moi
English
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- (humorous or sarcastic, often used questioningly to express mock surprise) Me.
- Don't you be so cheeky. — Cheeky? Moi?
- Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!
- 2000 April 30, John Swartzwelder, “Kill the Alligator and Run”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 19:
- Kid Rock: Yo, let's waste that biotch. / Homer: Biotch? Moi?
- 2011, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, The Muppets, spoken by Miss Piggy:
- There's only one Miss Piggy, and she is moi.
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Cimbrian
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.
Determiner
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References
edit- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
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Finnish
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editFrom Low German; see German Low German moin. Has also been compared with moro, suggesting a connection with Swedish morgon, but this is now considered unlikely.[1]
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edit- “moi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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editFrench
editAlternative forms
edit- moé (Quebec, colloquial)
Etymology
editInherited from Middle French moy, from Old French mei, moi, mi (“me”), tonic form of me, from Latin mē (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me-, *(h₁)me-n- (“me”). More at me.
See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman mei; Gallo mai; Picard moè; Bourguignon moi; Franco-Provençal mè; Occitan and Corsican me.
Pronunciation
editPronoun
editmoi
- me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
- to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
Synonyms
edit- mézigue (argot)
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editNumber | Person | Gender | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct complement) |
Dative (indirect complement) |
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Singular | First | — | je, j’ | me, m’ | — | — | moi | |
Second | — | tu | te, t’ | — | — | toi | ||
Third | Masculine | il | le, l’ | lui | y | en | lui | |
Feminine | elle | la, l’ | elle | |||||
Indeterminate | on1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Reflexive | — | se, s’4 | — | — | soi4 | |||
Plural | First | — | nous | nous | — | — | nous | |
Second | — | vous2 | vous2,3 | — | — | vous2 | ||
Third | Masculine | ils3 | les | leur | y | en | eux3 | |
Feminine | elles | elles |
- 1 Also used as the first person plural.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
- 3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
- 4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
Noun
editmoi m (uncountable)
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editFurther reading
edit- “moi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
edit13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese moi, mui, from moito, muito (“very”) (moi is exclusively used by Galician authors and in the Cantigas de Santa Maria).
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edit- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mui”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
German
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- (Austria, colloquial) aw (Used to express affection.)
- Moi, ist der Hase süß! ― Aw, what a cute rabbit!
Japanese
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Mòcheno
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin Maius. Cognate with German Mai.
Noun
editmoi m
See also
edit- (Gregorian calendar months) genner, hourneng, merz, oberel, moi, prochet, heibeger, agst, leistagst, schanmikeal, òlderhaileng, schantònderer (Category: mhn:Gregorian calendar months)
References
edit- “moi” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Murui Huitoto
editmoi | |
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moi- | — |
Etymology
editCognates include Minica Huitoto moi and Nüpode Huitoto moi.
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edit- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 178
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127
Naga Pidgin
editEtymology
editInherited from Assamese মই (moi), from Early Assamese মঞি (moñi), মই (moi), Kamarupi Prakrit 𑖦𑖂 (maï, “by me”), 𑖦𑖺𑖊 (moe), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀇 (maï, “by me”), 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (máyā, “by me”).
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editmoi
Nefamese
editEtymology
editinherited from Assamese মই (moi).
Pronoun
editmoi
- I (1st person singular pronoun)
North Frisian
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edit- mei (Föhr-Amrum)
- Mai (Sylt)
Noun
editmoi m
- (Mooring) Synonym of krölemoune
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editTonic form of me, from Latin mē.
Pronoun
editmoi
Usage notes
edit- Similar in terms of usage to modern French moi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use me :
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Romanian
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Sranan Tongo
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Vietnamese
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editFrom Proto-Vietic *-mɔːl ~ muəl (“digging stick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟmuul ~ *ɟmuəl (“to dibble”); cognate with Bahnar jơmul (“to plant rice using dibble stick to make holes”) and Khmu [Cuang] cmɔːl ("to plant"). Compare mói (as in soi mói, from Proto-Vietic *c-mɔːlʔ).
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