mīsa

See also: misa, Misa, mísa, misá, Míša, and mi sa

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mēnsāˀ. Cognates include Latvian miesa and Lithuanian mėsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmʲìːsa]
• Hyphenation: mī‧sa

Noun

mīsa f

1. meat

Declension

Declension of mīsa (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	mīsa	mīsys, mīsas1)
genitive	mīsys, mīsas1)	mīsu
dative	mīsai	mīsom
accusative	mīsu	mīsys, mīsas1)
instrumental	mīsu	mīsom
locative	mīsā	mīsuos
vocative	mīsa, mīs	mīsys, mīsas1)

¹⁾ dialectal

References

• M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 376

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• misa

Etymology

From the plural of Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (“meat”). Compare Russian мя́со (mjáso), Serbo-Croatian meso, Old Prussian mensa, Sanskrit मांस (māṃsá), मांसं (mā̃san), Albanian mish, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz), Armenian միս (mis).

Noun

mīsa f

1. meat, flesh