eta

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Η η Greek: ήτα
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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Conjunction 3 Catalan 3.1 Noun 4 Esperanto 4.1 Adjective 5 Faroese 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Verb 5.2.1 Conjugation 6 Haitian Creole 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms 7 Icelandic 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Alternative forms 7.1.2 Verb 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Noun 8 Old Norse 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Verb 8.2.1 Descendants 9 Spanish 9.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈiːtə/ (mainly)

  Rhymes: -iːtə

• IPA: /ˈeɪtə/ (mainly)

  Rhymes: -eɪtə

[edit] Noun

eta (plural etas)

1. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
2. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From Japanese 穢多, literally ‘full of filth’ (now considered derogatory in Japan).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪtə/

[edit] Noun

eta (plural etas or eta)

1. A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aet
• ate
• eat
• tea, TEA

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Conjunction

eta

1. and

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

eta f. (plural etes)

1. Eta; the Greek letter Η (lowercase η).

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Adjective

eta (plural etaj, accusative singular etan, accusative plural etajn)

1. small, little, tiny, minuscule, slight (see et)

   Vere, la primo estas eta honoro, sed Mikaelo ege fieras pri ĝi.

   True, the award is a small honor,, but Michael is immensely proud of it.

   Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordorojn.

   Little hands can make huge messes.

   Se ĉi tio domo estas fakte domego, ĝi estas la plej eta domego mi jam vidis!

   If that house is in fact a mansion, it is the tiniest mansion I ever saw!

   Ŝia parto en la teatraĵo ne estas nur malgranda rolo, estas eta rolo sen sola vorto de dialogo.

   Her part in the the play is not only a small role, it is a minuscule role without a single word of dialog.

   Mi nur havas etan korpdolon.

   I only have a slight headache.

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse eta.

[edit] Verb

eta

1. to eat

[edit] Conjugation

eta, v-72
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	eti	etur	etur	eta
Past	át	átst	át	ótu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	et !	—	etið !
Infinitive	eta
Pres. part.	etandi
Past part. a26	etin
Supine	etið

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[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French état

[edit] Noun

eta

1. state

[edit] Related terms

• Etazini
• Ozetazini

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta.

[edit] Alternative forms

• éta (more common)

[edit] Verb

eta (strong conjugation: át – átum – etið)

1. to eat

[edit] Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

[edit] Noun

eta f.

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *etan, akin to Old English etan ( > English eat), Old Saxon etan, Old High German ezzan (> German essen), Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Ancient Greek ἔδω (édō), Lithuanian ėsti, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Armenian ուտել (owtel), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

[edit] Verb

eta (strong conjugation: át – átu – etið)

1. to eat

[edit] Descendants

Danish: æde ( < Old Danish ætæ) Faroese: eta Icelandic: eta, éta

Norwegian (nynorsk): eta/ete Swedish: äta

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

eta f. (plural etas)

1. eta; the Greek letter Η, η