"may" meaning in Cebuano

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmaj/, [ˈmaɪ̯]
Etymology: From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker). Head templates: {{ceb-verb|b=+}} may (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌ᜔)
  1. particle used as an existential marker: there be; there is Synonyms: anaa, aduna, adia, ania, atua
    Sense id: en-may-ceb-verb-XpQtfJN6 Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 51 12 16 11 10 Disambiguation of Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries: 40 13 15 21 11
  2. particle used as a possessive marker: to have
    Sense id: en-may-ceb-verb-yus-cZ~a
  3. (after sa) near a place
    Sense id: en-may-ceb-verb-SFgyvQGH
  4. (sometimes with mga) approximately, about some time ago; at around Tags: sometimes
    Sense id: en-may-ceb-verb-upkrxwZU Categories (other): Cebuano terms with Badlit script Disambiguation of Cebuano terms with Badlit script: 23 17 17 28 16
  5. (+ adjective prefixed with pagka-) be somewhat
    Sense id: en-may-ceb-verb-LW1xWRUZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: may edad, may lain pa
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "may edad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "may lain pa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "may (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌ᜔)",
      "name": "ceb-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "may"
  ],
  "lang": "Cebuano",
  "lang_code": "ceb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wala"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 12 16 11 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cebuano entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "40 13 15 21 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "there is gold in the cave",
          "text": "may bulawan sa ungib",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the big sharks are in the sea",
          "text": "may dagkong mga pating sa dagat",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used as an existential marker: there be; there is"
      ],
      "id": "en-may-ceb-verb-XpQtfJN6",
      "links": [
        [
          "there be",
          "there be"
        ],
        [
          "there is",
          "there is"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anaa"
        },
        {
          "word": "aduna"
        },
        {
          "word": "adia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ania"
        },
        {
          "word": "atua"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maria has a personal vehicle",
          "text": "may sakyanan si Maria",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used as a possessive marker: to have"
      ],
      "id": "en-may-ceb-verb-yus-cZ~a",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "by the door",
          "text": "sa may pultahan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "near a place"
      ],
      "id": "en-may-ceb-verb-SFgyvQGH",
      "links": [
        [
          "sa",
          "sa#Cebuano"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after sa) near a place"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after sa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 17 17 28 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cebuano terms with Badlit script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it has been about two months",
          "text": "may (mga) duha ka buwan na",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at around four o'clock",
          "text": "may (mga) alas-kuwatro",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "approximately, about some time ago; at around"
      ],
      "id": "en-may-ceb-verb-upkrxwZU",
      "links": [
        [
          "mga",
          "mga"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes with mga) approximately, about some time ago; at around"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with mga"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Antonio is somewhat talkative",
          "text": "may pagkatabian si Antonio",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be somewhat"
      ],
      "id": "en-may-ceb-verb-LW1xWRUZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "pagka-",
          "pagka-"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(+ adjective prefixed with pagka-) be somewhat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaɪ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cebuano entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cebuano lemmas",
    "Cebuano terms with Badlit script",
    "Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Cebuano terms with missing Badlit script entries",
    "Cebuano verbs",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "may edad"
    },
    {
      "word": "may lain pa"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "may (Badlit spelling ᜋᜌ᜔)",
      "name": "ceb-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "may"
  ],
  "lang": "Cebuano",
  "lang_code": "ceb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wala"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "there is gold in the cave",
          "text": "may bulawan sa ungib",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the big sharks are in the sea",
          "text": "may dagkong mga pating sa dagat",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used as an existential marker: there be; there is"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "there be",
          "there be"
        ],
        [
          "there is",
          "there is"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anaa"
        },
        {
          "word": "aduna"
        },
        {
          "word": "adia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ania"
        },
        {
          "word": "atua"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Maria has a personal vehicle",
          "text": "may sakyanan si Maria",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "particle used as a possessive marker: to have"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "by the door",
          "text": "sa may pultahan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "near a place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sa",
          "sa#Cebuano"
        ],
        [
          "near",
          "near"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after sa) near a place"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after sa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "it has been about two months",
          "text": "may (mga) duha ka buwan na",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "at around four o'clock",
          "text": "may (mga) alas-kuwatro",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "approximately, about some time ago; at around"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mga",
          "mga"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "around",
          "around"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes with mga) approximately, about some time ago; at around"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with mga"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Antonio is somewhat talkative",
          "text": "may pagkatabian si Antonio",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be somewhat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pagka-",
          "pagka-"
        ],
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(+ adjective prefixed with pagka-) be somewhat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaj/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmaɪ̯]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "may"
}

Download raw JSONL data for may meaning in Cebuano (2.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Badlit spelling ᜋᜌ᜔",
  "path": [
    "may"
  ],
  "section": "Cebuano",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "may",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: + adjective prefixed with pagka-",
  "path": [
    "may"
  ],
  "section": "Cebuano",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "may",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: + adjective prefixed with pagka-",
  "path": [
    "may"
  ],
  "section": "Cebuano",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "may",
  "trace": ""
}

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