mesi

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• mese, measi, mease

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μέση (mési).

Noun

mesi f

1. middle, center

Synonyms

• nolgic / nolgiuc / njilgioc

See also

• njedz

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mesi

1. inflection of mesar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Corsican

Noun

mesi m

1. plural of mese

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Cognates include Hungarian méz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

mesi (genitive mee, partitive mett)

1. honey

Declension

Derived terms

• mesilane
• mesitaru

Further reading

• “mesi”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “mesi”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “mesi”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• mesi in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci (“honey”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *mete, which is probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (whence English mead), or more specifically from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian. Cognates include Erzya медь (meď), Hungarian méz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Syllabification^(key): me‧si

Noun

mesi

1. nectar (sweet liquid secreted by flowers to attract pollinating insects and birds)
2. (archaic, dialectal) Synonym of hunaja (“honey”)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• mehiläinen

References

Further reading

• “mesi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• esim., mies

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci. Cognates include Finnish mesi and Estonian mesi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

Noun

mesi

1. nectar
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Unilinnut ja kimalaiset toittiijaat makkiaal kukan meel, lampaat ja lehmät söövät heinää, cirkkulaiset ja kyyhkyläiset nokkiit jyvviä, vesimaonkottaiset närivät rohhoa vesikasvoloist.

     Butterflies and bumblebees feed theirselves with the sweet nectar of flowers, sheep and cows eat hay, sparrows and doves peck grain, sea snails chew grass from water plants.

2. honey

Declension

Derived terms

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 306

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.zi/
• Rhymes: -ezi
• Hyphenation: mé‧si

Noun

mesi m

1. plural of mese

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zi/
• Rhymes: -ɛzi
• Hyphenation: mè‧si

Noun

mesi m

1. plural of meso

Anagrams

• mise, semi, semi-

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

Noun

mesi (genitive mii, partitive mett)

1. honey

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmesi/,
• Rhymes: -esi
• Hyphenation: me‧si

Noun

mesi

1. honey

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “mesi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn