emeeza

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili meza, from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (myʾzd /⁠mēzd⁠/, “sacrifice, offering meal; table”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *myázdʰas (“sacrificial oblation”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyh₁- + *dʰeh₁-. False cognate of Portuguese mesa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eméːza/
  • Rhymes: -éːza
  • Hyphenation: e‧mee‧za

Noun

emeeza class 9 (plural emeeza class 10, augmentless meeza, plural augmentless meeza)

  1. table

Derived terms

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 108–109
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