Contionary:mei

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

• meina f (“half”)

Segotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *méy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛj]

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