mera

English

Noun

mera (plural meras)

1. The seventh month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.

'Are'are

Noun

mera

1. child

Synonyms

• wera

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mera

1. feminine singular of mer

Cuiba

Noun

méra

1. water

References

• Fernando E. Larzábal, Richard P. Aschmann, Culturas indígenas, Colombia (1994), page 120: bomuxu casa auri perro Jaco. Buenos días, gracias. axa padre juámeto luna ira tierra mera agua juámeto sol Cuiba.
• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative Vocabulary (1992)

Finnish

Etymology

< Old Swedish mær

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmerɑ/,
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification^(key): me‧ra

Noun

mera (dialectal)

1. (Western Finnish) Synonym of tamma (“mare”)

Declension

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Compare also the hydronym Mera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾa̝/

Noun

mera f (plural meras)

1. drizzle

   Synonyms: orballo, poalla

2. freezing drizzle
3. thick mist

   Synonym: brétema

4. damage it can cause in crops and fruits

Derived terms

• merexar

Noun

mera f (plural meras)

1. lot, allotment, share of a plot

   Synonyms: partilla, sorte

References

• “mera” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mera” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mera” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Guahibo

Noun

mera

1. water

References

• ASJP (as mera)
• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149 (as méra)

Italian

Adjective

mera

1. feminine singular of mero

Anagrams

• arme, erma, mare, rame, rema

Latin

Adjective

mera

1. inflection of merus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

merā

1. ablative feminine singular of merus

References

• mera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مِرْآة (mirʔāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.ra/
• Homophone: mergħa (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

mera f (plural mirja)

1. mirror
2. model, example

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: me‧ra
• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ

Adjective

mera

1. feminine singular of mero

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

-mera (infinitive kumera, perfective -meze)

1. be in a certain state, feel a certain way

   Ameze ate?

   How is she doing?

2. (of a plant) sprout

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• mela (Castelsardo, Sedini)

Etymology

From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).

Pronunciation

• (Turritan) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛra/

Noun

mera f (plural meri)

1. apple (fruit)

References

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

mera

Wikipedia ^sh

Alternative forms

• mjȅra (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *měra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêra/
• Hyphenation: me‧ra

Noun

mȅra f (Cyrillic spelling ме̏ра)

1. measure
2. dimension, size
3. rate
4. degree
5. extent
6. unit

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɾa/
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: me‧ra

Adjective

mera

1. feminine singular of mero

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse meiri, from Proto-Germanic *maizô.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

mera

1. more; comparative degree of mycket

Adverb

mera

1. more, anymore

See also

• mycket
• mer
• mest

Anagrams

• amer., arme

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرعی (merʾa, “a pasture, pasturage”) or مرعا, from Arabic مَرْعَى (marʕā, “grassland, pasture”), from رَعَى (raʕā, “to graze, to tend, to take care of, to guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: me‧ra

Noun

mera (definite accusative merayı, plural meralar)

1. pasture, grassland

   Synonym: otlak

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• “mera”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mera²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3145