lamesa

From Spanish la mesa, from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.

• Hyphenation: la‧me‧sa

lamesa

1. a table; an item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs
2. a desk; a table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers; it often has a drawer or repository underneath

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lamesa.

Borrowed from Spanish la mesa.

lamesa

1. table

From French la messe.

lamesa

1. (Christianity) Mass (church service)

Borrowed from Spanish la mesa (“the table”). Compare lagwerta, lakwatsa, lamyerda, and lawulta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈmesa/ [lɐˈmɛ.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: la‧me‧sa

lamesa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋᜒᜐ)

1. table

   Synonyms: mesa, hapag, dulang

   • 1878, Toribio Minguella y Arnedo, Ensayo de gramatica hispano-tagala‎, page 119:

     ¿Saán itinatágo mo yaóng librong ibinigáy co sa iyo? iniuan co sa báhay, doón inilagay co sa ibábao nang lamesa;

     Where did you hide that book that I gave you? I left it at home, there I put it on the table.