eta

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← zeta		→ theta
Η η Ancient Greek: ἦτα
Wikipedia article on eta

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

• (UK, Commonwealth) enPR: ēʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈiːtə/

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• (US) enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

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• Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

eta (plural etas)

1. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
   • 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 25:

     Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.

2. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

• heta

From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).

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• enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

eta (plural etas or eta)

1. A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

eta (plural etas)

1. Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”)

• æt., -ate, eat, Tea, AET, aet, tea, a.e.t., aet., TEA, ate, Até, Atë

• IPA^(key): /eta/ [e.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: e‧ta

Unknown, perhaps from Latin et (“and”). Unrelated to the suffix -eta.^[1]

• ta (see usage notes)

eta

1. and

   katuak eta txakurrak ― cats and dogs

2. (mathematics) plus, and

   bat eta bat bi dira ― one plus one is two

3. upon, after

   Hotelera ailegatu eta igerilekura joan ziren. ― They went to the swimming pool just after arriving at the hotel.

4. (Southern) since, because

   Ezin dut kakaueterik jan, alergikoa naiz eta. ― I can't eat peanuts because I'm allergic

In the spoken language, the form ta is often used, specially (but not exclusively) after words ending in vowels. In formal, written language, eta is the only standard form.

eta inan

1. eta (Greek letter)

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

Inherited from Basque eta.

eta

1. and

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ta]

eta f (plural etes)

1. eta; the Greek letter Η (lowercase η)

See -et-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈeta]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: e‧ta

eta (accusative singular etan, plural etaj, accusative plural etajn)

1. tiny, little, minuscule, slight (see -et-)

   Antonyms: ega, grandega

   Se ĉi tio domo estas fakte domego, ĝi estas la plej eta domego, kiun mi jam vidis!

   If that house is in fact a mansion, it is the tiniest mansion I ever saw!

   Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordojn.

   Little hands can make huge messes.

   Vere, la primo estas eta honoro, sed Mikaelo ege fieras pri ĝi.

   True, the award is a small honor, but Michael is immensely proud of it.

   Ŝia parto en la teatraĵo ne estas nur malgranda rolo, ĝi estas eta rolo sen sola vorto de dialogo.

   Her part in the play is not only a small role, it is a minuscule role without a single word of dialog.

   Mi havas nur etan kapdoloron.

   I only have a slight headache.

Usually smaller than malgranda (“small”), more synonymous to malgrandega (“tiny”) or tre malgranda (“very small”).

• etanima (“petty”)
• ete (“slightly”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːʰta/
• Rhymes: -eːʰta

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

eta (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative ótu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Conjugation of eta (group v-72)
infinitive	eta
supine	etið
participle (a26)1	etandi	etin
	present	past
first singular	eti	át
second singular	etur	átst
third singular	etur	át
plural	eta	ótu
	imperative
singular	et!
plural	etið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

eta n (genitive singular eta, plural etu)

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension of eta
n1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
accusative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
dative	eta	etanum	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	etna	etnanna

From French état/État, from Old French estat, from Latin status.

• IPA^(key): /eta/

eta

1. state (condition)

   eta matyè ― state of matter

2. state (polity)

• Etazini
• Ozetazini

• éta

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːta/
• Rhymes: -ɛːta

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

eta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative át, third-person plural past indicative átu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

eta f (genitive singular etu, nominative plural etur)
eta n (genitive singular eta, nominative plural etu)

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

From Latin ēta, from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), later form of ἧτα (hêta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ /⁠ḥēt⁠/), whence also heth.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: è‧ta

eta m or f (invariable)

1. eta (Greek letter)

• eta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• -ate

eta

1. Rōmaji transcription of えた

eta

1. to see

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “eta”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

From *leta, akin to Tetum leten.

eta

1. above

• ete (e-infinitive)
• åtå (dialectal)

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Akin to English eat.

• IPA^(key): /²eːtɑ/

eta (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

1. to eat

   Dei åt for mykje.

   They ate too much.

• etande

• -æt

• “eta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

eta

1. only, just

   Bezhig eta ogii-ni-maajiinaan ini akikoon awe naadaabowed.

   The person going after water only took one pail.

• giineta
• giinetawaa
• giinetawind
• niineta
• niinetawind
• wiineta
• wiinetawaa

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/eta-adv-deg

From Proto-Germanic *etǭ.

• jata

eta f (genitive etu)

1. crib, manger
2. (plural only) cancer

• Norwegian Nynorsk: ete

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, akin to Old English etan ( > English eat), Old Saxon etan, Old High German ezzan (> German essen), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Lithuanian ėsti, Latvian ēst, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti) (whence Bulgarian ям (jam)), Russian е́сть (jéstʹ), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

eta (singular past indicative át, plural past indicative átu, past participle etinn)

2.  to eat

• “eta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

eta

1. only, just

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 145

From Sanskrit एतद् (etad).

eta

1. this
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

• (pronoun) etā

eta m

1. this one

eta n

1. this one

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “etad”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ‬ /⁠ḥēt⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: e‧ta

eta f

1. eta (Greek letter Η, η)

• eta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• eita (Brazil)

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: e‧ta

eta

1. expresses surprise

Borrowed from Latin aetas.

eta f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) age

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• eta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Proto-Bantu *-gèndia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

eta

1. to walk
2. to go

• IPA^(key): /ˈeta/ [ˈe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: e‧ta

eta f (plural etas)

1. eta; the Greek letter Η, η

• “eta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

eta

1. to go
2. to visit

Variant orthographies

ALIV	eta
Brazilian standard	eta
New Tribes	eta

From Proto-Cariban *ôta (“to hear”).

• IPA^(key): [eta]

eta

1. (transitive) to hear, to listen

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 216, 219, 315, 389: “[eta:dï] 'to hear' […] eta:dü 'to hear' […] -eta- 'hear' […] eta:dü - to hear”