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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mea"

'Are'are

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Noun

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mea

  1. tongue

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Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin mea. Compare Romanian mea.

Pronoun

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

  1. my; first-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

Usage notes

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

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Basque

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Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Etymology

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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”).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mea inan

  1. mineral
  2. ore

Declension

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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

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References

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  1. ^ “mea” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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

Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈme.a/, [ˈmɛ.jə]
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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *meqa (cognate with Maori mea and Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”))[1][2]

Noun

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mea

  1. thing, object
  2. person
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 243-4
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “meqa.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *mea (compare with mea and Tongan mea)[1] from Proto-Oceanic *meʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-iʀaq (see Malay merah, Iban mirah).[2][3]

Verb

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mea

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

References

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  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mea”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 243-4
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mea.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 212-3

Ido

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Etymology

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From me +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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mea

  1. my, belonging to me.

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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mea

  1. feminine singular of meo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mea

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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mea

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

Pronoun

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meā

  1. ablative feminine singular of meus

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Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese meia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mea

  1. sock, stocking

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Maori

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *meqa (cognate with Tongan meʻa (“thing, matter, object”))[1][2]

Noun

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mea

  1. thing

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 205
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “meqa.a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Etymology 2

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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).[1][2]

Adjective

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mea

  1. red, reddish
    Synonyms: whero, kura

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “mea.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 212-3


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

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From English mayor

Noun

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mea

  1. mayor
    Synonym: koromatua

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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mea

  1. (pre-1959) alternative form of medan

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mea, feminine of meus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [me̯a]
  • Audio:(file)

Determiner

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mea

  1. feminine singular of meu

Pronoun

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mea f (possessive pronouns)

  1. (preceded by "a") mine

Sassarese

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mea

  1. feminine singular of meu

Pronoun

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mea

  1. feminine singular of meu

Spanish

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Verb

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mea

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

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-mea (infinitive kumea)

  1. to grow

Conjugation

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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

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Noun

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mea

  1. thing

Usage notes

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

Tokelauan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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  • 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

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