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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2sder.? Latin Maia Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin Maiusder. Old French maibor. Middle English May English May From Middle English May, Mai, from Old French mai, from Latin Maius (“Maia's month”), from Maia, a Roman earth goddess.

The surname is converged from several origins: * As an English surname, from Middle English May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew). * As an English, Dutch, German, Polish, and Jewish surname, from the name of the month. * Also as an English surname, occasionally a pet form of Mary or Margaret. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete noun may (“kinsman”), from Old English maga (“son, relative”). * Also as an English surname, from obsolete Middle English mei (“physician”), a borrowing from Old English mege, from Latin medicus. See Mee. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Miadhaigh (“descendant of Miadhach”), a name derived from miadh (“honor”). * As a French surname, shortened from Lemay, Dumay. * Also as a French surname, from a derivative of Latin Marius, similar to Mario. * As a Jewish surname, from the town Mayen in Germany. * As a Chinese surname, from 麥 /麦 (see Mai) and 梅 (méi)) (see Mei). * As an Amerindian (Mexico) surname of Mayan origin, from maay (“cloven hoof”), originally "young deer."

From French mai, so called because it blossoms in the month of May.

From Middle English may, maye (“woman, maid, girl, virgin”), from Old English mǣġ (“kinswoman”), from Proto-West Germanic *māg, from Proto-Germanic *mēgaz (“kinsman”). Related to Old English māge, mǣġe (“kinswoman”) and Old English mǣġ (“kinsman”).

From Middle English magen, mauen, mawe, mawen, mayen, maȝen, mouin, mow, mowen, moȝen, mugen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”), from Proto-Indo-European *(me)móghe (“to be able”), from *megh- (“to be able”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mey (“may”), Yola ma, maa, mai, mey, mye (“may”), North Frisian mai, mei, mooge (“like to, would”), West Frisian meie (“may; to like”), Alemannic German möge (“may; can”), Bavarian megn (“to like; to want to”), Central Franconian mugge (“to like; may”), Cimbrian mögan, möng (“may”), Dutch mogen (“to be allowed; may; to like”), German and Low German mögen (“to like; would like; may”), Yiddish מעגן (megn, “may”), Danish måtte (“have to; may”), Faroese and Icelandic mega (“may; must”), Norwegian Bokmål måtta (“may; must”), Norwegian Nynorsk måtta, måtte (“may; must”), Swedish må (“may; must”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌽 (magan, “to be able, can, may”); also Irish smacht (“ordinance, regulation, rule; dominion, sway; control, discipline, restraint; fine, penalty”), Lithuanian mėgti (“to like”), Belarusian магчы́ (mahčý, “to be able”), Bulgarian мо́га (móga, “to be able”), Czech moci (“to be able”), Kashubian mòc (“to be able”), Lower Sorbian moc, móc, moz (“to be able”), Macedonian може (može, “to be able”), Pannonian Rusyn мочи (moči, “to be able”), Polish móc (“to be able”), Russian мочь (močʹ, “to be able”), Serbo-Croatian мо̏ћи, mȍći (“to be able”), Slovak môcť (“to be able; be allowed to”), Slovene moči (“to be able”), Slovincian môc (“to be able”), Ukrainian могти́ (mohtý, “to be able”), Persian مغ (moġ, “magus”), Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power, wealth; bounty, gift, reward”).

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• Abaza: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Abkhaz: лаҵара (lacʼara) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Afrikaans: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Alabama: hasiholtina istatáɬɬàapi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Alabama: Meyka — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Albanian: maj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Alutiiq: Nikllit Iraluat — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Amharic: መይ (mäy) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Western Apache: Itsáh Hashkēē — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Arabic: مَايُو (māyū) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Arabic: أَيَّار (ʔayyār) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Arabic: مايو (māyu) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Arabic: مايو (māyu) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Arabic: ميي (mēy) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Aragonese: mayo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Aramaic: אִיָּר (iyar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܼܵܪ (īyar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Aramaic: ܐܝܪ (ʾīyār) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Turoyo: ܐܝـܝܰܪ (iyar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Armenian: մայիս (mayis) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Old Armenian: մայիս (mayis) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Aromanian: maiu (roa-rup) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Asturian: mayu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Azerbaijani: may — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Basque: maiatz — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Belarusian: тра́вень (trávjenʹ) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Belarusian: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Bengali: মে (me) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Central Bikol: Mayo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Bislama: mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Breton: Mae — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Breton: miz Mae — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Bulgarian: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Burmese: မေ (me) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Burmese: ငါးလ (nga:la.) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Catalan: maig — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chechen: Стигалкъекъа-бутт (Stigalqʼeqʼa-butt) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏍᎬᏘ (anisgvti) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chichewa: Meyi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chinese Cantonese: 五月 (ng5 jyut6) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chinese: вуйүә (vuyüə) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hakka Chinese: 五月 (ńg-ngie̍t) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chinese: 五月 (gō͘-goe̍h, gō͘-ge̍h, gō͘-gōe) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chinese Mandarin: 五月 (wǔyuè) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chukchi: мимлыръылин (mimlyrʺylin) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chukchi: имԓыръыԓин (imḷyrʺyḷin) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Chuvash: Ҫу (Śu) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• West Circassian: жъоныгъуакӏ (žwonəğwakʼ) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Coptic: ⲙⲁⲓⲟⲥ (maios) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Cornish: Me — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Corsican: maghju — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Montagnais: nissi-pishimu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Czech: květen — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dakota: Wožupiwi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Danish: maj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dhivehi: މެއި (mei) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Central Dusun: Mikat — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dutch: mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dutch: bloeimaand — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Old Dutch: winnamānoth — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dzongkha: སྤྱི་ཟླ་ལྔ་པ། (spyi zla lnga pa) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Emilian: mâż — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Erzya: панжиков (panžikov) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Esperanto: majo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Esperanto: Majo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Estonian: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Estonian: maikuu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Estonian: lehekuu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ewe: Damɛ — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ewe: Mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Faroese: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Fijian: May — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Finnish: toukokuu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• French: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• North Frisian: mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• North Frisian: krölemoune — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• North Frisian: moi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Saterland Frisian: Moai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• West-Frisian: maaie — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• West-Frisian: blommemoanne — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Friulian: Mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Galician: maio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Georgian: მაისი (maisi) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• German: Mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• German: Wonnemond — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Bavarian German: Moa — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Gilbertese: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Greek: Μάιος (Máios) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Greek: Μάης (Máis) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Greenlandic: maaji — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Haitian Creole: me — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hausa: Mayu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hawaiian: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hebrew: מַאי (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hindi: मई (maī) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Hungarian: május — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Icelandic: maí — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Icelandic: maímánuður — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ido: mayo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Indonesian: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Interlingua: maio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Inupiaq: Nuġġiaqtuġvik — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Inupiaq: Suppivik — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Irish: Bealtaine — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Italian: maggio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Jamaican Creole: Mie — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Japanese: 五月 (gogatsu) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Japanese: 皐月 (satsuki) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Javanese: Mèi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kabuverdianu: maiu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kalmyk: хөн сар (xön sar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kambera: wulang lima — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kannada: ಮೇ ತಿಂಗಳು (mē tiṅgaḷu) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kapampangan: Pángalimang búlan — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kapampangan: Máyu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kashubian: môj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kazakh: мамыр (mamyr) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Khmer: ឧសភា (ʼosaʼphiə) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kikuyu: Mũgira Njara — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kongo: mayi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Korean: 오월 (owol) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Central Kurdish: ئایار (ayar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Northern Kurdish: gulan — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kyrgyz: май (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ladin: mé — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lao: ເດືອນພຶດສາພາ (dư̄an phưt sā phā) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lao: ພຶດສາພາ (phưt sā phā) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Latin: maius — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Latvian: maijs — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lezgi: тӏул (ṭul) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Limburgish: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lingala: máyí — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lithuanian: gegužė — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lithuanian: gegužis — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Livonian: maij — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Livonian: lēḑkū — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Lombard: maasc — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Louisiana Creole: mê — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Low German: Mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Low German: Maimaand — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Luxembourgish: Mee — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Luxembourgish: Päischtmount — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Macedonian: мај (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Malay: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Malayalam: മേയ് (mēyŭ) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Maltese: Mejju — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Manchu: ᠰᡠᠨᠵᠠ ᠪᡳ᠍ᠶᠠ (sunja biya) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Māori: Haratua — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Māori: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Mingrelian: მესი (mesi) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Mirandese: Maio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Mòcheno: moi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Mongolian: тавдугаар сар (tavdugaar sar) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Navajo: Tʼą́ą́tsoh — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Neapolitan: maio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Neapolitan: majo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Northern Sotho: Mopitlo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Norwegian Bokmål: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Occitan: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Odia: ମଇ (mai) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ojibwe: zaagibagaa-giizis — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Church Slavic: трѣвьнъ (trěvĭnŭ) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Old English: þrimilce — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Oromo: Ebla — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ossetian: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Pannonian Rusyn: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Pennsylvania German: Moi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Dari: می (mē) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Iranian Persian: مِه (me) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Plautdietsch: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Polish: maj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Portuguese: maio — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Punjabi: ਮਈ (maī) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Rapa Nui: Vai Tu'u Potu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Réunion Creole French: mé — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romanian: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romanian: florar — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romansh: mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romansh: maitg — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romansh: matg — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Romansh: meg — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Russian: май (maj) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Kildin-Sami: вӯссьма̄нн (vūss’mānn) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Northern Sami: miessemánnu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Skolt-Sami: vueʹssmään — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ter Sami: вы̄ссьма̄нна (vï̄ssʼmānna) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Samoan: me — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sardinian: magiu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sardinian: maju — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sardinian: mazu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Scots: Mey — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Scottish Gaelic: Cèitean — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Scottish Gaelic: Cèit — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sekani: ʼUtʼǫ̀ʼ kùnuyehde — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Serbo-Croatian: мај — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Serbo-Croatian: maj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Serbo-Croatian: svibanj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Shona: Chivabvu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sicilian: maiu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sinhalese: මැයි (mæyi) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Slovak: máj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Slovene: máj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sotho: Motsheanong — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Southern Altai: май (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Spanish: mayo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Sundanese: Méi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Swahili: Mei — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Swazi: íNkhwekhwéti — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Swedish: maj — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tagalog: Mayo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tahitian: mē — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tajik: май (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tatar: май (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Telugu: మే (mē) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tetum: maiu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Thai: พฤษภาคม (prʉ́t-sà-paa-kom) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tibetan: ཟླ་ལྔ་བ། (zla lnga ba) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tok Pisin: me — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Tongan: Mē — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Turkish: mayıs — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Turkmen: maý — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Udmurt: куартолэзь (kuartoleź) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Ukrainian: тра́вень (trávenʹ) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Urdu: مَئی (maī) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Uyghur: ماي (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Uyghur: بەشىنچى ئاي (beshinchi ay) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Uzbek: may — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Venetan: majo — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Vietnamese: tháng năm — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Volapük: mayul — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Võro: lehekuu — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Walloon: may — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Welsh: Mai — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Winnebago: Mąą hitawus hii wiira — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Wolof: Mee — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Yakut: Ыам ыйа (Ïam ïya) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Yiddish: מײַ (may) — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Yup'ik: Qusiirvik — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Zazaki: Gulane — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Zulu: uNhlaba — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Zulu: uMeyi — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Zuni: Sow-a:ne — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Zuni: Yachun Kwa'shi'amme — fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
• Armenian: մյս (mys) — abbreviation of the month above
• Basque: mai. — abbreviation of the month above
• Belarusian: тра (tra) — abbreviation of the month above
• Czech: kvě — abbreviation of the month above
• Finnish: touko — abbreviation of the month above
• Finnish: toukok. — abbreviation of the month above
• Georgian: მაი. (mai.) — abbreviation of the month above
• Greek: Μάι (Mái) — abbreviation of the month above
• Greek: Μαΐ (Maḯ) — abbreviation of the month above
• Hungarian: máj. — abbreviation of the month above
• Italian: mag. — abbreviation of the month above
• Italian: mag — abbreviation of the month above
• Kazakh: мам. (mam.) — abbreviation of the month above
• Lithuanian: geg. — abbreviation of the month above
• Portuguese: mai. — abbreviation of the month above
• Serbo-Croatian: svi — abbreviation of the month above
• Spanish: may. — abbreviation of the month above
• Spanish: may — abbreviation of the month above
• Tagalog: May. — abbreviation of the month above
• Tagalog: May — abbreviation of the month above
• Thai: พ.ค. (pɔɔ.kɔɔ.) — abbreviation of the month above
• Turkish: May — abbreviation of the month above
• Ukrainian: трав. (trav.) — abbreviation of the month above
• Greek: λευκάκανθα (lefkákantha) — hawthorn or its blossoms
• Chinese Mandarin: 梅 (méi) — given name
• Finnish: Touko — given name
• Hebrew: מַאי (may) — given name
• Hebrew: מַאיָה (máya) — given name
• Hungarian: Maja — given name
• Latvian: Maija — given name
• Macedonian: Маја — given name
• Russian: Ма́йя (Májja) — given name
• Slovene: Máj — given name
• Slovene: Mája — given name
• Swedish: Maj — given name
• Swedish: May — given name
• Bulgarian: глог (glog) — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Finnish: orapihlaja — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• French: aubépine — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Galician: estripeiro — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Galician: pilriteiro — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• German: Weißdornblüte — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Greek: λευκάκανθα (lefkákantha) — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Hungarian: galagonya — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Hungarian: galagonyavirág — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Italian: biancospino — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Ojibwe: miinensagaawanzh — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Ojibwe: miinensagaawanzhiig — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Portuguese: pilriteiro — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Portuguese: estrepeiro — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Romanian: păducel — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Romanian: gherghin — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Russian: боя́рышник (bojáryšnik) — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Spanish: espino — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Spanish: marzoleto — the hawthorn bush or its blossom
• Albanian: mundem — have permission to
• Gheg Albanian: muj — have permission to
• Arabic: اِسْتَطَاعَ (istaṭāʕa) — have permission to
• Bulgarian: мога (moga) — have permission to
• Bulgarian: имам възможност (imam vǎzmožnost) — have permission to
• Catalan: poder — have permission to
• Chinese Cantonese: 可以 (ho2 ji5) — have permission to
• Chinese Mandarin: 可以 (kěyǐ) — have permission to
• Ngazidja Comorian: ukaya na ruhusa — have permission to
• Czech: smět — have permission to
• Danish: må — have permission to
• Dutch: mogen — have permission to
• Esperanto: rajti — have permission to
• Finnish: voida — have permission to
• Finnish: saada — have permission to
• French: pouvoir — have permission to
• Galician: poder — have permission to
• Galician: valer — have permission to
• German: dürfen — have permission to
• German: können — have permission to
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (binauhan) — have permission to
• Greek: μπορώ (boró) — have permission to
• Greek: επιτρέπεται (epitrépetai) — have permission to
• Hungarian: szabad — have permission to
• Hungarian: -hat — have permission to
• Hungarian: -het — have permission to
• Icelandic: mega — have permission to
• Indonesian: boleh — have permission to
• Indonesian: dapat — have permission to
• Indonesian: bisa — have permission to
• Italian: potere — have permission to
• Japanese: してもいい (shite mo ii) — have permission to
• Korean: 할 수 있다 (hal su itda) — have permission to
• Latin: possum — have permission to
• Latin: sim — have permission to
• Latin: mihi licet — have permission to
• Latin: licet — have permission to
• Latvian: drīkstēt — have permission to
• Malay: boleh — have permission to
• Norwegian: kan — have permission to
• Norwegian: få — have permission to
• Norwegian: må — have permission to
• Old English: magan — have permission to
• Old English: mōtan — have permission to
• Persian: توانستن (tavânestan) — have permission to
• Polish: móc — have permission to
• Portuguese: poder — have permission to
• Romanian: putea — have permission to
• Russian: мочь (močʹ) — have permission to
• Russian: мо́жно (móžno) — have permission to
• Slovak: smieť — have permission to
• Upper Sorbian: (ip) směć — have permission to
• Spanish: poder — have permission to
• Swedish: få — have permission to
• Swedish: kunna — have permission to
• Swedish: kan — have permission to
• Tagalog: maaari — have permission to
• Tagalog: puwede — have permission to
• Vietnamese: được phép — have permission to
• Walloon: poleur — have permission to
• Welsh: cael — have permission to
• Albanian: mundet — possibly, but not certainly
• Chinese Cantonese: 可能 (ho2 nang4) — possibly, but not certainly
• Chinese Mandarin: 可能 (kěnéng) — possibly, but not certainly
• Danish: måske — possibly, but not certainly
• Finnish: voida — possibly, but not certainly
• Finnish: saattaa — possibly, but not certainly
• Finnish: taitaa — possibly, but not certainly
• French: peut-être — possibly, but not certainly
• French: se pouvoir — possibly, but not certainly
• Galician: pode ser — possibly, but not certainly
• German: können — possibly, but not certainly
• German: mögen — possibly, but not certainly
• Greek: ίσως (ísos) — possibly, but not certainly
• Greek: μάλλον (mállon) — possibly, but not certainly
• Ancient Greek: ἄν (án) — possibly, but not certainly
• Hebrew: עשוי ('asúi) — possibly, but not certainly
• Hungarian: lehet — possibly, but not certainly
• Hungarian: lehetséges — possibly, but not certainly
• Hungarian: előfordulhat — possibly, but not certainly
• Icelandic: geta — possibly, but not certainly
• Indonesian: mungkin — possibly, but not certainly
• Indonesian: barangkali — possibly, but not certainly
• Indonesian: bisa jadi — possibly, but not certainly
• Indonesian: bisa saja — possibly, but not certainly
• Japanese: 多分 (tabun) — possibly, but not certainly
• Japanese: かも知れない (kamo shirenai) — possibly, but not certainly
• Latin: sim — possibly, but not certainly
• Malay: mungkin — possibly, but not certainly
• Malay: boleh jadi — possibly, but not certainly
• Norwegian: kan være — possibly, but not certainly
• Persian: شایَد (šâyad) — possibly, but not certainly
• Polish: móc — possibly, but not certainly
• Polish: możliwe, że — possibly, but not certainly
• Portuguese: talvez — possibly, but not certainly
• Portuguese: poder — possibly, but not certainly
• Romanian: se poate — possibly, but not certainly
• Spanish: tal vez — possibly, but not certainly
• Spanish: poder ser — possibly, but not certainly
• Spanish: puede que — possibly, but not certainly
• Swedish: kan — possibly, but not certainly
• Swedish: kanske — possibly, but not certainly
• Swedish: må — possibly, but not certainly
• Tagalog: maaari — possibly, but not certainly
• Tagalog: puwede — possibly, but not certainly
• Thai: อาจ (àat) — possibly, but not certainly
• Vietnamese: có lẽ — possibly, but not certainly
• Chinese Cantonese: 願 /愿... (jyun6) — subjunctive
• Chinese Mandarin: 願 /愿... (yuàn) — subjunctive
• Czech: nechť — subjunctive
• Dutch: mogen — subjunctive
• German: mögen — subjunctive
• German: sollen — subjunctive
• German: Konkinktiv I — subjunctive
• Hungarian: -j — subjunctive
• Latin: sim — subjunctive
• Malay: semoga — subjunctive
• Malay: selamat — subjunctive
• Māori: kia — subjunctive
• Nahuatl: mā — subjunctive
• Norwegian Bokmål: måtte — subjunctive
• Polish: żeby — subjunctive
• Polish: oby — subjunctive
• Polish: niechaj — subjunctive
• Polish: niech — subjunctive
• Polish: bodaj — subjunctive
• Polish: bogdaj — subjunctive
• Portuguese: que — subjunctive
• Romanian: să — subjunctive
• Russian: да ... (da) — subjunctive
• Russian: да бу́дет (da búdet) — subjunctive
• Serbo-Croatian: dàbōgda — subjunctive
• Spanish: que — subjunctive
• Spanish: ojalá que — subjunctive
• Swedish: må — subjunctive
• Ukrainian: неха́й (nexáj) — subjunctive
• Ukrainian: хай (xaj) — subjunctive
• Ukrainian: най (naj) — subjunctive