Q. mai adv. “well” (Category: Good)

Q. mai, adv. “well; ⚠️[ᴱQ.] too much” (Category: Good)

ᴱQ. vandë² “well”

References ✧ PE17/162; VT47/6

Glosses

• “well” ✧ VT47/6; PE17/162 (†maie); PE17/162 (†maie)

Variations

• mai ✧ VT47/6
• †maie ✧ PE17/162; PE17/162

Related

• **mai “hands” was not used because it clashed with mai “well” ✧ VT47/6

Element In

• ᴺQ. !maicámima “acceptable, (lit.) well-receivable”
• ᴺQ. !maicarindo “benefactor”
• ᴺQ. !maisinwa “well-known, notable, famous”
• ᴺQ. !maitulië “welcome thing, happy arrival”
• ᴺQ. !maitulya “welcome”
• Q. mai-¹ “excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/162

Cognates

• S. mae “well; excellent, admirable” ✧ PE17/162

Derivations

• < √MAG “good (physically); to thrive, be in a good state” ✧ PE17/162; VT47/6
• < √MAY “excellent, admirable, beautiful; make [art]; suitable, useful, proper, serviceable; right” ✧ PE17/162

Phonetic Developments

√MAY > †maie	[maje]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > †maie	[magje] > [maɣje] > [maije]	✧ PE17/162
√MAG > mai	[magje] > [maɣje] > [maije]	✧ VT47/6

ᴱQ. mai¹ adv. “too much” (Category: Much, Many)

References ✧ QL/60

Glosses

• “too much” ✧ QL/60

Variations

• mai ✧ QL/60
• māye ✧ QL/60

Element In

• ᴱQ. maivoine “great longing” ✧ QL/60

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MAẎA “*excessive” ✧ QL/60

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MAẎA > mai

[maðʲ] > [maj] > [mai]

✧ QL/60

ᴱQ. mande adv. “well” (Category: Good)

Reference ✧ QL/58 ✧ “well”

Related

• mande “well” versus vande² “well”

Cognates

• G. mai “well”

Derivations

• < ᴱ√MANA “*good (moral)” ✧ QL/58

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√MANA > mande

[mandē] > [mande]

✧ QL/58