mezu
Basque
Etymology
From some reflex of Latin missum (“supine of mittō (“to send”)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mezu inan
Declension
Declension of mezu (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | mezu | mezua | mezuak |
| ergative | mezuk | mezuak | mezuek |
| dative | mezuri | mezuari | mezuei |
| genitive | mezuren | mezuaren | mezuen |
| comitative | mezurekin | mezuarekin | mezuekin |
| causative | mezurengatik | mezuarengatik | mezuengatik |
| benefactive | mezurentzat | mezuarentzat | mezuentzat |
| instrumental | mezuz | mezuaz | mezuez |
| inessive | mezutan | mezuan | mezuetan |
| locative | mezutako | mezuko | mezuetako |
| allative | mezutara | mezura | mezuetara |
| terminative | mezutaraino | mezuraino | mezuetaraino |
| directive | mezutarantz | mezurantz | mezuetarantz |
| destinative | mezutarako | mezurako | mezuetarako |
| ablative | mezutatik | mezutik | mezuetatik |
| partitive | mezurik | — | — |
| prolative | mezutzat | — | — |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mezu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “mezu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Chayuco Mixtec
Etymology
Cf. Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec mesu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
mezu
References
- Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena