mãy

See also: may, May, mAy, maý, máy, mày, mấy, and mây

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From madre, from Latin mātrem, accusative singular of māter (“mother, matron”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmãj/

Noun

mãy f

(hypocoristic, usually childish) mummy, mother
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Mem Rodrigues de Briteiros or João Fernandes de Ardeleiro, B 1330: Hun sangrador de Leirea (facsimile)
  Quen tal jogo que[r] jogar / Com ſa mãy uaa jogetar.
  If anyone wants to mock me / he can go mock his mummy!

Synonyms

madre

Coordinate terms

pay, padre

Descendants

Galician: mai, nai
Portuguese: mãe
- Angolar: maa
- Annobonese: mai, me
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
- Indo-Portuguese: mãe, mai
- Kabuverdianu: mai
- Malaccan Creole Portuguese: mai
- Principense: mwin
- Sãotomense: men

Portuguese

Noun

mãy f (plural mãys)

Obsolete spelling of mãe
- 1545, Garcia de Resende, Liuro das obras de Garcia de Reſẽnde que trata da vida […] do christianiſſimo; muito alto ⁊ muyto poderoſo principe el Rey dõ João o ſegundo deſte nome, page 1:
  De ſeu pay ⁊ ſua mãy ⁊ ſeu nacimento.
  About his father and his mother and his birth.

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