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Maile
Maile
Hawaiian
Proper noun
Maile
- (Hawaiian mythology) Any of the four Maile sisters (plant forms), minor goddesses of hula.
- A female given name.
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 393
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maile occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 7 women.
- Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names by State: Maile was included in the top hundred first names for girls born in the State of Hawaii almost every year during 1967-2008.
maile
maile
English
Noun
maile (plural mailes)
- A flowering Hawaiian vine, of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
- 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist (page 165)
- All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]
- 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist (page 165)
Etymology 2
Variant of mail.
Noun
maile (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of mail (chainmail).
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From English mail (“[delivery of] letters and small parcels”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛjlə/, [ˈmɛjlə]
Verb
maile (imperative mail, infinitive at maile, present tense mailer, past tense mailede, perfect tense er/har mailet)
- e-mail (to compose and send an e-mail) [from 1989]
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛl/
Verb
maile
- first-person singular present indicative of mailer
- third-person singular present indicative of mailer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of mailer
- second-person singular imperative of mailer
Anagrams
German
Verb
maile
- First-person singular present of mailen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of mailen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of mailen.
- Imperative singular of mailen.
Gothic
Romanization
mailē
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴