liza

See also: Liza, Líza, liză, liža, liżą, lízá, лиза, -liza, and -lizą

English

Noun

liza (plural lizas)

1. The white mullet (Mugil curema), of the subtropical Americas.

Anagrams

• zail, Lazi, zila, aliz, Zila

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

liza (Cyrillic spelling лиза)

1. genitive singular of liz

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliθa/ [ˈli.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlisa/ [ˈli.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: li‧za

Noun

liza f (plural lizas)

1. (formal) battle, fight

   Synonym: lid

2. (historical) palaestra
3. list (field of combat); joust

Further reading

• “liza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-liza (infinitive kuliza)

1. Causative form of -lia

Conjugation

Conjugation of -liza
Positive present -naliza Subjunctive -lize Negative -lizi Imperative singular liza
Infinitives
Positive kuliza Negative kutoliza
Imperatives
Singular liza Plural lizeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huliza Positive past positive subject concord + -liliza Negative past negative subject concord + -kuliza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naliza) Singular Plural 1st person ninaliza/naliza tunaliza 2nd person unaliza mnaliza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analiza wanaliza other classes positive subject concord + -naliza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lizi) Singular Plural 1st person silizi hatulizi 2nd person hulizi hamlizi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halizi hawalizi other classes negative subject concord + -lizi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taliza Negative future negative subject concord + -taliza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lize) Singular Plural 1st person nilize tulize 2nd person ulize mlize 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alize walize other classes positive subject concord + -lize
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silize Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeliza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeliza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliliza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliliza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aliza) Singular Plural 1st person naliza twaliza 2nd person waliza mwaliza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aliza waliza m-mi(III/IV) waliza yaliza ji-ma(V/VI) laliza yaliza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaliza vyaliza n(IX/X) yaliza zaliza u(XI) waliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaliza pa(XVI) paliza mu(XVIII) mwaliza
Perfect positive subject concord + -meliza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaliza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaliza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiliza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoliza Consecutive kaliza / positive subject concord + -kaliza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalize
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niliza -tuliza 2nd person -kuliza -waliza/-kulizeni/-walizeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mliza -waliza m-mi(III/IV) -uliza -iliza ji-ma(V/VI) -liliza -yaliza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiliza -viliza n(IX/X) -iliza -ziliza u(XI) -uliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuliza pa(XVI) -paliza mu(XVIII) -muliza Reflexive -jiliza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -liza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lizaye -lizao m-mi(III/IV) -lizao -lizayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lizalo -lizayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lizacho -lizavyo n(IX/X) -lizayo -lizazo u(XI) -lizao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lizako pa(XVI) -lizapo mu(XVIII) -lizamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -liza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeliza -oliza m-mi(III/IV) -oliza -yoliza ji-ma(V/VI) -loliza -yoliza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choliza -vyoliza n(IX/X) -yoliza -zoliza u(XI) -oliza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koliza pa(XVI) -poliza mu(XVIII) -moliza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.