may

Etymology 1
From, , , , from , from , from , from.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,. See also.

Verb

 * 1)  To be strong; to have power (over).
 * 2)  To be able; can.
 * 3)  To be able to go.
 * 4)  To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
 * 5)  Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
 * 6)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
 * 2)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
 * 2)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
 * 1)  Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).

Usage notes

 * is now a defective verb. It has no infinitive, no past participle, and no future tense. Forms of are used to replace these missing tenses.
 * The simple past (both indicative and subjunctive) of is.
 * The present tense is negated as, which can be contracted to , although this is old-fashioned; the simple past is negated as , which can be contracted to.
 * has archaic second-person singular present forms and.
 * Usage of this word in the sense of is considered incorrect by some speakers and writers, as it blurs the meaning of the word in the sense have permission to. These speakers and writers prefer to use the word  instead.
 * Conversely, since may not is particularly likely to promote confusion between the senses of "will possibly not" and "is forbidden to," some rules for the drafting of laws and regulations proscribe "may not" and require the use of "must not" or similar for clarity. Example:
 * Wishes are often cast in the imperative rather than the subjunctive mood, not using the word, as in Have a great day! rather than May you have a great day. The use of may for this purpose may lend a more formal, literary, or solemn feeling (perhaps jocularly so) to the wish. Moreover, wishes in the subjunctive need not use may if the meaning is clear without it, which is the case mainly for established expressions in the third-person singular such as.

Translations

 * American Sign Language: S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown
 * Arabic:, مُمْكِن
 * Bulgarian:, имам възможност
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 可以
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: してもいい
 * Korean: 할 수 있다
 * Latin:, , mihi licet, licet
 * Latvian: drīkstēt
 * Malay: boleh
 * Ngazidja Comorian: kaya na ruhusa
 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Old English: magan, mōtan
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: smieť
 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Vietnamese: được phép
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:


 * American Sign Language: S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown-S@Sternumhigh-PalmDown S@Chesthigh-PalmDown-S@Chesthigh-PalmDown
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 可能
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: (moct)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, se pouvoir
 * Galician: pode ser
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἄν
 * Hebrew: עשוי
 * Hungarian:, , előfordulhat
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:, , , bisa saja
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:
 * Malay:, boleh jadi
 * Norwegian: kan være, also expressed with adv.
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, możliwe, że
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: se poate
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, , poder ser
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: ,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 願...
 * Mandarin: ...
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: + [noun phrase] + subjunctive (verb)
 * German:, , Konkinktiv I (verb)
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: use subjunctive of
 * Latin:
 * Malay: semoga,
 * Maori: kia
 * Nahuatl: mā
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, , , , , bogdaj
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ... ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, ojalá que
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: неха́й, хай, най


 * Ido: ,
 * Romanian:

Etymology 2
, so called because it blossoms in the month of May.

Noun

 * 1) The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.

Derived terms

 * mayhaw
 * mayhaw

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:, pilriteiro
 * German: Weißdornblüte
 * Greek: λευκάκανθα
 * Hungarian:, galagonyavirág
 * Italian:
 * Ojibwe: miinensagaawanzh, miinensagaawanzhiig
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, gherghin
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, marzoleto

Verb

 * 1)  To gather may, or flowers in general.
 * 2)  To celebrate May Day.
 * 1)  To celebrate May Day.
 * 1)  To celebrate May Day.

Etymology 3
From, , from , from , from. Related to 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A maiden.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  May

Verb

 * 1) there is
 * 2) to have

Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker).

Verb

 * : there be; there is
 * : to have
 * 1)  near a place
 * 2)  approximately, about some time ago; at around
 * 3)  be somewhat
 * : to have
 * 1)  near a place
 * 2)  approximately, about some time ago; at around
 * 3)  be somewhat
 * 1)  approximately, about some time ago; at around
 * 2)  be somewhat
 * 1)  be somewhat
 * 1)  be somewhat

Usage notes

 * In contrast to and, which behave as verbs and could thus take postpositive enclitics, may is a particle and is used immediately before the word modified.

Noun

 * 1) butter, oil

Determiner

 * 1) my

Pronoun

 * 1) me

Adverb

 * 1) yes

Noun

 * 1) intervention

Derived terms

 * mayê xwe tê dan
 * mayê xwe tê kirin
 * mayê xwe tê kirin
 * mayê xwe tê kirin
 * mayê xwe tê kirin
 * mayê xwe tê kirin

Etymology
From, from.

Pronoun

 * 1) you

Adverb

 * 1) where
 * 2) like, how, very

Pronoun

 * 1)  which

Verb

 * 1)  to fear

Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker). See also.

Particle

 * : to be; to have

Usage notes

 * May is used immediately before the thing possessed or existing, whereas can be separated by enclitics (e.g., , and ). Sentences like *may ako pagkain would be ungrammatical.

Preposition

 * : by; around; near

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mother

Noun

 * 1) May (Month of the Year)

Etymology
, from.

Etymology 1
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to sew

Adjective

 * 1) lucky

Noun

 * 1)  a cold breeze

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) May (month)