meza

From some reflex of Latin missa (“mass”).

• IPA^(key): /mes̻a/, [me̞.s̻a]

meza inan

1. (religion) mass

• "meza" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “meza” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

From mezo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeza]
• Rhymes: -eza
• Hyphenation: me‧za

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meza (accusative singular mezan, plural mezaj, accusative plural mezajn)

1. middle, central
2. medium

• mezepoko

Borrowed from Esperanto meza.

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.za/

meza

1. middle, intermediate, central

• meze
• mezepoko

From Portuguese mesa.

meza

1. table

From Omani Arabic ميز‎ (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز‎ (mēz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.

meza class 9 (plural meza class 10)

1. table (item of furniture)

• “meza” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

• IPA^(key): /měza/
• Hyphenation: me‧za

mèza f (Cyrillic spelling мѐза)

1. Alternative form of mèze

• “meza” in Hrvatski jezični portal

meza

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

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic ميز‎ (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز‎ (mēz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.

meza (n class, plural meza)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonym: deski

• → Kamba: mesa
• → Kikuyu: metha
• → Lingala: mésá
• → Luganda: emmeeza
• → Luhya: emesa
• → Luo: mesa
• → Rwanda-Rundi: ameza

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-meza (infinitive kumeza)

1. swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)