meja

Romanization

meja

1. Romanization of ᬫᬾᬚ

Etymology

From Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛd͡ʒa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mè‧ja
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

Noun

mèja (plural)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonym: kenap

Further reading

• “meja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Noun

meja

1. table

Etymology

From Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /med͡ʒə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /med͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə

• Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Selangor):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

Noun

meja (Jawi spelling ميجا, plural meja-meja, informal 1st possessive mejaku, 2nd possessive mejamu, 3rd possessive mejanya)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonym: kekuda

Further reading

• “meja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Noun

mèja f (Cyrillic spelling мѐја)

1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) border, boundary

   Synonym: međa

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̀ːja/

Noun

méja f

1. border, boundary

   Synonym: grȃnica

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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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

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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Feminine, a-stem, long mixed 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

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Further reading

• “meja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “meja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmexa/ [ˈme.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: me‧ja

Noun

meja f (plural mejas)

1. female equivalent of mejo

Etymology

Borrowed from English major.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

meja class V (plural mameja class VI)

1. major (military rank)

Verb

meja (present mejar, preterite mejade, supine mejat, imperative meja)

1. (rare) to mow (cut down crops)

   Synonyms: slå, (mow the lawn) klippa

   meja vete ― mow wheat

References

• meja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• meja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• meja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology

From Malay meja, possibly through Ternate meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.d̪ʒa/

Noun

meja

1. table

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics