mesa
English
Etymology
First attested 1759, from Spanish mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa. Doublet of mensa.
Pronunciation
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Audio (RP): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪsə
Noun
mesa (plural mesas)
- Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.
- Coordinate term: butte
- Hyponyms: potrero, tuya
- A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado River.
- 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars [print version: International Herald Tribune Magazine, 2013, p. 36]”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars].
Derived terms
Translations
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Further reading
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mesa”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa f (plural meses)
Chamicuro
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Noun
mesa
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish mesa (“table”), from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Noun
mesa
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Noun
mesa
French
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
Further reading
- “mesa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese mesa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
- table
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel,
- E pois eu doze perdizes,
- e de polos ducia e media
- lle hei de lebar se Deus quer,
- e se podo vnha Tenreyra,
- por ser prato regalado
- que se estima en calquer mesa.
- Then I twelve partridges
- and a dozen and a half chickens
- I ought to take, God willing,
- and if I can a calf [veal]
- because it is a delightful dish
- that is appreciated in any table.
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel,
- all items set on a table for a meal
- board; directors of an organization
- stall, stand
- Synonym: trabanca
- bed of a cart
- stool
- bench
- Synonym: banco
Related terms
Further reading
- “mesa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mesa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mesa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mesa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Gothic
Romanization
mēsa
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍃𐌰
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
mēsā̀ f (plural mēsōshī, possessed form mēsàr̃)
Highland Popoluca
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Noun
mesa
References
- Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)[2] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 83
Kituba
Etymology
From Spanish mesa or Portuguese mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Noun
mesa
Latin
Etymology
Common alternative spelling of mēnsa, reflecting the regular pronunciation with loss of /n/ before /s/ accompanied by compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. The vowel may have been non-contrastively nasalised regardless of the spelling, also due to the preceding nasal /m/.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmeː.sa/, [ˈmeːs̠ä]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmen.sa/, [ˈmẽːs̠ä]
Noun
mēsa f (genitive mēsae); first declension
- (proscribed) Alternative form of mēnsa ("table").
- 3rd–4th century C.E., Appendix Probi:
- mensa non mesa
- [The correct form is] mensa, not mesa.
- mensa non mesa
- 3rd–4th century C.E., Appendix Probi:
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mēsa | mēsae |
Genitive | mēsae | mēsārum |
Dative | mēsae | mēsīs |
Accusative | mēsam | mēsās |
Ablative | mēsā | mēsīs |
Vocative | mēsa | mēsae |
Descendants
Latvian
Etymology
Noun
mesa f (4 declension)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Luo
Etymology
Noun
mesa
- table
- Welo bet e mesa kae to ji chako chiemo.
- The meal begins, with the guests reclining at the table.
Maquiritari
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa
References
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “mesa”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “mesai”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[3], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
Occitan
Etymology
From metre.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
Verb
mesa
- feminine singular of the past participle of metre
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
mesa m
Declension
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | meso | mesā |
Accusative (second) | mesaṃ | mese |
Instrumental (third) | mesena | mesehi or mesebhi |
Dative (fourth) | mesassa or mesāya or mesatthaṃ | mesānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | mesasmā or mesamhā or mesā | mesehi or mesebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | mesassa | mesānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | mesasmiṃ or mesamhi or mese | mesesu |
Vocative (calling) | mesa | mesā |
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese mesa and Spanish mesa and Kabuverdianu meza.
Noun
mesa
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa (“table”). Cognate with Galician mesa, Spanish mesa, French moise, Italian mensa and Romanian masă.
Not related to Persian میز (mēz, “table”). As both it and Portuguese mesa have been borrowed into different languages of southern Asia, they are sometimes confused by etymologists.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: me‧sa
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
- table (item of furniture)
- José, põe a mesa, por favor.
- José, please set the table.
- 2015, Neil Gaiman, Os filhos de Anansi, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 6:
- Cumprimentou-as tocando a aba do chapéu — pois ele usava chapéu, um fedora verde imaculado, além de luvas cor de lima —, e em seguida caminhou até a mesa onde estavam as mulheres, que deram risada.
- He greeted them by touching the brim of his hat – for he wore a hat, an immaculate green fedora, and lime-colored gloves – and then walked to the table where the women were, who gave a laugh.
- meal, food
- Portugal tem boa mesa e bom vinho.
- Portugal has good food and good wine.
- (geography) mesa
- board (committee)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mesa.
Derived terms
- mesa-de-cabeceira
- mesinha (diminutive)
- mesona (augmentative)
Descendants
Further reading
- “mesa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Rwanda-Rundi
Verb
-mesa (infinitive kumesa, perfective -meshe)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa f (plural mesas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Chavacano: mesa
- ⇒ Cebuano: lamesa
- → Chamicuro: mesa
- → English: mesa
- → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: mesa
- ⇒ Higaonon: lamesa
- → Highland Popoluca: mesa
- → Kituba: mesa
- → O'odham: miːsa
- → Tagalog: mesa, ⇒ lamesa
- → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: mesa
- → Zoogocho Zapotec: mes
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
mesa
- inflection of mesar:
Further reading
- “mesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish mesa (“table”), from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.
Pronunciation
Noun
mesa
Synonyms
- lamesa (often used interchangeably with mesa)
Welsh
Etymology
From mes (“acorns”) + -a. Cognate with Cornish mesa.
Pronunciation
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Verb
mesa (first-person singular present mesaf)
- to gather acorns
Conjugation
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | mesaf | mesi | mesa | meswn | meswch | mesant | mesir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional |
meswn | mesit | mesai | mesem | mesech | mesent | mesid | |
preterite | mesais | mesaist | mesodd | mesasom | mesasoch | mesasant | meswyd | |
pluperfect | mesaswn | mesasit | mesasai | mesasem | mesasech | mesasent | mesasid, mesesid | |
present subjunctive | meswyf | mesych | meso | mesom | mesoch | mesont | meser | |
imperative | — | mesa | mesed | meswn | meswch | mesent | meser | |
verbal noun | mesa | |||||||
verbal adjectives | mesedig mesadwy |
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | mesa i, mesaf i | mesi di | mesith o/e/hi, mesiff e/hi | meswn ni | meswch chi | mesan nhw |
conditional | meswn i | meset ti | mesai fo/fe/hi | mesen ni | mesech chi | mesen nhw |
preterite | mesais i, meses i | mesaist ti, mesest ti | mesodd o/e/hi | meson ni | mesoch chi | meson nhw |
imperative | — | mesa | — | — | meswch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
mesa | fesa | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mesa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa. Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl me̱saj, Tetelcingo Nahuatl miesa.
Noun
mesa
References
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Tlen ticuih itich in cocina”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[4], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 16
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