meza

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

• Hyphenation: me‧za

meza inan

1. (religion) mass

• “meza”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “meza”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From mezo +‎ -a.

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

• Audio:

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

1. middle, central
2. medium

• mezepoko

Borrowed from Esperanto meza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.za/

meza

1. middle, intermediate, central

• meze
• mezepoko

From Portuguese mesa.

meza

1. table

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

meza class 9 (plural meza class 10)

1. table (item of furniture)

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

meza

1. table

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

mèza f (Cyrillic spelling мѐза)

1. Alternative form of mèze

• “meza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

meza

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛzɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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

meza (n class, plural meza)

1. table (item of furniture)

• → Kamba: mesa
• → Kikuyu: metha
• → Lingala: mésá
• → Luganda: emmeeza
• → Luhya: emesa
• → Luo: mesa
• → Rwanda-Rundi: ameza
• → Tooro: emeeza

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

-meza (infinitive kumeza)

1. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)

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.

From Portuguese mesa (“table”).

meza

1. table