meti

See also: METI and metí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈme.ti]

Verb

meti

1. inflection of metre:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian mettere, ultimately from Latin mittō. Compare French mettre, Portuguese and Spanish meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeti]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, volitive metu)

1. to put, place

   Metu ambaŭ manojn sur la stirradon! ― Put both hands on the steering wheel!

Conjugation

Conjugation of meti present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense metas metis metos active participle metanta metantaj metinta metintaj metonta metontaj acc. metantan metantajn metintan metintajn metontan metontajn passive participle metata metataj metita metitaj metota metotaj acc. metatan metatajn metitan metitajn metotan metotajn nominal active participle metanto metantoj metinto metintoj metonto metontoj acc. metanton metantojn metinton metintojn metonton metontojn nominal passive participle metato metatoj metito metitoj metoto metotoj acc. metaton metatojn metiton metitojn metoton metotojn adverbial active participle metante metinte metonte adverbial passive participle metate metite metote infinitive meti imperative metu conditional metus

Derived terms

• almeti (“to put on or near; apply; enclose”)
• antaŭmeti (“to put before (someone), present”)
• demeti (“to take off”)
• enmeti (“to put in; insert”)
• formeti (“to put away”)
• kunmeti (“to put together”)
• metiĝi (“to put oneself (somewhere)”)
• meto (“placement”)

 

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meti

1. (transitive) to put, place, lay, set

Conjugation

This is a regular -i verb.

Conjugation of meti (third conjugation)

infinitive			meti
gerund			metint
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		metût		metûts
		feminine		metûde		metûdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o met	tu metis	al/e met	o metìn	o metês	a metin
	imperfect	o metevi	tu metevis	al/e meteve	o metevin	o metevis	a metevin
	simple past	o metei	tu meteris	al/e metè	o meterin	o meteris	a meterin
	future	o metarai	tu metarâs	al/e metarà	o metarìn	o metarês	a metaran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o metarès	tu metaressis	al/e metarès	o metaressin	o metaressis	a metaressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o meti	tu metis	al/e meti	o metìn	o metês	a metin
	imperfect	o metès	tu metessis	al/e metès	o metessin	o metessis	a metessin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	met	–	metìn	metêt	–

Related terms

• cometi

See also

• poni

Galician

Verb

meti

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Icelandic

Noun

meti

1. indefinite dative singular of met

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meti

1. to place; to put
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.

     That into his handkerchief he would put me.

Kambera

Verb

meti

1. (intransitive) to die

Derived terms

• pameti (“to kill”)

Kituba

Noun

meti

1. saliva

Ladino

Verb

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tiː/, [ˈmɛt̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/, [ˈmɛːt̪i]

Verb

metī

1. present passive infinitive of metō

Latvian

Verb

meti

1. second-person singular past indicative of mest

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈti/

• Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

meti (Cyrillic spelling мети)

1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀtei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mèːti/

Verb

mẹ́ti impf

1. to rub

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em
infinitive	mẹ́ti
1st singular	mánem
infinitive	mẹ́ti			mȅt, mẹ̑t
supine	mȅt, mẹ̑t
verbal noun	mẹ́tje
	participle			converb
present	manȅč			—
past	mẹ̑t			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	mȅł, mẹ̑ł		mẹ́la		mẹ̄lo
dual	mẹ̄la		mẹ̄li		mẹ̄li
plural	mẹ̄li		mẹ̄le		mẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	mánem			—
2nd singular	máneš			máni
3rd singular	máne			—
1st dual	máneva			mániva
2nd dual	máneta			mánita
3rd dual	máneta			—
1st plural	mánemo			mánimo
2nd plural	mánete			mánite
3rd plural	mánejo			—

Derived terms

• omẹ́ti
• pomẹ́ti
• zmẹ́ti

 

Further reading

• “meti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/

Noun

meti

1. meat, flesh
2. animal
3. (obsolete) concubine