maj

maj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec terms

maj (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of maj..

• JAM, JMA, Jam., jam

From Latin Maius.^[1][2] Compare Aromanian maiu, Romanian mai, Greek Μάιος (Máios).

maj m (definite maji)

1. May

From Proto-Albanian *mazdnja, a deverbative based on Proto-Indo-European *mazd- (“feeding”),^[1] whence also German mästen (“to fatten”), Sanskrit मेदस् (médas, “fat, flesh”).

• mâj — Gheg

maj (aorist majta, participle majtur)

1. to feed
2. to fatten

   Synonyms: mah, majm

• majmë
  • majm

From Latin malleus.^[1] Compare Romanian mai, Italian maglio.

maj m (plural maji, definite maja, definite plural majat)

1. hammer

• Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 53: “malleus — mai”

maj needs inflection

1. Gheg form of mbaj (“to hold”)

Borrowed from Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /maj/, [mɑj]
• Rhymes: -ajˀ, -aj

maj c

1. May (the fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)

maj m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of maj.

From Proto-Turkic *bań.

maj

1. fat, butter, oil

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “maj”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

From Proto-Micronesian *mata (“eye, face”), from Proto-Oceanic *mata (“eye”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata (“eye, center, most important part”), from Proto-Austronesian *maCa (“eye, center, most important part”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmac/

maj

1. eye
2. face
3. spearhead

• majkilahs

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[1], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 145

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *maCa

Learned borrowing from Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: maj
• Homophone: Maj

maj m inan (related adjective majowy)

1. May (month)

   Od października do maja Zatoka Nortona skuta jest lodem. ― From October to May, Norton Bay is covered in ice.

• “maj”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “maj”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

• IPA^(key): /mâj/

mȁj m inan (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ј)

1. May

   Synonym: (Croatia) svȋbanj

• màjskī

• IPA^(key): /maj/, [ˈmaɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -aj

maj

1. second-person singular imperative of mať

Ultimately from Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /màːj/

máj m inan

1. May

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	máj
gen. sing.	mája
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	máj	mája	máji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mája	májev	májev
dative (dajȃlnik)	máju	májema	májem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	máj	mája	máje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	máju	májih	májih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	májem	májema	máji

Ultimately from Latin Maius.

• IPA^(key): /maj/

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Homophone: mig (Scania)

maj c

1. May (month)

   Synonyms: blomstermånad, lövmånad

• majen (definite form for maj)
• majmånad
• majmånaden (definite form for maj)

• “maj”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “maj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “maj”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• jam

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maj m

1. May

Borrowed from Romanian mai.^[1]

maj

1. -er, more; forms comparative adjectives and adverbs.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
2. follows the definite article to form the superlative^[2][4][5]

maj (emphatic maja)

1. I

   Synonym: me

• “maj” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Cognate to Silt'e መዪ (mayi).

maj

1. water

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind, SIL International 2002 (sil.org)