meja
Balinese
Romanization
meja
- Romanization of ᬫᬾᬚ
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛd͡ʒa]
- Hyphenation: mè‧ja
- Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a
Noun
meja (plural meja-meja, first-person possessive mejaku, second-person possessive mejamu, third-person possessive mejanya)
- table (item of furniture)
Compounds
- alas meja
- meja bantuan
- meja biliar
- meja bola
- meja dapur
- meja dorong
- meja gambar
- meja gerak
- meja goyang
- meja hijau
- meja judi
- meja kartu
- meja kerja
- meja konsol
- meja konstruksi
- meja layanan
- meja makan
- meja modular
- meja operasi
- meja pengontrol
- meja pingpong
- meja pinjam
- meja putaran keramik
- meja rolet
- meja sebelah
- meja sirkulasi
- meja tengah
- meja tulis
- meja uap
- tenis meja
Further reading
- “meja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Lindu
Noun
meja
- table
Malay
Etymology
From Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /med͡ʒə/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /med͡ʒa/
- Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
Audio (MY, Johor-Selangor) (file)
Noun
meja (Jawi spelling ميجا, plural meja-meja, informal 1st possessive mejaku, 2nd possessive mejamu, 3rd possessive mejanya)
- table (item of furniture)
Descendants
- Indonesian: meja
See also
- meja kerja
- meja tulis
- alas meja
- tenis meja
- meja hijau
Further reading
- “meja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyos.
Noun
meja f (Cyrillic spelling меја)
- (Kajkavian, Chakavian) border, boundary
Synonyms
- međa
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛ̀ːja/
Noun
méja f
- border, boundary
- Synonym: grȃnica
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | mêja | ||
| gen. sing. | mêje | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | mêja | mêji | mêje |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | mêje | mêj | mêj |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | mêji | mêjama | mêjam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | mêjo | mêji | mêje |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | mêji | mêjah | mêjah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | mêjo | mêjama | mêjami |
| Feminine, a-stem, mobile accent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | mêja | ||
| gen. sing. | mejé | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | mêja | mejé | mejé |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | mejé | mejá | mejá |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | mêji | mejáma | mejàm |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | mejó | mejé | mejé |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | mêji | mejàh | mejàh |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | mejó | mejáma | mejámi |
Derived terms
- mejīti
Further reading
- “meja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmexa/ [ˈme.xa]
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: me‧ja
Noun
meja f (plural mejas)
- female equivalent of mejo
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English major.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
meja (ma class, plural mameja)
- major (military rank)
Swedish
Verb
meja (present mejar, preterite mejade, supine mejat, imperative meja)
- (rare) to mow (cut down crops)
- meja vete ― mow wheat
- Synonyms: slå, (mow the lawn) klippa
Usage notes
- For mowing the lawn, klippa (“cut”) is used.
- Usually in the figurative sense of mow down in Swedish. See meja ner.
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | meja | mejas | ||
| Supine | mejat | mejats | ||
| Imperative | meja | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mejen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | mejar | mejade | mejas | mejades |
| Ind. plural1 | meja | mejade | mejas | mejades |
| Subjunctive2 | meje | mejade | mejes | mejades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mejande | |||
| Past participle | mejad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- meja ner (“mow down”)
References
- meja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- meja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- meja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay meja, possibly through Ternate meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.d̪ʒa/
Noun
meja
- table
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics