மை

Tamil

Alternative forms

• மசி (maci), மஷி (maṣi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मसि (masi). Cognate with Malayalam മയി (mayi), മൈ (mai), Telugu మసి (masi), Kannada ಮಸಿ (masi) and Tulu ಮಜಿ (maji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɐɪ̯/

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Noun

மை • (mai)

1. ink
2. sheep

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “மை”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]