eta

See also: ETA and Appendix:Variations of "eta"

English edit

**Ancient Greek Alphabet**
← zeta		→ theta
Η η Ancient Greek: ἦτα
Wikipedia article on eta

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Pronunciation edit

(UK, Commonwealth) enPR: ēʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈiːtə/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/
- Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

Noun edit

eta (plural etas)

The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
- 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 25:
  Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.
(physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

heta

Translations edit

Greek letter

Arabic: إِتَا f (ʔitā)
Catalan: eta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 艾塔 (zh) (àitǎ), 伊塔 (zh) (yītǎ)
Czech: éta n
Dutch: èta (nl) m or f
Esperanto: eto (eo)
Faroese: eta (fo) n
Finnish: eeta (fi)
French: êta (fr) m
German: Eta (de) n
Greek: ήτα (el) n (íta)
Ancient: ἦτα n (êta)
Hungarian: éta (hu)
Icelandic: eta (is) f or n
Interlingua: eta
Japanese: エータ (ēta), イタ (ita)
Korean: 에타 (ko) (eta)
Macedonian: е́та f (éta)
Malay: eta
Polish: eta (pl) f
Portuguese: eta (pt) m
Russian: э́та (ru) f (éta), и́та (ru) f (íta) (modern Greek)
Spanish: eta (es) f
Swedish: eta (sv) n
Tagalog: eta

Etymology 2 edit

From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).

Pronunciation edit

- Audio (Southern England) (file)
enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

Noun edit

eta (plural etas or eta)

A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

eta (plural etas)

Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”)

Anagrams edit

-ate, AET, Até, Atë, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, ate, eat, tea, æt.

Basque edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /eta/, [e̞.t̪a]

Etymology 1 edit

Unknown, perhaps from Latin et (“and”). Unrelated to the suffix -eta.^[1]

Alternative forms edit

ta (see usage notes)

Conjunction edit

eta

and
katuak eta txakurrak ― cats and dogs
(mathematics) plus, and
bat eta bat bi dira ― one plus one is two
upon, after
Hotelera ailegatu eta igerilekura joan ziren. ― They went to the swimming pool just after arriving at the hotel.
(Southern) since, because
Ezin dut kakaueterik jan, alergikoa naiz eta. ― I can't eat peanuts because I'm allergic

Usage notes edit

In the spoken language, the form ta is often used, specially (but not exclusively) after words ending in vowels. In formal, written language, eta is the only standard form.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

eta inan

eta (Greek letter)

Declension edit

Declension of eta (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	eta	eta	etak
ergative	etak	etak	etek
dative	etari	etari	etei
genitive	etaren	etaren	eten
comitative	etarekin	etarekin	etekin
causative	etarengatik	etarengatik	etengatik
benefactive	etarentzat	etarentzat	etentzat
instrumental	etaz	etaz	etez
inessive	etatan	etan	etetan
locative	etatako	etako	etetako
allative	etatara	etara	etetara
terminative	etataraino	etaraino	etetaraino
directive	etatarantz	etarantz	etetarantz
destinative	etatarako	etarako	etetarako
ablative	etatatik	etatik	etetatik
partitive	etarik	—	—
prolative	etatzat	—	—

References edit

^ “eta” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Basque-Icelandic Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Basque eta.

Conjunction edit

eta

and

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛ.tə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈe.ta]

Noun edit

eta f (plural etes)

eta; the Greek letter Η (lowercase η)

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

See -et-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈeta]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -eta
Hyphenation: e‧ta

Adjective edit

eta (accusative singular etan, plural etaj, accusative plural etajn)

tiny, little, minuscule, slight (see -et-)
Antonym: ega

Se ĉi tio domo estas fakte domego, ĝi estas la plej eta domego, kiun mi jam vidis!
If that house is in fact a mansion, it is the tiniest mansion I ever saw!

Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordojn.
Little hands can make huge messes.

Vere, la primo estas eta honoro, sed Mikaelo ege fieras pri ĝi.
True, the award is a small honor, but Michael is immensely proud of it.

Ŝia parto en la teatraĵo ne estas nur malgranda rolo, ĝi estas eta rolo sen sola vorto de dialogo.
Her part in the play is not only a small role, it is a minuscule role without a single word of dialog.

Mi havas nur etan kapdoloron.
I only have a slight headache.

Usage notes edit

Usually smaller than malgranda (“small”).

Derived terms edit

etanima (“petty”)
ete (“slightly”)

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈeːʰta/
Rhymes: -eːʰta

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb edit

eta (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative ótu, supine etið)

to eat

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of eta (group v-72)
infinitive	eta
supine	etið
participle (a26)¹	etandi	etin
	present	past
first singular	eti	át
second singular	etur	átst
third singular	etur	át
plural	eta	ótu
	imperative
singular	et!
plural	etið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun edit

eta n (genitive singular eta, plural etu)

eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension edit

Declension of eta
n1	singular		plural
n1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
accusative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
dative	eta	etanum	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	etna	etnanna

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French état/État, from Old French estat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /eta/

Noun edit

eta

state (condition)
eta matyè ― state of matter
state (polity)

Related terms edit

Icelandic edit

Alternative forms edit

éta

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːta/
Rhymes: -ɛːta

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb edit

eta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative át, third-person plural past indicative átu, supine etið)

to eat

Etymology 2 edit

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun edit

eta f (genitive singular etu, nominative plural etur) or eta n (genitive singular eta, nominative plural etu)

eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension edit

declension of eta

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	eta	etan	etur	eturnar
accusative	etu	etuna	etur	eturnar
dative	etu	etunni	etum	etunum
genitive	etu	etunnar	eta	etanna

or

declension of eta

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-w	singular		plural
nominative	eta	etað	etu	etun
accusative	eta	etað	etu	etun
dative	eta	etanu	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	eta	etanna

Italian edit

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

eta

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology edit

From Latin ēta, from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), later form of ἧτα (hêta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ /⁠ḥēt⁠/), whence also heth.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta
Hyphenation: è‧ta

Noun edit

eta m or f (invariable)

eta (Greek letter)

Anagrams edit

-ate

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

eta

Rōmaji transcription of えた

Laboya edit

Verb edit

eta

to see

References edit

Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “eta”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

Manggarai edit

Etymology edit

From *leta, akin to Tetum leten.

Adverb edit

eta

above

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

ete (e-infinitive)
åtå (dialectal)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Akin to English eat.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /²eːtɑ/

Verb edit

eta (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

to eat
Dei åt for mykje.
They ate too much.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of eta — (strong)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	eta, ete
present participle	etande
past participle	eten
supine	ete
singular	et, eter²	åt
plural¹	eta	åto
subjunctive	present	past
	ete	―
imperative	present
singular	et
plural¹	ete

¹Rare today. ²Unofficial today.

Derived terms edit

etande

Related terms edit

-æt

References edit

“eta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ojibwe edit

Adverb edit

eta

only, just
Bezhig eta ogii-ni-maajiinaan ini akikoon awe naadaabowed.
The person going after water only took one pail.

Related terms edit

References edit

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/eta-adv-deg

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *etǭ.

Alternative forms edit

jata

Noun edit

eta f (genitive etu)

crib, manger
(plural only) cancer

Declension edit

Declension of eta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etan	etur	eturnar
accusative	etu	etuna	etur	eturnar
dative	etu	etunni	etum	etunum
genitive	etu	etunnar	etna	etnanna

Descendants edit

Norwegian Nynorsk: ete

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, akin to Old English etan ( > English eat), Old Saxon etan, Old High German ezzan (> German essen), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Lithuanian ėsti, Latvian ēst, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti) (whence Bulgarian ям (jam)), Russian е́сть (jéstʹ), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

Verb edit

eta (singular past indicative át, plural past indicative átu, past participle etinn)

to eat

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of eta — active (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	eta
present participle	etandi
past participle	etinn
1st-person singular	et	át
2nd-person singular	etr	ázt
3rd-person singular	etr	át
1st-person plural	etum	átum
2nd-person plural	etið	átuð
3rd-person plural	eta	átu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	eta	æta
2nd-person singular	etir	ætir
3rd-person singular	eti	æti
1st-person plural	etim	ætim
2nd-person plural	etið	ætið
3rd-person plural	eti	æti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	et
1st-person plural	etum
2nd-person plural	etið

Conjugation of eta — mediopassive (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	etask
present participle	etandisk
past participle	etizk
1st-person singular	etumk	átumk
2nd-person singular	ezk	ázk
3rd-person singular	ezk	ázk
1st-person plural	etumsk	átumsk
2nd-person plural	etizk	átuzk
3rd-person plural	etask	átusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	etumk	ætumk
2nd-person singular	etisk	ætisk
3rd-person singular	etisk	ætisk
1st-person plural	etimsk	ætimsk
2nd-person plural	etizk	ætizk
3rd-person plural	etisk	ætisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ezk
1st-person plural	etumsk
2nd-person plural	etizk

Descendants edit

Icelandic: eta, éta
Faroese: eta
Norwegian Nynorsk: eta, ete; (dialectal) ita, åtå, øtå
Elfdalian: jätå
Old Swedish: æta
- Swedish: äta
Old Danish: ætæ
- Danish: æde
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ete
- Scanian: æda
Gutnish: äte, jite, jeta

References edit

“eta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ottawa edit

Adverb edit

eta

only, just

References edit

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 145

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Alternative forms

𑀏𑀢 (Brahmi script)
एत (Devanagari script)
এত (Bengali script)
එත (Sinhalese script)
ဧတ or ဨတ or ဢေတ (Burmese script)
เอต or เอตะ (Thai script)
ᩑᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ເອຕ or ເອຕະ (Lao script)
ឯត (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

esa (Latin script)
𑀏𑀲 (Brahmi script)
एस (Devanagari script)
এস (Bengali script)
එස (Sinhalese script)
ဧသ or ဨသ or ဢေသ (Burmese script)
เอส or เอสะ (Thai script)
ᩑᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ເອສ or ເອສະ (Lao script)
ឯស (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄬𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit एतद् (etad).

Adjective edit

eta

this
- c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:
  5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
  අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.
  5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
  Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.
  5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
  but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.
  (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
  but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)
  (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Usage notes edit

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension edit

Declension table of "eta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	eso or esa	ete
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	ete
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Declension table of "etā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	esā	etā
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	etā
Instrumental (third)	etāya	etāhi or etābhi
Dative (fourth)	etāya or etassā or etissā or etissāya	etāsaṃ or etāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etāya	etāhi or etābhi
Genitive (sixth)	etāya or etassā or etissā or etissāya	etāsaṃ or etāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etāya or etāyaṃ or etissaṃ	etāsu

Declension table of "eta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Accusative (second)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Derived terms edit

(pronoun) etā

Pronoun edit

eta m

this one

Declension edit

Declension table of "eta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	eso or esa	ete
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	ete
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Pronoun edit

eta n

this one

Usage notes edit

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension edit

Declension table of "eta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Accusative (second)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

References edit

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “etad”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish edit

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

eta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ‬ /⁠ḥēt⁠/).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛta
Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun edit

eta f

eta (Greek letter Η, η)

Declension edit

Declension of eta

	singular	plural
nominative	eta	ety
genitive	ety	et
dative	ecie	etom
accusative	etę	ety
instrumental	etą	etami
locative	ecie	etach
vocative	eto	ety

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

eita (Brazil)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈe.tɐ/

Hyphenation: e‧ta

Interjection edit

eta

expresses surprise

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin aetas.

Noun edit

eta f (uncountable)

(obsolete) age

Declension edit

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References edit

eta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sotho edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-gèndia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Verb edit

eta

to walk
to go

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈeta/ [ˈe.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun edit

eta f (plural etas)

eta; the Greek letter Η, η

Tswana edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

Verb edit

eta

to go
to visit

Ye'kwana edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Cariban *ôta (“to hear”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [eta]

Verb edit

eta

(transitive) to hear, to listen

Derived terms edit

ööta

References edit

Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “eta:dü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 315

[1] “eta” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

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eta

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