mãy

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmãj/

mãy f

1. (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!

• madre

• pay, padre

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

mãy f (plural mãys)

1. 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.

From Proto-Tai *mwajꟲ (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Thai ไม้ (máai), Northern Thai ᨾᩱ᩶, Lao ໄມ້ (mai), Lü ᦺᦙᧉ (may²), Tai Dam ꪼꪣ꫁, Shan မႆႉ (mâ̰i), Tai Nüa ᥛᥭᥳ (mȧy), Aiton မႝ (may), Ahom 𑜉𑜩 (may), Zhuang faex, Nong Zhuang maex, Saek ไม.

• IPA^(key): /maj⁵³/

mãy

1. tree