lamesa
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish la mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: la‧me‧sa
Noun edit
lamesa
- a table; an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
- a desk; a table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers; it often has a drawer or repository underneath
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:lamesa.
Higaonon edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish la mesa.
Noun edit
lamesa
Malagasy edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
lamesa
- (Christianity) Mass (church service)
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish la mesa (“the table”). Compare lagwerta, lakwatsa, lamyerda, and lawulta.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /laˈmesa/, [lɐˈmɛ.sɐ]
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: la‧me‧sa
Noun edit
lamesa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜒᜐ)
- table
- 1878, Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, Ensayo de gramatica hispano-tagala[1], page 119:
- ¿Saán itinatágo mo yaóng librong ibinigáy co sa iyo? iniuan co sa báhay, doón inilagay co sa ibábao nang lamesa;
- Where did you hide that book that I gave you? I left it at home, there I put it on the table.