eta

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← zeta		→ theta
Η η Ancient Greek: ἦτα
Wikipedia article on eta

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Pronunciation

• (UK, Commonwealth) enPR: ēʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈiːtə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

  • Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə

Noun

eta (plural etas)

1. The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
   • 2022, R. F. Kuang, Babel, HarperVoyager, page 25:

     Greek was an exercise in making the familiar strange. Its alphabet mapped onto the Roman alphabet, but only partly so, and often letters did not sound how they looked — a rho (Ρ) was not a P, and an eta (Η) was not an H.

2. (physics) A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.

Derived terms

Related terms

• heta

Translations

Etymology 2

From Japanese 穢多 (“full of filth”) (literal translation, now considered derogatory in Japan).

Pronunciation

• • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• enPR: āʹtə, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪtə/

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.

Etymology 3

Noun

eta (plural etas)

1. Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”)

Anagrams

• -ate, AET, Até, Atë, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, ate, eat, tea, æt.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eta/,

Etymology 1

Unknown, perhaps from Latin et (“and”). Unrelated to the suffix -eta.

Alternative forms

• ta (see usage notes)

Conjunction

eta

1. and

   katuak eta txakurrak ― cats and dogs

2. (mathematics) plus, and

   bat eta bat bi dira ― one plus one is two

3. upon, after

   Hotelera ailegatu eta igerilekura joan ziren. ― They went to the swimming pool just after arriving at the hotel.

4. (Southern) since, because

   Ezin dut kakaueterik jan, alergikoa naiz eta. ― I can't eat peanuts because I'm allergic

Usage notes

In the spoken language, the form ta is often used, specially (but not exclusively) after words ending in vowels. In formal, written language, eta is the only standard form.

Etymology 2

Noun

eta inan

1. eta (Greek letter)

Declension

References

Further reading

• "eta" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “eta” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Basque-Icelandic Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Basque eta.

Conjunction

eta

1. and

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

eta f (plural etes)

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

Esperanto

Etymology

See -et-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: e‧ta

Adjective

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

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

   Antonym: ega

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

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

   Etaj manoj povas fari egajn malordojn.

   Little hands can make huge messes.

   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.

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

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

   Mi havas nur etan kapdoloron.

   I only have a slight headache.

Usage notes

Usually smaller than malgranda (“small”).

Derived terms

• etanima (“petty”)
• ete (“slightly”)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːʰta/
• Rhymes: -eːʰta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

eta (third person singular past indicative át, third person plural past indicative ótu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun

eta n (genitive singular eta, plural etu)

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French état/État, from Old French estat, from Latin status.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eta/

Noun

eta

1. state (condition)

   eta matyè ― state of matter

2. state (polity)

Related terms

• Etazini
• Ozetazini

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• éta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːta/
• Rhymes: -ɛːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Verb

eta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative át, third-person plural past indicative átu, supine etið)

1. to eat

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Noun

eta f (genitive singular etu, nominative plural etur) or eta n (genitive singular eta, nominative plural etu)

1. eta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Declension

or

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

eta

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Latin ēta, from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), later form of ἧτα (hêta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ /⁠ḥēt⁠/), whence also heth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Hyphenation: è‧ta

Noun

eta m or f (invariable)

1. eta (Greek letter)

Further reading

• eta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -ate

Japanese

Romanization

eta

1. Rōmaji transcription of えた

Laboya

Verb

eta

1. to see

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “eta”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 17

Manggarai

Etymology

From *leta, akin to Tetum leten.

Adverb

eta

1. above

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ete (e-infinitive)
• åtå (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Akin to English eat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²eːtɑ/

Verb

eta (present tense et, past tense åt, past participle ete, passive infinitive etast, present participle etande, imperative et)

1. to eat

   Dei åt for mykje.

   They ate too much.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• etande

Related terms

• -æt

References

• “eta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ojibwe

Adverb

eta

1. only, just

   Bezhig eta ogii-ni-maajiinaan ini akikoon awe naadaabowed.

   The person going after water only took one pail.

Related terms

• giineta
• giinetawaa
• giinetawind
• niineta
• niinetawind
• wiineta
• wiinetawaa

References

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/eta-adv-deg

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *etǭ.

Alternative forms

• jata

Noun

eta f (genitive etu)

1. crib, manger
2. (plural only) cancer

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: ete

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *etaną, 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, Latvian ēst, Old Church Slavonic ꙗсти (jasti) (whence Bulgarian ям (jam)), Russian е́сть (jéstʹ), Sanskrit अत्ति (átti), Old Armenian ուտեմ (utem), Hittite 𒂊𒀉𒈪 (e-id-mi).

Verb

eta (singular past indicative át, plural past indicative átu, past participle etinn)

2.  to eat

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• “eta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ottawa

Adverb

eta

1. only, just

References

Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 145

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit एतद् (etad).

Adjective

eta

1. this
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎, Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Usage notes

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension

Derived terms

• (pronoun) etā

Pronoun

eta m

1. this one

Declension

Pronoun

eta n

1. this one

Usage notes

The case form etad is only used before vowels and as the prefixed combining form.

Declension

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “etad”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

eta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta), from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ‬ /⁠ḥēt⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun

eta f

1. eta (Greek letter Η, η)

Declension

Further reading

• eta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• eita (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧ta

Interjection

eta

1. expresses surprise

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aetas.

Noun

eta f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) age

Declension

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References

• eta in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gèndia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Verb

eta

1. to walk
2. to go

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: e‧ta

Noun

eta f (plural etas)

1. eta; the Greek letter Η, η

Further reading

• “eta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ta/

Verb

eta

1. to go
2. to visit

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôta (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

eta

1. (transitive) to hear, to listen

Derived terms

• ööta

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “eta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “eta:dü”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 315