bury, be filled up, embedded
埋 centers on putting something into the ground or into a surrounding mass so that it is covered or hidden: burying, filling up a hole, or embedding an object in a surface.
埋 combines 土 (earth, soil) with 里, which likely contributes the sound. The idea of earth covering something gives the burying meaning.
The left side is earth 土, and the right side 里 looks like a field divided into plots. Picture digging into the earth of a field to bury something or to fill a hole.
For マイ, imagine burying a microphone (マイク) in the earth: the first part of マイク cues マイ, and the earth covers it completely.
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge
to bury (e.g. in the ground)
to be buried; to be covered; to be surrounded
burial
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
land reclamation; land fill
burying in the ground
filling (up) a hole
embedding; implantation
being buried
to bury; to embed; to implant
burying alive
laying underground (e.g. cables); burying (e.g. pipe)
compensation
to make up for; to compensate for; to offset
to reclaim; to fill up
impaction
Object Linking and Embedding; OLE
to live in obscurity
temporary burial