neighbour - Reduce your speed on the roads”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[7] (in English):
  “Si dat now! If yuh did only listen to mi!” […] ”
  Shucks! If only you had listened to me […]
my
A mi suitcase dat.
That's my suitcase.
- 2020, Andre Williams, “PORK POT SAFE - Senior glad after receiving COVID compassionate grant”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[8] (in English):
  “Mi just done cook mi pork and mi rice and peas 'cause I didn't get to cook yesterday […] ”
  I've just finished cooking my pork and my Jamaican rice and peas because […]

Related terms

Japanese

Romanization

mi

The hiragana syllable み (mi) or the katakana syllable ミ (mi) in Hepburn romanization.

Jarawa

Etymology

Cognate to Önge mi (“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.

References

Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa^[9] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 76—85.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mim.

Pronoun

mi

I, me, my

Kare (New Guinea)

Noun

mi

louse

Karelian

Regional variants of mi
North Karelian (Viena)	mi
South Karelian (Tver)	mi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi. Cognates include Veps mi and Finnish mi-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi

(interrogative) what?
(relative) whatever
(indefinitve) whatever

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of mi (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit
genitive	min	min
partitive	mitä	mitä
illative	mih	mih
inessive	missä	missä
elative	mistä	mistä
adessive	millä	millä
ablative	miltä	miltä
translative	miksi	miksi
essive	minä	minä
comitative	—	mineh
abessive	mittä	mittä

Tver Karelian declension of mi (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	mit
genitive	min	min
partitive	midä	midä
illative	mih	mih
inessive	missä	missä
elative	mistä	mistä
adessive	millä	millä
ablative	mildä	mildä
translative	miksi	miksi
essive	minä	minä
comitative	minke	minke
abessive	mittä	mittä

Derived terms

References

A. V. Punzhina (1994) “mi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “mi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mitɨ (“root”); compare Apalaí mity, Trió mitï, Trió mi, Wayana mit, Akawaio mi', Pemon mük, Ye'kwana michü.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mi]

Noun

mi (possessed mity)

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[10], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 317
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “mi”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 292; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[11], Paris, 1956, page 286

Laboya

Pronoun

mi

second person plural independent pronoun

Lashi

**Lashi cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : mi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-ləj.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/, [mi˧]

Numeral

mi

four

Alternative forms

myit

References

Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language‎^[12], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 36

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miː/, [miː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi/, [miː]

Pronoun

mī

vocative masculine singular of meus

Pronoun

mī

(poetic) Syncopated form of mihī̆, dative of egō
- c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 5.7:
  Dā mī basia mille, deinde centum.
  Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[13], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin mē.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I, me

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/
Hyphenation: mi

Pronoun

mi

what?
which?

References

Tatjana Boiko (2019) “mi”, in Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ʔ-mre¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Burmese မြေ (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)

Etymology

From Middle Low German mî from Old Saxon mī, from Proto-Germanic *miz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

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.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Charles V. J. Russ (editor): The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic survey. First published in 1990, reprinted 2000, page 61, note (e): „[...] southern Westphalian dialects, alone of the Low German dialects, do distinguish acc. mik and dik from dat. mi and di.“
^ Ein Sohn der rothen Erde (a son of the red earth): Niu lustert mol! Plattdeutsche Erzählungen und Anekdoten im Paderborner Dialekt. Celle, 1870, page 7: „Fürwörter. Die persönlichen lauten: ik, meyner, mey, mik; diu oder du, deyner, dey, dik [...]“. Translation: „Pronouns. The personal pronouns are: ik, (genitive) meyner, (dative) mey, (accusative) mik; diu or du, deyner, dey, dik [...])“

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mi.

Pronoun

mi

what

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese mim with denasalization.

Pronoun

mi

(archaic) prepositional form of iou: me
Desde idade de doze ano
ganhá pà unsong vesti;
lavá ropa de sua pai,
judá cô ancusa pà mi.
From the age of twelve
earned money to dress herself;
washed her father's clothes
helped with something for me.

Usage notes

For the most part, Macanese does not have pronoun inflections (accusative, dative, etc.). The exception is mi, the prepositional form of iou, but even this is extremely rare in modern Macanese. pà mi in the above poem would be pa iou in modern Macanese.

References

Malay

Etymology

From Hokkien 麵／面 (mī, “noodle, flour”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -i

Noun

mi (Jawi spelling مي, informal 1st possessive miku, 2nd possessive mimu, 3rd possessive minya)

noodle

References

Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “mi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 139

Mandarin

Romanization

mi

Nonstandard spelling of mī.
Nonstandard spelling of mí.
Nonstandard spelling of mǐ.
Nonstandard spelling of mì.

Usage notes

Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Matepi

Noun

mi

louse

Mawan

Noun

mi

louse

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/, /mi/

Pronoun

mi

accusative/dative of ic

Descendants

Dutch: mij, me (muted)
- Afrikaans: my
- Jersey Dutch: māi
- Negerhollands: mi, mie
Limburgish: mir

Middle English

Alternative forms

me, mie, my

Etymology

An apocopic form of min, myn, from Old English mīn (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”, pron.).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /mi/

Determiner

mi (nominative I)

First-person singular genitive determiner: my.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[14], published c. 1410, Joon 2:16, page 45r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  And he ſeide to hem þat ſelden culueris / take ȝe awei from hennes þeſe þingis .· ⁊ nyle ȝe make þe hous of my fadir an hows of marchaundiſe
  And he said to those who sold doves: "Take those things out of here; you won't make my father's house a place of business!"

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
Geordie English: my, maw
Scots: my, ma, me
Yola: mee

References

“min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon mī, 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

Munit

Noun

mi

louse

Murupi

Noun

mi

louse

Nadëb

Etymology

Related to Dâw miʔ (“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

Naxi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej.

Noun

mi

fire

References

Naxi Dictionary by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English me.

Pronoun

mi

I, me (first-person singular pronoun)

North Frisian

Pronoun

mi (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)

Object case of ik: me, myself

Alternative forms

me (Mooring)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mín.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Determiner

mi

feminine singular of min

References

“mi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mín f.

Determiner

mi f

feminine singular of min

Etymology 2

From Latin mīra, 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.

Noun

mi m (definite singular mi-en, indefinite plural mi-ar, definite plural mi-ane)

(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)

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 High German

Pronoun

mi

(northern) Alternative form of mir, dative singular of ih

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

Old Spanish

Determiner

mi

my

Alternative forms

mio

Önge

Etymology

Cognate to Jarawa mi (“I; we”). Not related to English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I; me (singular first-person pronoun)

References

D. Dasgupta, S. R. Sharma (1982) A Handbook of Onge Language, Anthropological Survey of India

Palenquero

Etymology

From Spanish mi.

Adjective

mi

my

Usage notes

Placed after the noun.

Panim

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Noun

mi

louse

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

ami (synonym)

Etymology

From Portuguese mim and Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu mi.

Pronoun

mi

I, me, my.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I

Pijin

Etymology

From English me.

Pronoun

mi

I/me (first-person singular pronoun)
- 1988, Geoffrey Miles White, Bikfala faet: olketa Solomon Aelanda rimembarem Wol Wo Tu‎^[15], page 41:
  Mi wande stori lebebet abaot tupela man blong America hemi foldaon long Baolo.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mi

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: mi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

(stressed) mnie

Pronoun

mi

dative singular mute of ja
Daj mi rękę. ― Give me your hand.

Etymology 2

Noun

mi n (indeclinable)

Alternative form of my

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: mi

Etymology 1

From Latin mi(ra) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

Noun

mi m (plural mis)

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

Rempi

Noun

mi

louse

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian mi or French mi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Noun

mi m (plural mi)

(music) mi, the note 'E'.

Declension

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	mi	miul	mi	mii
genitive-dative	mi	miului	mi	milor
vocative	miule		milor

Samosa

Noun

mi

louse

Saruga

Noun

mi

louse

Sassarese

Alternative forms

m' (apocopic)
-mi, -mmi (enclitic)

Etymology

From Latin mē and, as an indirect object pronoun, possibly in part from mihi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

(accusative) me
- 1866, chapter X, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[16] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 38, page 37:
  E ca no piglia la so’ crozi, e mi sighi, no è dignu di me.
  And whoever doesn't take his own cross, and follow me, is not worthy of me.
- c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[17], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 4, page 69:
  Nisciunu mi cunsola
  Nisciunu vibendi n’ha di me firizza
  No one consoles me. No one alive is proud of me.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Femmina [Woman]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others], Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 21:
  Cand’eri
  giobanedda mi pugnì
  cument’e mura mura.
  When you were young, you used to prickle me like a blackberry
(dative) to me, me
- 1866, chapter XVIII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[18] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), London, translation of Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, verse 28, page 72:
  Isciddu però lu silvidori incuntresi un altru silvidori cumpagnu soju, chi li dibia zentu dinà: e affarrenddilu l’affogaba, dizendi: Pagami lu chi mi debi.
  Having gone out, however, the servant met another fellow servant, who owed him a hundred denarii; and, grabbing him, he choked him, saying: "Pay what you owe me".
  (literally, “Gone out however the servant met another servant fellow of his, who to him owed a hundred denarii: and grabbing him he choked him, saying: Pay me that which to me you owe.”)
- c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎^[19], volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 15, page 89:
  Forsi mi dizarè
  Chi chiddu in lu so fà no ha uguali
  Nè forsi timarè
  Ch’ un altru possia fatti tantu mali
  Ma eju diggu cun dolu
  Chi tal’ omu in lu mondu no è solu.
  Maybe you'll tell me that he, in his actions, has no peers. And maybe you won't fear that someone else might hurt you so much. But I say, pained, that that man is not alone in the world.
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Bocca [Mouth]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 25:
  O bocca di pizzinna, bocca bedda,
  chi mi dizì paràuri pruibiddi
  e chi basgèndimi eri cussì dozzi!
  Oh, young woman's lips, beautiful lips, that spoke forbidden words to me, and was so sweet in kissing me!
  (literally, “Oh, mouth of girl, beautiful mouth, who to me spoke forbidden words, and that kissing me was so sweet!”)
Alternative form of me

Related terms

References

Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish mé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi/

Pronoun

mi (emphatic mise)

first-person singular pronoun; I, me

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mîː/

Pronoun

mȋ (Cyrillic spelling ми̑)

we (nominative plural of jȃ (“I”))
we (vocative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

See jȃ.

Pronoun

mi (Cyrillic spelling ми)

to me (clitic dative singular of jȃ (“I”))
(emphatic, possessive, dative) my, of mine (clitic dative singular of jȃ (“I”))
Gdje mi je auto?
Where is my car?

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

Silopi

Noun

mi

louse

Slovak

Alternative forms

mne

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mi]

Pronoun

mi

dative of ja

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *my.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /míː/

Pronoun

mȋ

we (masculine plural, more than two)

Inflection

Declension of mi (irregular, suppletive)

singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
genitive	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
dative	méni, mi	tébi, ti	sébi, si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój, máno	tebój, tábo	sebój, sábo

possessive	mój	tvój	svój
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f or n	vídva m, védve/vídve f or n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe, se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe, se
dative	náma	váma	sébi, si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój, sábo

possessive	nájin	vájin	svój
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f or n	ví m, vé f or n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi, si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój, sábo

possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/ [mi]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: mi

Etymology 1

From Latin meus, when it was eliding before a vowel-initial word in speech.

Determiner

mi sg (first-person singular possessive singular, plural mis)

(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.

Son mis libros. ― They are my books.

Los libros son míos. ― The books are mine.

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

Spanish possessive determiners

possessor		preposed		postposed or standalone
		possessee		possessee
		singular	plural	singular		plural
		singular	plural	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
First person:	singular:	mi	mis	mío	mía	míos	mías
First person:	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		nuestro	nuestra	nuestros	nuestras
Second person (informal):	singular:	tu	tus	tuyo	tuya	tuyos	tuyas
Second person (informal):	plural:	(same as postposed/standalone)		vuestro	vuestra	vuestros	vuestras
Third person:		su	sus	suyo	suya	suyos	suyas

Etymology 2

Noun

mi f (plural míes)

mu; the Greek letter Μ, μ
Synonym: mu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English me.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I
me
my

Sumerian

Romanization

mi

Romanization of 𒈪

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”). Cognate with Thai หมี (mǐi), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩦ, Lao ໝີ (mī), Lü ᦖᦲ (ṁii), Tai Dam ꪢꪲ, Shan မီ (mǐi), Ahom 𑜉𑜣 (mī), Zhuang mui, Nong Zhuang mue, Bouyei moil. Compare Old Chinese 羋 (*meʔ).

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [mi˧˧]
(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [mi˦˥]

Noun

mi (猸)

bear

References

Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *mi.

Pronoun

mi

what

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English me.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

I, me. First person pronoun; refers to the person speaking.

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English me.

Pronoun

mi

me

Turkish

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Particle

mi

Used to form interrogatives.
Bugün okula gittin mi?
Did you go to school today?

Evli misin?
Are you married?

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?

Inflection

See more at mı.

Utu

Noun

mi

louse

Veps

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *mi.

Pronoun

mi (genitive min, partitive midä)

what (interrogative)

Inflection

Inflection of mi
nominative sing.	mi
genitive sing.	min
partitive sing.	midä
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	mi	—
accusative	min	—
genitive	min	—
partitive	midä	—
essive-instructive	min	—
translative	mikš	—

inessive	miš	—
elative	mišpäi	—
illative	mihe	—

adessive	mil	—
ablative	milpäi	—
allative	mille	—

abessive	mita	—
comitative	minke	—
prolative	midäme	—

approximative I	minno	—
approximative II	minnoks	—
egressive	minnopäi	—

terminative I	mihesai	—
terminative II	millesai	—
terminative III	—	—

additive I	mihepäi	—
additive II	millepäi	—

Derived terms

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 [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[21], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɪj˧˧]
(Vinh) IPA^(key): [mi˧˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 眉 (“eyebrows”). Doublet of mày. Probably unrelated to mí (“eyelid”).

(chiefly Central Vietnam, derogatory in other dialects) you (second person singular pronoun, referring to a person held in low esteem)
(archaic, literary) you (second person singular pronoun)

Related terms

ta
tau; tao

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French mi or Italian mi.

Noun

mi

(music) mi (third note of diatonic scale)
đô, rê, mi ― do, re, mi

Etymology 4

Verb

mi

(slang) to kiss

Synonyms

hôn; hun; thơm

Anagrams

im

Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mi/

Pronoun

mi

me
my

Wamas

Noun

mi

louse

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mi, from Proto-Celtic *mī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miː/
Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun

mi

I, me
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi.
The old land of my fathers is dear to me.

Rhaid i mi fynd i weld Taid.
I have to go and see Granddad.

Usage notes

Mi is typically heard only after the preposition i (“to, for”) in formal language and in northern colloquial language. In southern colloquial language the form fi is used after the preposition i.

Particle

mi (triggers soft mutation on the following verb)

(North Wales) used with inflected verbs to mark affirmative statements.
Mi werthes i hanner dwsin.
I sold half a dozen.

Usage notes

This particle is optional and may only be used before inflected verbs in the preterite, future or conditional in affirmative statements, e.g. mi fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”).
Some speakers may drop the particle but keep the resulting soft mutation, e.g. fydda i'n mynd (“I will go”) instead of bydda i'n mynd.

Synonyms

fe (South Wales)
y (literary)

Mutation

Mutated forms of mi
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mi	fi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yoidik

Noun

mi

louse

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(high-tone): IPA^(key): /mĩ́/
(mid-tone): IPA^(key): /mĩ̄/
(low-tone): IPA^(key): /mĩ̀/

Etymology 1

Noun

mí

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

Etymology 2

Pronoun

mi

me (first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb)

Pronoun

mí

me (first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a low- or mid-tone monosyllabic verb)

Determiner

mi

my (first-person singular possessive pronoun)

Etymology 3

Verb

mí

(intransitive) to breathe

Derived terms

ìmí, mímí

Etymology 4

Verb

mi

(transitive) to shake

Etymology 5

From an old Niger-Congo root, see Proto-Niger-Congo *-mi

Verb

mi

(transitive) to swallow

Derived terms

mímì

Etymology 6

Verb

mì

(intransitive) to move
(intransitive) to oscillate

Derived terms

ìmì, ìmìlẹ́gbẹ́

Etymology 7

Pronoun

mi

(Lagos) Alternative form of mo (“I”)

Etymology 8

From mi used in solfège to represent the third note of a major scale.

Alternative forms

(abbreviated): M, m

Noun

mí

The syllable used to represent the high-tone and its diacritic (´)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmwuːjᴬ (“pubic hair”). Cognate with Thai หมอย (mɔ̌ɔi), Lao ໝອຍ (mǭi), Shan မွႆ (mǎui), Ahom 𑜉𑜨𑜩 (moy).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /mi˨˦/
Tone numbers: mi¹
Hyphenation: mi

Noun

mi (1957–1982 spelling mi)

pubic hair
Synonym: (dialectal) moi

Zou

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *mii, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mî/
Hyphenation: mi

Noun

mì

person, human being

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 42

Zulu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

-mi

Combining stem of mina.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-mi^?

to be standing

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-mi”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-mi”

[1] Charles V. J. Russ (editor): The Dialects of Modern German: A Linguistic survey. First published in 1990, reprinted 2000, page 61, note (e): „[...] southern Westphalian dialects, alone of the Low German dialects, do distinguish acc. mik and dik from dat. mi and di.“

[2] Ein Sohn der rothen Erde (a son of the red earth): Niu lustert mol! Plattdeutsche Erzählungen und Anekdoten im Paderborner Dialekt. Celle, 1870, page 7: „Fürwörter. Die persönlichen lauten: ik, meyner, mey, mik; diu oder du, deyner, dey, dik [...]“. Translation: „Pronouns. The personal pronouns are: ik, (genitive) meyner, (dative) mey, (accusative) mik; diu or du, deyner, dey, dik [...])“

[1]

[2]

		singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
1st person	inclusive	—	yumitu, yumitufala	yumitrifala	yumi
2nd person		yu	yutufala	yutrifala	yufala
3rd person	neutral	hem, em	tufala	trifala	ol¹⁾, olgeta
3rd person	collective	—	tugeta	trigeta	—
¹⁾ Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb. ^) Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns. ^*) The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own.

Person	Default form	Accusative form	Prefixed form
1st	mi	ma	m-
2nd	ŋi	ŋa	ŋ-
	ni	na	n-
	ən		ən-
3rd	hi, əhi	hiwa	h-, hi-, ih-, he-, əh-
3rd	ən (for generic third-person)


Person	Number
	Singular	Plural
		Inclusive	Exclusive
1	nauwa	yitta	nami
2	yauwu	mi
3	nyiyo	yiɗɗa

Macanese personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Possessive	Plural	Possessive	Reflexive	Possessive
First	iou, io, mi, ieu	iou-sa, iou-sua^#, minha, io-sa, io-sua^#	nôs, nosôtro*	nôs-sa, nôsso, nôs-sua^#	onçóm	su, onçóm-sa*, onçóm-sua^#
Second	vôs	vôs-sa, vôsso, su, vôs-sua^#	vosôtro	vosôtro-sa, su, vosôtro-sua^#
Third	êle, êla*	êle-sa, su, êle-sua^#	ilôtro, elôtro, olôtro, ulôtro*	ilôtro-sa, su, ilôtro-sua^#

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st-person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi¹	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi¹	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine²	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him²	his, hit	—
dual³	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
dual³	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person⁴		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he²	hem	here	here heres, heren
	3rd-person	bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

		nominative		accusative		dative
		stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
1^st person singular		i	—	mi	—	mia (mir)	ma
2^nd person singular (informal)		du	—	di	—	dia (dir)	da
2^nd person singular (formal)		Sie	—	Eahna	—	Eahna	—
3^rd person singular	m	er	a	eahm	'n	eahm	'n
	n	es, des	's	des	's	eahm	'n
	f	se, de	's	se	's	ihr	—
1^st person plural		mia (mir)	ma	uns	—	uns	—
2^nd person plural		eß, ihr	—	enk, eich	—	enk, eich	—
3^rd person plural		se	's	eahna	—	eahna	—

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella	li	a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle	li	e, l'	elle

			nominative	dative	accusative	disjunctive
first person	singular		ei	me, -mi		mi
	plural	common	nos	mus^L nus^LV nos, -nus^M		nos
		masculine	noshotrus^M			noshotrus^M
		feminine	noshotras^M			noshotras^M
second person	singular		tú	te, -ti		ti
	plural	common	vos	vus^LV vos, -vus^M		vos
		masculine	voshotrus^M			voshotrus^M
		feminine	voshotras^M			voshotras^M
third person	singular	masculine	el	le, -li	u^LV, o^M	el
	singular	feminine	ela		a	ela
	plural	masculine	elis		us^LV, os^M	elis
	plural	feminine	elas		as	elas
	reflexive		—	se, -si		sí

		personal				possessive
		subject case		object case		masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	plural referent
		full	reduced	full	reduced	masculine referent	feminine / neuter referent	attributive	independent
singular	1st	ik	'k	mi		man	min		minen
	2nd	dü	–	di		dan	din		dinen
	3rd m.	hi	'r	ham	'n	san	sin		sinen
	3rd f. / n.	hat	at, 't	ham	at, 't	san	sin		sinen
plural	1st	wi	'f	üs		üüs			üüsen
	1st	wi	'f	üs		üsens
	2nd	jam	'm	jam		jau			jauen
	2nd	jam	'm	jam		jamens
	3rd	jo	's	jo	's	hör			hören
	3rd	jo	's	jo	's	hörens
notes		The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur. Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör. Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Anagrams

Ajië

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Albanian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

See also

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

Amele

Noun

Further reading

Ampari Dogon

Noun

Further reading

Arikapú

Noun

Further reading

Aromanian

Etymology

Pronoun

Related terms

Bagupi

Noun

Further reading

Baimak

Noun

Further reading

Bau

Noun

Further reading

Bavarian

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

Berti

Noun

References

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Bislama

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

References

Bourguignon

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

References

Buginese

Particle

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Declension

Etymology 2