pesa

See also: Pesa, pesá, pesà, pesâ, and pesä

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pesa]

Noun

pesa

1. stone

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛza

Verb

pesa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pesar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pesar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛsa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: pe‧sa

Noun

pesa

1. inflection of peso:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Alternative forms

• (plural forms): pesos

Anagrams

• pase

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pesä, from Proto-Uralic *pesä. Cognate with Finnish pesä and Hungarian fészek.

Noun

pesa (genitive pesa, partitive pesa)

1. nest

Declension

Inflection of pesa (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pesa	pesad
accusative	pesa	pesad
genitive	pesa	pesade
partitive	pesa	pesi pesasid
illative	pessa pesasse	pesadesse pesisse
inessive	pesas	pesades pesis
elative	pesast	pesadest pesist
allative	pesale	pesadele pesile
adessive	pesal	pesadel pesil
ablative	pesalt	pesadelt pesilt
translative	pesaks	pesadeks pesiks
terminative	pesani	pesadeni
essive	pesana	pesadena
abessive	pesata	pesadeta
comitative	pesaga	pesadega

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

pesa

1. third-person singular past historic of peser

Anagrams

• sape

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.za/, (traditional) /ˈpe.sa/
• Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
• Syllabification: pé‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pesare +‎ -a.

Noun

pesa f (plural pese)

1. weighing
2. weighbridge
3. weighing machine

Etymology 2

Adjective

pesa f sg

1. feminine singular of peso

Etymology 3

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• aspe, sape

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.zɐ/

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• paisa (Rumantsch Grischun)
• peisa (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum (with a later change of gender), from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

pesa f

1. (Sutsilvan) weight

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) pais

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpesa/ [ˈpe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pe‧sa

Etymology 1

From peso.

Noun

pesa f (plural pesas)

1. weight (object cf. peso)
2. (exercise) dumbbell
3. (Latin America) balance, scales

   Synonym: báscula

Hyponyms

• romana
• balanza

Derived terms

• barra con pesas
• pesa rusa

 

Related terms

• pesar
• pesas
• peso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

pesa (n class, plural pesa) or pesa (ma class, plural mapesa)

1. money
2. (obsolete) paisa (unit of Indian currency)

Synonyms

• fedha

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 白煠魚 (pe̍h-sa̍h-hî).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧sa

Noun

pesà

1. fish boiled in rice with ginger and vegetables.

Etymology 2

From Spanish pesa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pe‧sa

Noun

pésa

1. weight used on scales.