meis

See also: méis and meiš

Brooke's Point Palawano

Noun

meis

1. corn

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of meisje, from meid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛi̯s/
• Hyphenation: meis
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯s

Noun

meis f (uncountable)

1. (familiar, colloquial, Netherlands, mostly used as a term of address) girl

   Hoi meis, hoe gaat het met je?

   Hi girl, how are you doing?

   Sterkte met het verlies van je pony, meis.

   My condolences on the loss of your pony, girl.

Fala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯s/
• Rhymes: -ei̯s
• Syllabification: meis

Determiner

meis m pl

1. masculine plural of mei (“my”)

Pronoun

meis m pl

1. masculine plural of mei (“mine”)

See also

Fala possessive determiners and pronouns

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Possessor	First person	Singular	mei	miña	meis	miñas
		Plural	nosu	nosa	nosus	nosas
	Second person	Singular	tei	túa, tu1	teis	túas, tus1
		Plural	vosu	vosa	vosus	vosas
	Third person		sei	súa, su1	seis	súas, sus1

1. Determiner forms used in Lagarteiru before a noun.

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯sːæ/, [ˈme̞i̯s̠ː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯s/, [ˈme̞i̯ʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ei̯sː, -ei̯s
• Hyphenation: meis

Pronoun

meis

1. inessive of möö

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[2], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 98

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin mēnsis.

Noun

meis m (plural meisc)

1. month

Synonyms

• mens / mëns

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.iːs/, [ˈmeiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.is/, [ˈmɛːis]

Pronoun

meīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of meus

Norman

Alternative forms

• mais (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old Northern French meis, from Latin mēnsis, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s.

Noun

meis m (plural meis)

1. (Guernsey, France) month

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meiss.

Noun

meis

1. a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
2. a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

Derived terms

• bakmeis
• kløvmeis
• bæremeis
• vidjemeis

Etymology 2

From German Meise.

Noun

meis

1. a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

References

• “meis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• meise

Etymology 1

From German Meise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɪːs/

Noun

meis f (definite singular meisa, indefinite plural meiser, definite plural meisene)

1. a bird of the family Paridae, the tits

Derived terms

• blåmeis
• granmeis
• kjøtmeis, kjøttmeis
• spettmeis

Etymology 2

From Old Norse meiss.

Noun

meis

1. a wicker basket used as a net for catching eels or as a backpack
2. a frame for carrying a backpack, for carrying items on the back

Derived terms

• bakmeis
• kløvmeis

References

• “meis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

meis oblique singular, m (oblique plural meis, nominative singular meis, nominative plural meis)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mois
   • c. 1110, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:

     Un meis sanz vent nagerent tut plein

     They sailed for a whole month without wind

   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     La paiz dura treis meis

     The peace lasted for three months