meza

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

• Hyphenation: me‧za

meza inan

1. (religion) mass

• “meza”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “meza”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From mezo +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeza/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eza
• Hyphenation: me‧za

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

• mesa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa. Cognate with Bengali মেজ (mej), Hindi मेज़ (mez), and Malayalam മേശ (mēśa).

meza f (Hebrew spelling מיזה)^[1]

1. (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) [16th c.]

   Hyponym: mezika

   • 1996, Sara Benveniste Benrey, edited by Yossi Benbenisty, Espertando el djudeo espanyol: poemas realidas i philosophia, kantes, sketches, piesas de teatro‎^[2], Yossi Benbenisty, page 280:

     El etaj de abasho tiene una guertizika delantre, kon siyas i meza i Rivka vistida de un fostan ancho a la Espanyola kon una roza en la sien, asentada, trikotando i asperando a su marido ke es vendedor de limones en el shuk (bazar).

     The floor below has a small garden inside, with chairs and [a] table, and Rivka wore a wide dress like the Spaniard with a rose on her temple, sitting, crocheting and waiting for her husband, who is a lemon vendor at the market.

   • 2003, Sefárdica‎^[3], numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:

     La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.

     The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

From Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), 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.

meza

1. table

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

mèza f (Cyrillic spelling мѐза)

1. alternative form of mèze

• “meza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

meza

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛzɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.^[1]

meza class IX (plural meza class X)

1. table (item of furniture)

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

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-meza (infinitive kumeza)

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

From Portuguese mesa (“table”).

meza

1. table