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mihi

British  
/ ˈmiːhɪ /

noun

  1. a Māori ceremonial greeting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to greet (a person)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mihi

Māori

Example Sentences

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"Rus mihi dulce sub urbe est," sang the Roman epigrammatist Martial in the ist century A.D.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nevertheless, there is scarcely a man or woman living in all those hills and groves beyond the cities who does not sing with Martial: Rtis mihi dulce sub urbe est.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caput e foramine extraxit, aliquamdiu meditatus est, deinde caput iterum immisit et dixit: 'Quaeso bona venia, die mihi: ubi est Lepus?'

From Time Magazine Archive

"Aperite mihi portas justitiae!" he cried as he swung the hammer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sophocles calls the Sibyls δαφνηφαγος, laurel-eaters; and thus Tibullus, Vera cano, sic usque sacras innoxia lauros Vescar, et æternùm sit mihi virginitas.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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