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Meaning of "mai mai" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAI MAI

Probably from Australian aboriginal mia-mia shelter.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAI MAI

mai mai  [ˈmaɪ maɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAI MAI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mai mai is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAI MAI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mai mai in the English dictionary

The definition of mai mai in the dictionary is a duck-shooter's shelter; hide.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAI MAI


Aegospotami
ˌiːɡəsˈpɒtəˌmaɪ
borborygmi
ˌbɔːbəˈrɪɡmaɪ
calami
ˈkæləˌmaɪ
chiasmi
kaɪˈæzmaɪ
Chiengmai
ˈtʃɪɛŋˈmaɪ
demy
dɪˈmaɪ
ginglymi
ˈdʒɪŋɡlɪˌmaɪ
haeremai
ˈhaɪrəˌmaɪ
hermai
ˈhɜːmaɪ
hippopotami
ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəmaɪ
hypothalami
ˌhaɪpəˈθæləmaɪ
isthmi
ˈɪsmaɪ
Katmai
ˈkætmaɪ
Momi
ˈməʊmaɪ
my
maɪ
Noemi
ˈnəʊəˌmaɪ
rami
ˈreɪmaɪ
thalami
ˈθæləmaɪ
thymi
ˈθaɪmaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAI MAI

mahzorim
mai tai
Maia
maiasaura
maid
Maid Marian
maid of all work
maid of honour
maid service
maidan
maiden
maiden aunt
maiden lady
maiden name
maiden over
maiden pink
maiden speech
maiden voyage
maiden-like
maidenhair

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAI MAI

ai
Bhai
chai
Chennai
Dubai
jai
kai
Madurai
Mount Katmai
Mumbai
rai
reremai
sai
samurai
shanghai
Sinai
Tai
Thai
wai
Weihai

Synonyms and antonyms of mai mai in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mai mai» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAI MAI

Find out the translation of mai mai to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mai mai from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mai mai» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迈迈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mai mai
570 millions of speakers

English

mai mai
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

माई माई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماي ماي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

почта почта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mai mai
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Mãi mãi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mai mai
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mai mai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mai mai
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイマイ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마이 마이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mai mai
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mai mai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மை மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माई माई
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mai Mai
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mai Mai
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mai mai
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пошта пошта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mai Mai
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

mai mai
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mai mai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mai mai
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mai mai
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mai mai

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAI MAI»

The term «mai mai» is regularly used and occupies the 60.861 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAI MAI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mai mai» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mai mai» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mai mai

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAI MAI»

Discover the use of mai mai in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mai mai and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hawaiian Dictionary: Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian
Ha'awi mai. give me. Mai ho'i kauwahi wai, do give me a little water. Mai e 'ai, come and eat. (PPN mai.) 2. prep. From. Also mai . . . mai: see ex., mahune- hune . (Gram. 9.8.) Mai Hilo mai ka lei, the lei is from Hilo. Mai '0 a '0, from there to there; ...
Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert, 1986
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Gartenflora:
Mai 9. Mai 10. Mai 8. Mai 20. März 29. April|ll. April I 6. Mai April I 6. Mai Mai ¡18. Mai 10. Mai 29. Mai 16. Mai 12. Mai 15. Mai 15. Mai 5. Mai 15. Mai 12. Mai 16. Mai 30. Mai 16. Mai 15. Mai 15. Mai 13. Mai 13. Mai 6. Mai 12. Mai Mai Mai Mai Mai ...
Eduard Regel, 1870
3
Poverty in the United States
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4
Mai : A Novel
Bhondu returned change to Hardeyi, Hardeyi to mai, mai kept it here or there or gave it to me to put away, and I practised my sleight of hand. Then, once, I saw mai put away ten rupee notes in a trunk and I made three or four notes vanish from ...
Gītāñjali Śrī, 2000
5
Ethnicity & Democracy in Africa
Even if the Shi political resistance has remained vigorous for nearly ten years, there is nothing to confirm that they are physically engaged in the mai-mai movement, which is an ethnic phenomenon primarily associated with the Bembe, Lega, ...
Bruce Berman, Dickson Eyoh, Will Kymlicka, 2004
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Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
MAI-MAI. The word Mai-Mai emerged during the 1964 rebellion in Congo. The name is a corruption of the Kiswahili word for water, maji. Rebel troops believed in the power of magic. They wore war charms that they believed protected them ...
Emizet Francois Kisangani, Scott F. Bobb, 2009
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The Reconfiguration of Political Order in Africa: A Case ...
Indeed, many Kivutiens articulate a view that depicts the Mai Mai as a local self- defense mechanism of "our children" and "the people armed".587 However, the Mai Mai are in fact an ill-equipped device to enhance the security of the local ...
Denis Tull, 2005
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Local Peace in Civil War: The Case of Butembo in Eastern DRC.
1997 Mai Mai clash with AFDL troops of Tutsi origin 26, mostly civilian and Mai Mai Mar-Apr. 1998 Mai Mai and ADF clash with Katangan AFDL Troops More than 220 Mai Mai, many unarmed Nov. 1999 Mai Mai attack UPDF at airstrip More ...
Michael Jobbins, 2008
9
The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure ...
Contrary to one of the central assumptions of the dominant narrative, groups such as the Mai Mai, the Congolese with Rwandan ancestry, or the Rwandan Hutu militias were not unitary actors. National authorities did not represent their ...
Séverine Autesserre, 2010
10
Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the ...
The Mai-Mai have not given up, however. “We are still discussing things with the government.” But if the government fails to respond, “maybe we go back to the bush and start fighting. The government is trying to solve everything by force,” ...
Peter Eichstaedt, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAI MAI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mai mai is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beyond Chron | VIET NAM AT PEACE - Beyond Chron
Chuc Nuoc Viet Nam Hoa Binh Mai Mai. May Viet Nam Enjoy Lasting Peace. Anh Le has worked with the Vietnamese American community in ... «Beyond Chron, Jul 15»
2
Body believed to be owner of building - National - NZ Herald News
The shed sits on Maori reserve land about 730m west of State Highway 6 on the Mai Mai straight, south of the Karangarua River Bridge. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
allAfrica.com: Congo-Kinshasa: On International Justice Day, a …
These include two cases against local defense militia Mai Mai groups concerning child conscription and enlistment committed in North Kivu ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Body found after fire at West Coast bach
... to the property, which sits on Maori reserve land about 730m west of State highway 6 on the Mai Mai straight, south of the Karangarua River. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
5
VIDEO: Acclaimed Anime Director Katabuchi Sunao's Music Video …
... their Aimee Isobe collaboration music video directed by Katabuchi Sunao's (director on Black Lagoon and Mai Mai Miracle, assistant director ... «Crunchyroll News, Jul 15»
6
Body found in burned bach
... to the property, which sits on Maori reserve land about 730m west of State highway 6 on the Mai Mai straight, south of the Karangarua River. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
Jewellery start-up flourishes through social media
... we outsource the labour either from the Ndebele women or from Kwa Mai Mai in town and the other one we just design and we outsource the ... «Moneyweb.co.za, Jul 15»
8
Kwa Mai Mai: A dirty reality - Video
In the Kwa Mai Mai squatter camp in Joburg, some shack owners live, eat and sleep with knee-high deep water inside their homes. Video: IOL ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
9
How 12 children scarred by Congo wars are learning to cope in …
The soldiers belonged to a mai mai, as local militias are called in the Congo. She never learned the group's name or whom the band was fighting. There were ... «Reveal, Jul 15»
10
Congolese Refugee Influx in Uganda
Congolese refugees continue arriving in Uganda, reportedly fleeing possible abduction, forced recruitment and rape by suspected Mai Mai and ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mai mai [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mai-mai>. Apr 2024 ».
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