meri
Tok Pisin
noun
Definitions
- woman
- wife
Etymology
Derived from English Mary (the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ) derived from Tolai mari (pretty).
Origin
Tolai
mari
Gloss
pretty
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mariolatry English
- Mariology English
- Mary English
- Mary Ann English
- Mary Jane English
- Mary Magdalene English
- Maryann English
- Maryanne English
- Marybeth English
- Maryborough English
- Maryknoller English
- Maryland English
- Marylike English
- Marymass English
- Maryolatry English
- Marysole English
- Rosemary English
- Virgin Mary English
- rosemary English
- Meeri Finnish
- Meri Finnish
- Marie French
- Mary Swedish
- Mary Danish
- Marie Old French
- แมรี Thai
- Marie Cebuano
- Mary Cebuano
- Mary Tagalog
- מִרְיָם Hebrew (modern)
- 瑪利 Chinese
- 瑪莉 Chinese
- 瑪麗 Chinese
- man Tok Pisin
- manmeri Tok Pisin
- puripuri Tok Pisin
- puripurimeri Tok Pisin
- Mary Norwegian
- Mele Hawaiian
- Mere Hawaiian
- ಮೇರಿ Kannada
- mari Tolai