meda
Galician
Etymology
Attested in 1150, in a transitional Latin-Romance text. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese meda, from Latin mēta (“cone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeða̝/, (western) /ˈmɛða̝/
Noun
meda f (plural medas)
- conical haystack, of thatch or of not threshed grain
- 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:
- mandolle tomar essa meda do colmo que y se para cobrir esas casas da Meruca
- I order him to take that stack of thatch that is there for covering those houses of Meruca
- mandolle tomar essa meda do colmo que y se para cobrir esas casas da Meruca
- 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón (ed.), El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500). A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:
Derived terms
- Meda
- medeiro
References
- “meda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “meda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “meda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “meda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “meda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin mēta (“boundary limit”), from Proto-Italic *mētā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of meta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.da/
- Rhymes: -eda
- Hyphenation: mé‧da
Noun
meda f (plural mede)
- (nautical) beacon
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.da/
- Rhymes: -ɛda
- Hyphenation: mè‧da
Adjective
meda f sg
- feminine singular of medo
Noun
meda f (plural mede)
- female equivalent of medo (“Mede”)
Anagrams
- dame
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑁂𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- मेद (Devanagari script)
- মেদ (Bengali script)
- මෙද (Sinhalese script)
- မေဒ or မေၻ (Burmese script)
- เมท or เมทะ (Thai script)
- ᨾᩮᨴ (Tai Tham script)
- ເມທ or ເມທະ (Lao script)
- មេទ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄬𑄘 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मेदस् (medas).
Noun
meda m
- fat
Declension
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | medo | medā |
Accusative (second) | medaṃ | mede |
Instrumental (third) | medena | medehi or medebhi |
Dative (fourth) | medassa or medāya or medatthaṃ | medānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | medasmā or medamhā or medā | medehi or medebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | medassa | medānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | medasmiṃ or medamhi or mede | medesu |
Vocative (calling) | meda | medā |
References
Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “meda”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Alteration of medo (“fear”).
Noun
meda f (uncountable)
- Only used in que meda
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin mēta (“cone, pyramid; boundary limit”).
Noun
meda f (plural medas)
- haystack, thatch
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
meda (Cyrillic spelling меда)
- genitive singular of med
Spanish
Noun
meda f (plural medas)
- female equivalent of medo
Adjective
meda f
- feminine singular of medo
Westrobothnian
Noun
meda m (definite singular medan)
- superstition
Alternative forms
- me
Derived terms
- medafull (“superstitious”)