meelespea

Estonian

meelespea

Etymology

Univerbation of meeles pea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːlespeɑ̯/, [ˈmeːlespeɑ̯]

Noun

meelespea (genitive meelespea, partitive meelespead)

  1. memo, memorandum (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)
  2. (colloquial) forget-me-not, myosotis (any plant of the genus Myosotis)
    Synonyms: ära-mind-unusta, ära-unusta-mind-lill, lõosilm

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • lugeja meelespea
  • meelespealill

Further reading

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