eta

See also: ETA and Appendix:Variations of "eta"

English

**Ancient Greek Alphabet**
← zeta		→ theta
Η η Ancient Greek: ἦτα
Wikipedia article on eta

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Pronunciation

(UK, Commonwealth) enPR: ēʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈiːtə/
- Audio (UK) (file)
(US) enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/
- Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

Noun

eta (plural etas)

The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
(physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

Derived terms

Dirichlet eta function
eta conversion
eta meson
eta prime
eta reduction

Related terms

heta

Translations

Greek letter

Arabic: إِتَا‎ f (ʾitā)
Catalan: eta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 艾塔 (zh) (àitǎ), 伊塔 (zh) (yītǎ)
Czech: éta n
Dutch: èta (nl) m or f
Esperanto: eto (eo)
Faroese: eta (fo) n
Finnish: eeta (fi)
French: êta (fr) m
German: Eta (de) n
Greek: ήτα (el) n (íta)
Ancient: ἦτα n (êta)
Hungarian: éta (hu)
Icelandic: eta (is) f or n
Interlingua: eta
Japanese: エータ (ēta), イタ (ita)
Korean: 에타 (ko) (eta)
Macedonian: е́та f (éta)
Malay: eta
Polish: eta (pl) f
Portuguese: eta (pt) m
Russian: э́та (ru) f (éta), и́та (ru) f (íta) (modern Greek)
Spanish: eta (es) f
Swedish: eta (sv) n
Tagalog: eta

Etymology 2

From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).

Pronunciation

- Audio (UK) (file)
enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

Noun

eta (plural etas or eta)

A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

Anagrams

-ate, AET, Até, Atë, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, ate, eat, tea, æt.

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eta/, [e̞.t̪a]

Etymology 1

Unknown, perhaps from Latin et (“and”). Unrelated to the suffix -eta.[1]

Alternative forms

ta (see usage notes)

Conjunction

eta

and
katuak eta txakurrak ― cats and dogs
(mathematics) plus, and
bat eta bat bi dira ― one plus one is two
upon, after
Hotelera ailegatu eta igerilekura joan ziren. ― They went to the swimming pool just after arriving at the hotel.
(Southern) since, because
Ezin dut kakaueterik jan, alergikoa naiz eta. ― I can't eat peanuts because I'm allergic

Usage notes

In the spoken language, the form ta is often used, specially (but not exclusively) after words ending in vowels. In formal, written language, eta is the only standard form.

Noun

eta inan

eta (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of eta (inanimate, ending in -a)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	eta	eta	etak
ergative	etak	etak	etek
dative	etari	etari	etei
genitive	etaren	etaren	eten
comitative	etarekin	etarekin	etekin
causative	etarengatik	etarengatik	etengatik
benefactive	etarentzat	etarentzat	etentzat
instrumental	etaz	etaz	etez
inessive	etatan	etan	etetan
locative	etatako	etako	etetako
allative	etatara	etara	etetara
terminative	etataraino	etaraino	etetaraino
directive	etatarantz	etarantz	etetarantz
destinative	etatarako	etarako	etetarako
ablative	etatatik	etatik	etetatik
partitive	etarik	—	—
prolative	etatzat	—	—

References

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.tə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

Noun

eta f (plural etes)

eta; the Greek letter Η (lowercase η).

Esperanto

Etymology

See -et-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈeta]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -eta
Hyphenation: e‧ta

Adjective

eta (accusative singular etan, plural etaj, accusative plural etajn)

tiny, little, minuscule, slight (see -et-)
Se ĉi tio domo estas fakte domego, ĝi estas la plej eta domego, kiun mi jam vidis!
If that house is in fact a mansion, it is the tiniest mansion I ever saw!
Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordojn.
Little hands can make huge messes.
Vere, la primo estas eta honoro, sed Mikaelo ege fieras pri ĝi.
True, the award is a small honor, but Michael is immensely proud of it.
Ŝia parto en la teatraĵo ne estas nur malgranda rolo, ĝi estas eta rolo sen sola vorto de dialogo.
Her part in the play is not only a small role, it is a minuscule role without a single word of dialog.
Mi havas nur etan kapdoloron.
I only have a slight headache.
Antonym: ega

Usage notes

Usually smaller than malgranda (“small”).

Derived terms

etanima (“petty”)
ete (“slightly”)

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːʰta/
Rhymes: -eːʰta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

eta (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative ótu, supine etið)

to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of eta (group v-72)
infinitive	eta
supine	etið
participle (a26)¹	etandi	etin
	present	past
first singular	eti	át
second singular	etur	átst
third singular	etur	át
plural	eta	ótu
	imperative
singular	et!
plural	etið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun

eta n (genitive singular eta, plural etu)

eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

Declension of eta
n1	singular		plural
n1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
accusative	eta	etað	etu, etur	etuni
dative	eta	etanum	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	etna	etnanna

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French état, from Old French estat, from Latin status.

Noun

eta

state

Related terms

Etazini
Ozetazini

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛːta/
Rhymes: -ɛːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Alternative forms

éta (more common)

Verb

eta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative át, third-person plural past indicative átu, supine etið)

to eat

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun

eta f (genitive singular etu, nominative plural etur) or eta n (genitive singular eta, nominative plural etu)

eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

declension of eta

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	eta	etan	etur	eturnar
accusative	etu	etuna	etur	eturnar
dative	etu	etunni	etum	etunum
genitive	etu	etunnar	eta	etanna

or

declension of eta

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-w	singular		plural
nominative	eta	etað	etu	etun
accusative	eta	etað	etu	etun
dative	eta	etanu	etum	etunum
genitive	eta	etans	eta	etanna

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ēta, from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), later form of ἧτα (hêta), from Phoenician 𐤇‎ (ḥ /ḥēt/), whence also heth.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta
Hyphenation: è‧ta

Noun

eta m or f (invariable)

eta (Greek letter)

Anagrams

-ate

Japanese

Romanization

eta

Rōmaji transcription of えた

Laboya

Verb

eta

to see

References

Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “eta”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

Manggarai

Etymology

From *leta, akin to Tetum leten.

Adverb

eta

above

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [eta]

Verb

eta

(transitive) to hear, to listen

Derived terms

ööta

References

Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “eta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “eta:dü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

ete (e-infinitive)
åtå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Akin to English eat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²eːtɑ/

Verb

eta (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

to eat
Dei åt for mykje.
They ate too much.

Conjugation

Conjugation of eta — (strong)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	eta, ete
present participle	etande
past participle	eten
supine	ete
singular	et, eter²	åt
plural¹	eta	åto
subjunctive	present	past
	ete	―
imperative	present
singular	et
plural¹	ete

¹Rare today. ²Unofficial today.

Derived terms

etande

Related terms

-æt

References

“eta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ojibwe

Adverb

eta

only, just
Bezhig eta ogii-ni-maajiinaan ini akikoon awe naadaabowed.
The person going after water only took one pail.

Related terms

giineta
giinetawaa
giinetawind
niineta
niinetawind
wiineta
wiinetawaa

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/eta-adv-deg

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *etǭ.

Alternative forms

jata

Noun

eta f (genitive etu)

crib, manger
(plural only) cancer

Declension

Declension of eta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eta	etan	etur	eturnar
accusative	etu	etuna	etur	eturnar
dative	etu	etunni	etum	etunum
genitive	etu	etunnar	etna	etnanna

Descendants

Norwegian Nynorsk: ete

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, akin to Old English etan ( > English eat), Old Saxon etan, Old High German ezzan (> German essen), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Lithuanian ėsti, Latvian ēst, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti) (whence Bulgarian ям (jam)), Russian е́сть (jéstʹ), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

Verb

eta (singular past indicative át, plural past indicative átu, past participle etinn)

to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of eta — active (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	eta
present participle	etandi
past participle	etinn
1st-person singular	et	át
2nd-person singular	etr	ázt
3rd-person singular	etr	át
1st-person plural	etum	átum
2nd-person plural	etið	átuð
3rd-person plural	eta	átu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	eta	æta
2nd-person singular	etir	ætir
3rd-person singular	eti	æti
1st-person plural	etim	ætim
2nd-person plural	etið	ætið
3rd-person plural	eti	æti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	et
1st-person plural	etum
2nd-person plural	etið

Conjugation of eta — mediopassive (strong class 5)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	etask
present participle	etandisk
past participle	etizk
1st-person singular	etumk	átumk
2nd-person singular	ezk	ázk
3rd-person singular	ezk	ázk
1st-person plural	etumsk	átumsk
2nd-person plural	etizk	átuzk
3rd-person plural	etask	átusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	etumk	ætumk
2nd-person singular	etisk	ætisk
3rd-person singular	etisk	ætisk
1st-person plural	etimsk	ætimsk
2nd-person plural	etizk	ætizk
3rd-person plural	etisk	ætisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ezk
1st-person plural	etumsk
2nd-person plural	etizk

Descendants

Icelandic: eta, éta
Faroese: eta
Norwegian Nynorsk: eta; (dialectal) ita, åtå, øtå
Elfdalian: jätå
Westrobothnian: ita, eta; jäta, jetta
Old Swedish: æta
- Swedish: äta
Old Danish: ætæ
- Danish: æde
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ete
- Scanian: æda
Gutnish: äte, jite, jeta

References

“eta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ottawa

Adverb

eta

only, just

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 145

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀏𑀢 (Brahmi script)
एत (Devanagari script)
এত (Bengali script)
එත (Sinhalese script)
ဧတ or ဨတ or ဢေတ (Burmese script)
เอต or เอตะ (Thai script)
ᩑᨲ (Tai Tham script)
ເອຕ or ເອຕະ (Lao script)
ឯត (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄬𑄖 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

esa (Latin script)
𑀏𑀲 (Brahmi script)
एस (Devanagari script)
এস (Bengali script)
එස (Sinhalese script)
ဧသ or ဨသ or ဢေသ (Burmese script)
เอส or เอสะ (Thai script)
ᩑᩈ (Tai Tham script)
ເອສ or ເອສະ (Lao script)
ឯស (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄬𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit एतद् (etad).

Adjective

eta

this

Usage notes

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension

Declension table of "eta" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	eso or esa	ete
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	ete
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Declension table of "etā" (feminine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	esā	etā
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	etā
Instrumental (third)	etāya	etāhi or etābhi
Dative (fourth)	etāya or etassā or etissā or etissāya	etāsaṃ or etāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etāya	etāhi or etābhi
Genitive (sixth)	etāya or etassā or etissā or etissāya	etāsaṃ or etāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etāya or etāyaṃ or etissaṃ	etāsu

Declension table of "eta" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Accusative (second)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Derived terms

(pronoun) etā

Pronoun

eta m

this one

Declension

Declension table of "eta" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	eso or esa	ete
Accusative (second)	etaṃ	ete
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

Pronoun

eta n

this one

Usage notes

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension

Declension table of "eta" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Accusative (second)	etaṃ or etad	etāni
Instrumental (third)	etena	etehi or etebhi
Dative (fourth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	etasmā or etamhā	etehi or etebhi
Genitive (sixth)	etassa	etesaṃ or etesānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	etasmiṃ or etamhi	etesu

References

Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “etad”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), from Phoenician 𐤇‬‎ (ḥ‬ /ḥēt/).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛta
Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun

eta f

eta (Greek letter Η, η)

Declension

Declension of eta

	singular	plural
nominative	eta	ety
genitive	ety	et
dative	ecie	etom
accusative	etę	ety
instrumental	etą	etami
locative	ecie	etach
vocative	eto	ety

Portuguese

Alternative forms

eita (Brazilian)

Interjection

eta

expresses surprise

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aetas.

Noun

eta f (uncountable)

(obsolete) age

Declension

declension of eta (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) eta	[[{{{def}}}#Romanian\|{{{def}}}]]
genitive/dative	(unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian\|{{{pl}}}]]	[[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian\|{{{pl}}}i]]
vocative

References

eta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gèndia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Verb

eta

to walk
to go

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeta/ [ˈe.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun

eta f (plural etas)

eta; the Greek letter Η, η

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

Verb

eta

to go
to visit

Westrobothnian

Verb

eta

Alternative form of ita

Conjugation

Conjugation of eta.

indicative	present	past
infinitive	eta
present participle	etan
adverbial participle	etanes
past participle	itti, että
supine	itti, että
singular	et	åt
plural	eta	åt’
subjunctive	present	past
singular	et	åt’
plural	eta	åt’
imperative	present
singular	et
plural	itten, ettän

[1] “eta” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

eta

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Conjunction

Usage notes

Noun

Declension

References

Further reading

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

Derived terms

Faroese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Noun

Related terms

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Laboya

Verb

References

Manggarai

Etymology

Adverb

Maquiritari

Pronunciation

Verb

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Ojibwe