meti

See also: METI and metí

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

meti

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian mettere, ultimately from Latin mittō. Compare French mettre, Portuguese and Spanish meter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeti/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eti
  • Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, volitive metu)

  1. to put, place
    Metu ambaŭ manojn sur la stirradon! ― Put both hands on the steering wheel!

Conjugation

Conjugation of meti
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense metas metis metos
active participle metanta metantaj metinta metintaj metonta metontaj
acc. metantan metantajn metintan metintajn metontan metontajn
passive participle metata metataj metita metitaj metota metotaj
acc. metatan metatajn metitan metitajn metotan metotajn
nominal active participle metanto metantoj metinto metintoj metonto metontoj
acc. metanton metantojn metinton metintojn metonton metontojn
nominal passive participle metato metatoj metito metitoj metoto metotoj
acc. metaton metatojn metiton metitojn metoton metotojn
adverbial active participle metante metinte metonte
adverbial passive participle metate metite metote
infinitive meti imperative metu conditional metus

Derived terms

  • almeti (“to put on or near; apply; enclose”)
  • antaŭmeti (“to put before (someone), present”)
  • demeti (“to take off”)
  • enmeti (“to put in; insert”)
  • formeti (“to put away”)
  • kunmeti (“to put together”)
  • metiĝi (“to put oneself (somewhere)”)
  • meto (“placement”)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mittere.

Verb

meti

  1. (transitive) to put, place, lay, set

Conjugation

This is a regular -i verb.

Conjugation of meti (third conjugation)
infinitive meti
gerund metint
past participle singular plural
masculine metût metûts
feminine metûde metûdis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu lui/jê nô vô lôr
present o met tu metis al/e met o metìn o metês a metin
imperfect o metevi tu metevis al/e meteve o metevin o metevis a metevin
simple past o metei tu meteris al/e metè o meterin o meteris a meterin
future o metarai tu metarâs al/e metarà o metarìn o metarês a metaran
conditional o metarès tu metaressis al/e metarès o metaressin o metaressis a metaressin
subjunctive jo tu lui/jê nô vô lôr
present o meti tu metis al/e meti o metìn o metês a metin
imperfect o metès tu metessis al/e metès o metessin o metessis a metessin
imperative – tu – nô vô –
– met – metìn metêt –

See also

Galician

Verb

meti

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Icelandic

Noun

meti

  1. indefinite dative singular of met

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mittere.

Verb

meti

  1. to place; to put
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.
      That into his handkerchief he would put me.

Kambera

Verb

meti

  1. (intransitive) to die

Derived terms

Kituba

Noun

meti

  1. saliva

Ladino

Verb

meti

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

metī

  1. present passive infinitive of metō

Latvian

Verb

meti

  1. second-person singular past indicative of mest

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈt͡ʃi/

  • Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

meti (Cyrillic spelling мети)

  1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀtei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mèːti/

Verb

mẹ́ti impf

  1. to rub

Conjugation

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em
infinitive mẹ́ti
1st singular mánem
infinitive mẹ́ti mȅt, mẹ̑t
supine mȅt, mẹ̑t
verbal noun mẹ́tje
participle converb
present manȅč —
past mẹ̑t —
l-participle masculine feminine neuter
singular mȅł, mẹ̑ł mẹ́la mẹ̄lo
dual mẹ̄la mẹ̄li mẹ̄li
plural mẹ̄li mẹ̄le mẹ̄la
present imperative
1st singular mánem —
2nd singular máneš máni
3rd singular máne —
1st dual máneva mániva
2nd dual máneta mánita
3rd dual máneta —
1st plural mánemo mánimo
2nd plural mánete mánite
3rd plural mánejo —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “meti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English meat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ti/

Noun

meti

  1. meat, flesh
  2. animal
    • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:
      Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’
      [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']
      Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’
  3. (obsolete) concubine

Derived terms

  • agumeti (“pork”)
  • ameti (“ham”)
  • diameti (“venison”)
  • fowrumeti (“chicken meat”)
  • kawmeti (“beef”)

Descendants

  • Aukan: meti

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “meti”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
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