pesta

See also: Pesta and pestä

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛs.tə], [ˈpes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɛs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɛs.ta]

Noun

pesta f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. stink
3. pest

Related terms

• pestífer
• pestilència
• pestilent

Further reading

• “pesta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Estonian

Verb

pesta

1. Da-infinitive of pesema.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ta/

Verb

pesta

1. third-person singular past historic of pester

Anagrams

• pâtes, pâtés, pesât, pétas, tapes, tapés

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pesta, from Portuguese festa, from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsta/, [ˈpɛs.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pès‧ta

Noun

pèsta (plural pesta-pesta, first-person possessive pestaku, second-person possessive pestamu, third-person possessive pestanya)

1. party, a social gathering, a gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing.

Derived terms

• berpesta
• berpesta-pesta
• memestakan
• pesta demokrasi

 

Further reading

• “pesta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.sta/, /ˈpɛ.sta/
• Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: pé‧sta, pè‧sta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) +‎ -a.

Noun

pesta f (plural peste)

1. (usually in the plural) footprint

   Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia

   essere sulle peste di qualcuno

   being in the footsteps of someone

2. (figurative, in the plural) mess, trouble

   Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio

   trovarsi nelle peste

   find oneself in trouble

Derived terms

• pista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesta

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

pesta

1. feminine singular of pesto

Anagrams

• paste, spate

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

1. wash

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

Noun

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta, informal 1st possessive pestaku, 2nd possessive pestamu, 3rd possessive pestanya)

1. party

Descendants

• Indonesian: pesta

Further reading

• “pesta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pesten

Noun

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpes.ta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Noun

pesta

1. Alternative form of festa (“party, celebration”)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

Verb

pesta

1. to wash
2. to clean

Inflection

Inflection of pesta (inflection type 25/purda)
1st infinitive	pesta
present indic.	pezeb
past indic.	pezi
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	pezen	pezin	—
2nd singular	pezed	pezid	peze
3rd singular	pezeb	pezi	peskaha
1st plural	pezem	pezim	peskam
2nd plural	pezet	pezit	peskat
3rd plural	pestas pezeba	peziba	peskaha
sing. conneg.1	peze	pezend	peze
plur. conneg.	peskoi	peznugoi	peskoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	pezižin	peznuižin	peznen
2nd singular	pezižid	peznuižid	pezned
3rd singular	peziži	peznuiži	pezneb
1st plural	pezižim	peznuižim	peznem
2nd plural	pezižit	peznuižit	peznet
3rd plural	pezižiba	peznuižiba	pezneba
connegative	peziži	peznuiži	pezne
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	pesta
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	pestes	inessive	pezmas
instructive	pesten	illative	pezmaha
participles		elative	pezmaspäi
present active	pezii	adessive	pezmal
past active	peznu	abessive	pezmat
past passive	pestud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вымыть, выстирать, мыть, стирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika