"mai" meaning in Fijian

See mai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Etymology: From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*maʀi}} Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*maʀi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Head templates: {{head|fj|preposition}} mai
  1. in
    Sense id: en-mai-fj-prep-WClnU00P
  2. from
    Sense id: en-mai-fj-prep-dYV6RYmZ

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*maʀi}} Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*maʀi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi Head templates: {{head|fj|verb|always together with|lako|, as|lako mai}} mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)
  1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-mai-fj-verb-Ptksrbr~ Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Fijian prepositions Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of Fijian prepositions: 17 33 50
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "always together with",
        "4": "lako",
        "5": ", as",
        "6": "lako mai"
      },
      "expansion": "mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 33 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come (to move from further away to nearer to)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mai-fj-verb-Ptksrbr~",
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "mai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in"
      ],
      "id": "en-mai-fj-prep-WClnU00P",
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from"
      ],
      "id": "en-mai-fj-prep-dYV6RYmZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian prepositions",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian verbs",
    "Pages with 62 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "always together with",
        "4": "lako",
        "5": ", as",
        "6": "lako mai"
      },
      "expansion": "mai (always together with lako, , as lako mai)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Fijian intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come (to move from further away to nearer to)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian prepositions",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian verbs",
    "Pages with 62 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*maʀi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *mai, from Proto-Oceanic *maʀi, *mai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "preposition"
      },
      "expansion": "mai",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in",
          "in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mai"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mai meaning in Fijian (2.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: always together with lako",
  "path": [
    "mai"
  ],
  "section": "Fijian",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "mai",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: as lako mai",
  "path": [
    "mai"
  ],
  "section": "Fijian",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "mai",
  "trace": ""
}

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