maize

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English [edit]

Zea mays (maize, corn)
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Etymology [edit]

From Spanish maíz, from Taino maisí, mahis (variously spelled).

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maize (uncountable)

  1. Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.

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Latvian [edit]

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 Maize on Latvian Wikipedia

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Maize

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [màizɛ]

Noun [edit]

maize f, 5th declension

  1. bread (foodstuff, baked from wheat, rye, sometimes corn)
    kviešu, rudzu maize — wheat, rye bread
    neraudzēta maize — unleavened bread
    maizes klaips, šķēle — loaf, slice of bread
    maizes garozabread crust
    maizes zupabread soup
    cept maizi — to bake bread
    maizes mīkla — bread dough
    maizes ceptuve — bakery (lit. bread baking place)
    maizes veikals — bakery (lit. bread shop)
    maizes krāsnsbread oven
    apziest maizi ar sviestu — spread butter on bread
    ēst maizi ar desu — to eat bread with sausage
  2. bread dough
    mīcīt maizi — to knead bread
    maize rūgst — the bread (dough) is fermenting
  3. (poetic) cereals, cereal grains, especially rye, wheat
    priecīgākā diena, kad klētī sāk smaržot jaunā maize — joyful day, when the barn starts to smell like new bread (= wheat)
  4. (figuratively) food, nutrition
    viņš var ēst tēva maizi bez kādām rūpēm — he can eat his father's bread without any worries
  5. (figuratively) essential, necessary element
    metāls ir rūpniecības maize — metal is the bread of industry
  6. (figuratively) livelihood, means of supporting oneself; work
    J. Vītols bija atradis darbu un maizi Pēterpilī — J. Vītols had found work and bread in Pēterpils (St. Petersburg)
    ja kāds aiziet citā maizē: zinātnieka vai inženiera, vai mākslinieka maizē... — if someone goes into another bread (= profession): the scientific or engineering, or the artistic bread (= profession)...

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