may
Pronunciation: /maj/
“may” is a Tagalog word. Its 2 meanings in English:
particle
- particle used as an existential marker: to be; to have
preposition
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *may (existential marker). See also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mai (“and”).
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