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

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

This thought has now so engaged me, and in a manner inslaved me, that vae mihi unless I do it.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

In me-listeth, the me is accusative rather than dative, and = me and με rather than mihi and μοι.

From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

It was the highest compliment that the shepherd could pay to his mistress— "Nerine Galatea, Thymo mihi dulcior Hyblæ."

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

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