mezu

See also: mežu and mężu

Basque

Etymology

From some reflex of Latin missum (supine of mittō (“to send”)).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mes̻u/, [me̞.s̻u]

Noun

mezu inan

1. message

Declension

Declension of mezu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mezu	mezua	mezuak
ergative	mezuk	mezuak	mezuek
dative	mezuri	mezuari	mezuei
genitive	mezuren	mezuaren	mezuen
comitative	mezurekin	mezuarekin	mezuekin
causative	mezurengatik	mezuarengatik	mezuengatik
benefactive	mezurentzat	mezuarentzat	mezuentzat
instrumental	mezuz	mezuaz	mezuez
inessive	mezutan	mezuan	mezuetan
locative	mezutako	mezuko	mezuetako
allative	mezutara	mezura	mezuetara
terminative	mezutaraino	mezuraino	mezuetaraino
directive	mezutarantz	mezurantz	mezuetarantz
destinative	mezutarako	mezurako	mezuetarako
ablative	mezutatik	mezutik	mezuetatik
partitive	mezurik	—	—
prolative	mezutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• mezulari
• mezularitza

Further reading

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

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Compare Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec mesu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mezu

1. violinist

References

• Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, pages 19, 133

Japanese

Romanization

mezu

1. Rōmaji transcription of めづ