meti

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.ti]

meti

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

From Italian mettere, ultimately from Latin mittō. Compare French mettre, Portuguese and Spanish meter.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeti]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation: me‧ti

meti (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, volitive metu)

1. to put, place

   Metu ambaŭ manojn sur la stirradon! ― Put both hands on the steering wheel!

Conjugation of meti

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		metas		metis		metos
active participle		metanta	metantaj	metinta	metintaj	metonta	metontaj
	acc.	metantan	metantajn	metintan	metintajn	metontan	metontajn
passive participle		metata	metataj	metita	metitaj	metota	metotaj
	acc.	metatan	metatajn	metitan	metitajn	metotan	metotajn
nominal active participle		metanto	metantoj	metinto	metintoj	metonto	metontoj
	acc.	metanton	metantojn	metinton	metintojn	metonton	metontojn
nominal passive participle		metato	metatoj	metito	metitoj	metoto	metotoj
	acc.	metaton	metatojn	metiton	metitojn	metoton	metotojn
adverbial active participle		metante		metinte		metonte
adverbial passive participle		metate		metite		metote

infinitive		meti						imperative		metu						conditional		metus

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

meti

1. (transitive) to put, place, lay, set

This is a regular -i verb.

• cometi

• poni

meti

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

meti

1. indefinite dative singular of met

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

meti

1. to place; to put
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.

     That into his handkerchief he would put me.

meti

1. (intransitive) to die

• pameti (“to kill”)

meti

1. saliva

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tiː/, [ˈmɛt̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/, [ˈmɛːt̪i]

metī

1. present passive infinitive of metō

meti

1. second-person singular past indicative of mest

• Hyphenation: me‧ti

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

meti (Cyrillic spelling мети)

1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

From Proto-Slavic *męti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀtei.

• IPA^(key): /mèːti/

mẹ́ti impf

1. to rub

• “meti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

From English meat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/

meti

1. meat, flesh
2. animal
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

     Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

     [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']

     Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

3. (obsolete) concubine

• Aukan: meti

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “meti”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary