emeeza

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili meza, from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- + *dʰeh₁-. False cognate of Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eméːza/
• Rhymes: -éːza
• Hyphenation: e‧mee‧za

Noun

emeeza class 9 (plural emeeza class 10, augmentless meeza, plural augmentless meeza)

1. table

Derived terms

• hameeza

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 108–109