mea

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mea"

'Are'are

Noun

mea

1. tongue

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• a mea
• (a) nja

Etymology

From Latin mea. Compare Romanian mea.

Pronoun

mea f (masculine meu, feminine plural meali or meale, masculine plural mei)

1. my; first-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

Usage notes

Always preceded by 'a'- "a mea".

Related terms

• (a) ta/(a) tauã
• (a) ljei
• (a) noastrã
• (a) voastrã
• (a) lor

Basque

Etymology

Uncertain, probably from an earlier form *mena. Further derivation has two possibilities: either from Spanish mena (“ore”); or from Proto-Basque *bena, from Latin vēnam, accusative singular of vēna (“vein”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mea/ [me.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: me‧a

Noun

mea inan

1. mineral
2. ore

Declension

Declension of mea (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mea	mea	meak
ergative	meak	meak	meek
dative	meari	meari	meei
genitive	mearen	mearen	meen
comitative	mearekin	mearekin	meekin
causative	mearengatik	mearengatik	meengatik
benefactive	mearentzat	mearentzat	meentzat
instrumental	meaz	meaz	meez
inessive	meatan	mean	meetan
locative	meatako	meako	meetako
allative	meatara	meara	meetara
terminative	meataraino	mearaino	meetaraino
directive	meatarantz	mearantz	meetarantz
destinative	meatarako	mearako	meetarako
ablative	meatatik	meatik	meetatik
partitive	mearik	—	—
prolative	meatzat	—	—

Derived terms

• meategi (“mine”)
• meatoki (“mine”)
• meatze (“mine”) (see there for further derivations)
• meazulo (“entrance to a mine”)

 

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin media, from medius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeɐ]

Noun

mea f (plural meas)

1. skein (a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel)

   Synonyms: cadeixa, madeixa, meada

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “meas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.a/, [ˈmɛ.jə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *meqa (cognate with Maori mea and Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”))

Noun

mea

1. thing, object
2. person

Derived terms

• mea ʻai
• mea ʻala
• mea ʻono

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mea (compare with mea and Tongan mea) from Proto-Oceanic *meʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-iʀaq (see Malay merah, Iban mirah).

Verb

mea

1. (stative) reddish (as water full of red soil)

Ido

Etymology

From me +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmea/

Determiner

mea

1. my, belonging to me.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: mè‧a

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

mea

1. feminine singular of meo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mea

1. inflection of meare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -ame, Ema, Maè

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.a/, [ˈmeä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.a/, [ˈmɛːä]

Pronoun

mea

1. inflection of meus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronoun

meā

1. ablative feminine singular of meus

See also

• tuus
• suus

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese meia.

Noun

mea

1. sock, stocking

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#m

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *meqa (cognate with Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”))

Noun

mea

1. thing

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *mea from Proto-Oceanic *meʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-iʀaq (compare with Malay merah, Iban mirah).

Adjective

mea

1. red, reddish

   Synonyms: whero, kura

References

Colors in Maori · ngā tae (layout · text)

tea, mā	kiwikiwi	pango
mea, kura, whero	karaka; parauri	kōwhai, renga
	kāriki, kākāriki	kārikiuri
	kikorangi	kahurangi
tūāuri	waiporoporo	māwhero

Etymology 3

From English mayor

Noun

mea

1. mayor

   Synonym: koromatua

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mea”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 182-3
• “mea” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²meːɑ/

Conjunction

mea

1. (pre-1959) alternative form of medan

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mea, feminine of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̯a]

• Audio:

  (file)

Determiner

mea

1. feminine singular of meu

Pronoun

mea f (possessive pronouns)

1. (preceded by "a") mine

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmea/

Adjective

mea

1. feminine singular of meu

Pronoun

mea

1. feminine singular of meu

Spanish

Verb

mea

1. inflection of mear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-mea (infinitive kumea)

1. to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of -mea
Positive present -namea Subjunctive -mee Negative -mei Imperative singular mea
Infinitives
Positive kumea Negative kutomea
Imperatives
Singular mea Plural meeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humea Positive past positive subject concord + -limea Negative past negative subject concord + -kumea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -namea) Singular Plural 1st person ninamea/namea tunamea 2nd person unamea mnamea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anamea wanamea other classes positive subject concord + -namea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mei) Singular Plural 1st person simei hatumei 2nd person humei hammei 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamei hawamei other classes negative subject concord + -mei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tamea Negative future negative subject concord + -tamea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -mee) Singular Plural 1st person nimee tumee 2nd person umee mmee 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amee wamee other classes positive subject concord + -mee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simee Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemea Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemea Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimea Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -amea) Singular Plural 1st person namea twamea 2nd person wamea mwamea 3rd person m-wa(I/II) amea wamea m-mi(III/IV) wamea yamea ji-ma(V/VI) lamea yamea ki-vi(VII/VIII) chamea vyamea n(IX/X) yamea zamea u(XI) wamea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwamea pa(XVI) pamea mu(XVIII) mwamea
Perfect positive subject concord + -memea "Already" positive subject concord + -meshamea "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jamea "If/When" positive subject concord + -kimea "If not" positive subject concord + -sipomea Consecutive kamea / positive subject concord + -kamea Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kamee
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nimea -tumea 2nd person -kumea -wamea/-kumeeni/-wameeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmea -wamea m-mi(III/IV) -umea -imea ji-ma(V/VI) -limea -yamea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimea -vimea n(IX/X) -imea -zimea u(XI) -umea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumea pa(XVI) -pamea mu(XVIII) -mumea Reflexive -jimea
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -mea- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -meaye -meao m-mi(III/IV) -meao -meayo ji-ma(V/VI) -mealo -meayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -meacho -meavyo n(IX/X) -meayo -meazo u(XI) -meao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -meako pa(XVI) -meapo mu(XVIII) -meamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -mea) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yemea -omea m-mi(III/IV) -omea -yomea ji-ma(V/VI) -lomea -yomea ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomea -vyomea n(IX/X) -yomea -zomea u(XI) -omea see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -komea pa(XVI) -pomea mu(XVIII) -momea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Tahitian

Noun

mea

1. thing

Usage notes

• Instead of saying "noun is adjective" one says "noun is adjective mea" (using VSO word order, though).

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *meqa. Cognates include Hawaiian mea and Samoan mea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈme.a]
• Hyphenation: me‧a

Noun

mea

1. thing
   • 1948, Tūlāfono fakavae a Tokelau [Constitution of Tokelau]‎^[2], page 1:

     Ko te fakavae tenei e matea i nā nuku ma kafai ona tagata e faifaimea fakatahi, ma nonofo fakatahi i te filemu ma te fiafia.

     This foundation is recognised in the villages and if its people repeatedly do things together, and [if] they live together in peace and happiness.

2. (euphemistic) genitalia; junk

Usage notes

• In Tokelauan, mea may additionally be translated as "reason", "matter", "case", "tool", "spot" or any other range of indefinite designation for a mentioned object:

  I te mea tēnei. ― In this spot. (literally, “At this thing here.”)

  Tēnā te mea na hau e au. ― This is the reason I came. (literally, “This is the thing (why) I came.”)

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[3], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 232