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mihi

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/ 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

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

"Hodie mihi, cras tibi," wrote the good Regent Murray over his lintel to avert the grudge of envy, and the same feeling of the uncertainty of fortune quickens the thought of pity.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

This is but too mortifyingly suggestive of the— "Pereant qui mea ante mihi dixerunt."

From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Luigi Palmieri

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