mesi

• mese, measi, mease

Borrowed from Greek μέση (mési).

mesi f

1. middle, center

• nolgic / nolgiuc / njilgioc

• njedz

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

mesi

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

mesi m

1. plural of mese

From Proto-Finnic *meci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognates include Hungarian méz.

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mesi (genitive mee, partitive mett)

1. honey

• mesilane
• mesitaru

• “mesi”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “mesi”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “mesi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• mesi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Proto-Finnic *meci (“honey”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (whence English mead), or more specifically from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian.^[1] Cognates include Erzya медь (meď), Hungarian méz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞s̠i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Syllabification^(key): me‧si

mesi

1. nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
2. (archaic, dialectal) Synonym of hunaja (“honey”)

• mehiläinen

• “mesi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• esim., mies

From Proto-Finnic *meci. Cognates include Finnish mesi and Estonian mesi.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞s̠i]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈme̞ʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

mesi

1. nectar
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.

     Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

2. honey

• (nectar): meto
• (honey): meto

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 306

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.zi/
• Rhymes: -ezi
• Hyphenation: mé‧si

mesi m

1. plural of mese

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zi/
• Rhymes: -ɛzi
• Hyphenation: mè‧si

mesi m

1. plural of meso

• mise, semi, semi-

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

mesi (genitive mii, partitive mett)

1. honey

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/, [ˈmesʲi]
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

mesi

1. honey

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mesi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn