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meza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meza"

Basque edit

Etymology edit

From some reflex of Latin missa (“mass”).

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /mes̻a/ [me.s̻a]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /mes̺a/ [me.s̺a]

 

  • Hyphenation: me‧za

Noun edit

meza inan

  1. (religion) mass

Declension edit

Declension of meza (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive meza meza mezak
ergative mezak mezak mezek
dative mezari mezari mezei
genitive mezaren mezaren mezen
comitative mezarekin mezarekin mezekin
causative mezarengatik mezarengatik mezengatik
benefactive mezarentzat mezarentzat mezentzat
instrumental mezaz mezaz mezez
inessive mezatan mezan mezetan
locative mezatako mezako mezetako
allative mezatara mezara mezetara
terminative mezataraino mezaraino mezetaraino
directive mezatarantz mezarantz mezetarantz
destinative mezatarako mezarako mezetarako
ablative mezatatik mezatik mezetatik
partitive mezarik — —
prolative mezatzat — —

Further reading edit

  • "meza" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “meza” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From mezo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmeza]
  • Rhymes: -eza
  • Hyphenation: me‧za
  • Audio(file)

Adjective edit

meza (accusative singular mezan, plural mezaj, accusative plural mezajn)

  1. middle, central
  2. medium

Derived terms edit

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto meza.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

meza

  1. middle, intermediate, central

Derived terms edit

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mesa.

Noun edit

meza

  1. table

Maore Comorian edit

Etymology edit

From Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.

Noun edit

meza class 9 (plural meza class 10)

  1. table (item of furniture)

References edit

  • “meza” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Sango edit

Noun edit

meza

  1. table

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /měza/
  • Hyphenation: me‧za

Noun edit

mèza f (Cyrillic spelling мѐза)

  1. Alternative form of mèze

Declension edit

Declension of meza
singular plural
nominative meza meze
genitive meze meza
dative mezi mezama
accusative mezu meze
vocative mezo meze
locative mezi mezama
instrumental mezom mezama

References edit

  • “meza” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish edit

Verb edit

meza

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

Swahili edit

 
meza

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.[1]

Noun edit

meza (n class, plural meza)

  1. table (item of furniture)
Descendants edit
  • → Kamba: mesa
  • → Kikuyu: metha
  • → Lingala: mésá
  • → Luganda: emmeeza
  • → Luhya: emesa
  • → Luo: mesa
  • → Rwanda-Rundi: ameza
  • → Tooro: emeeza

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb edit

-meza (infinitive kumeza)

  1. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of -meza
Positive present -nameza
Subjunctive -meze
Negative -mezi
Imperative singular meza
Infinitives
Positive kumeza
Negative kutomeza
Imperatives
Singular meza
Plural mezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humeza
Positive past positive subject concord + -limeza
Negative past negative subject concord + -kumeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nameza)
Singular Plural
1st person ninameza/nameza tunameza
2nd person unameza mnameza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anameza wanameza
other classes positive subject concord + -nameza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mezi)
Singular Plural
1st person simezi hatumezi
2nd person humezi hammezi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamezi hawamezi
other classes negative subject concord + -mezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tameza
Negative future negative subject concord + -tameza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -meze)
Singular Plural
1st person nimeze tumeze
2nd person umeze mmeze
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ameze wameze
other classes positive subject concord + -meze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simeze
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemeza
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemeza
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimeza
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ameza)
Singular Plural
1st person nameza twameza
2nd person wameza mwameza
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ameza wameza
m-mi(III/IV) wameza yameza
ji-ma(V/VI) lameza yameza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chameza vyameza
n(IX/X) yameza zameza
u(XI) wameza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwameza
pa(XVI) pameza
mu(XVIII) mwameza
Perfect positive subject concord + -memeza
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshameza
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jameza
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kimeza
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipomeza
Consecutive kameza / positive subject concord + -kameza
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kameze
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nimeza -tumeza
2nd person -kumeza -wameza/-kumezeni/-wamezeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmeza -wameza
m-mi(III/IV) -umeza -imeza
ji-ma(V/VI) -limeza -yameza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimeza -vimeza
n(IX/X) -imeza -zimeza
u(XI) -umeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kumeza
pa(XVI) -pameza
mu(XVIII) -mumeza
Reflexive -jimeza
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -meza- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -mezaye -mezao
m-mi(III/IV) -mezao -mezayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -mezalo -mezayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -mezacho -mezavyo
n(IX/X) -mezayo -mezazo
u(XI) -mezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -mezako
pa(XVI) -mezapo
mu(XVIII) -mezamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -meza)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yemeza -omeza
m-mi(III/IV) -omeza -yomeza
ji-ma(V/VI) -lomeza -yomeza
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomeza -vyomeza
n(IX/X) -yomeza -zomeza
u(XI) -omeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -komeza
pa(XVI) -pomeza
mu(XVIII) -momeza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

References edit

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10:
    ‘Table’, Sw meza. From OAr mēz (R: 126), of disputed origin. Morano (2019: 332) follows Reinhardt (1894) in stating that this word is from Portuguese mesa, but Persian mēz is a perfect formal fit. Behnstedt & Woidich (2011b: 208) conflate the two etyma but justify it with a supposition that the Persian may be borrowed from the Portuguese, which is rejected by Iranists, and on its face, very unlikely.

Tetum edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mesa (“table”).

Noun edit

meza

  1. table
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