meri
English
editNoun
editmeri
Anagrams
editAjië
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editmeri
References
edit- Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Besisi
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).
Noun
editmeri
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
editmeri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
Declension
editDeclension of meri (ÕS type 20/meri, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meri | mered | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | mere | ||
genitive | merede | ||
partitive | merd | meresid | |
illative | merre meresse |
meredesse | |
inessive | meres | meredes | |
elative | merest | meredest | |
allative | merele | meredele | |
adessive | merel | meredel | |
ablative | merelt | meredelt | |
translative | mereks | meredeks | |
terminative | mereni | meredeni | |
essive | merena | meredena | |
abessive | mereta | meredeta | |
comitative | merega | meredega |
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri,[1] borrowed from some Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeri
- sea (a single area or the seas altogether)
Declension
editInflection of meri (Kotus type 24/uni, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | meri | meret | |
genitive | meren | merien merten | |
partitive | merta | meriä | |
illative | mereen | meriin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meri | meret | |
accusative | nom. | meri | meret |
gen. | meren | ||
genitive | meren | merien merten | |
partitive | merta | meriä | |
inessive | meressä | merissä | |
elative | merestä | meristä | |
illative | mereen | meriin | |
adessive | merellä | merillä | |
ablative | mereltä | meriltä | |
allative | merelle | merille | |
essive | merenä | merinä | |
translative | mereksi | meriksi | |
abessive | merettä | merittä | |
instructive | — | merin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
- Note the grammatical exception: this word is front-vocalic in all forms (e.g. meressä) except the partitive singular, in which back vowels are used (merta instead of **mertä).
Derived terms
edit- aavameri
- Adrianmeri
- Ahvenanmeri
- Aigeianmeri
- alkumeri
- aluemeri
- amerikanmerilokki
- Andamaanienmeri
- Arabianmeri
- avomeri
- Baleaarienmeri
- Baltian meri
- Barentsinmeri
- Beringinmeri
- Egeanmeri
- Etelä-Kiinan meri
- Etelämeri
- forsterinmerikarhu
- Grönlanninmeri
- huutomeri
- Iberianmeri
- ihmismeri
- Irlanninmeri
- Itä-Kiinan meri
- Itämeri
- Japaninmeri
- Joonianmeri
- jäämeri
- Jäämeri
- Karibianmeri
- Kaspianmeri
- Keltainenmeri
- Korallimeri
- kukkameri
- Kuollutmeri
- Labradorinmeri
- Laptevinmeri
- latomeri
- liekkimeri
- Ligurianmeri
- Litorinameri
- maailmanmeri
- matalameri
- merenalainen
- merenantimet
- merenelävä
- Merenheimo
- merenjumala
- merenkulkija
- merenkulku
- Merenkurkku
- merenkyntäjä
- merenkävijä
- merenkäynti
- merenlahti
- merenmittaus
- merenneito
- merenpinta
- merenpohja
- merenpuoleinen
- merenrannikko
- merenranta
- merensaari
- merenselkä
- merensininen
- merensuojelu
- merentakainen
- merentuoksu
- merentutkimus
- merenulappa
- merenvaha
- merenvihreä
- meriahven
- meriajokas
- merialue
- merialus
- meriankerias
- meriantura
- meriarkeologi
- meriarkeologia
- meribassi
- meribiologi
- meribiologia
- meriekologi
- meriekologia
- merieläin
- merielämä
- merienkeli
- meriensuojelu
- merietana
- merifenkoli
- merigeologia
- merihalikka
- merihanhi
- meriharakka
- merihauki
- meriheinä
- merihenki
- merihenkinen
- meriherkkusieni
- meriherruus
- merihevonen
- merihiekka
- merihirviö
- merihylje
- merihätä
- meri-ilma
- meri-ilmasto
- merijalat
- merijalkaväki
- merijuolavehnä
- Merijärvi
- merijää
- merikaali
- merikaapeli
- merikadetti
- merikaisla
- merikala
- merikalastus
- Merikallio
- merikansat
- Merikanto
- merikanuuna
- merikapteeni
- merikarhu
- merikartta
- Merikarvia
- merikasvi
- merikasvisto
- merikeiju
- merikelpoinen
- merikelvoton
- merikerrostuma
- merikihu
- merikilpikonna
- merikipeä
- merikirjallisuus
- merikissa
- merikokki
- merikontti
- merikortti
- merikorva
- Merikoski
- merikotka
- merikrotti
- Merikukka
- merikuljetus
- merikurkku
- merikäärme
- merilahna
- Merilahti
- merilaki
- merilappalainen
- merileguaani
- merilehmä
- merileijona
- merileopardi
- merilevä
- meriliikenne
- merililja
- merilinnoitus
- merilintu
- merilohi
- merilokki
- merilukki
- meriläinen
- Merimaa
- merimaalaus
- merimaali
- merimahti
- merimaili
- merimaisema
- merimakkara
- merimaruna
- Merimasku
- merimatka
- merimerkki
- merimetso
- merimies
- merimiina
- meriminkki
- merimonni
- merinahkakilpikonna
- merinahkiainen
- merinisäkäs
- merinorsu
- merinäköala
- merioikeus
- merionnettomuus
- meriotakilokki
- meripalvelus
- meripelastus
- meripeninkulma
- meripeto
- meripihka
- meripioneeri
- meripoika
- meripuolustus
- meripyynti
- meriraja
- merirannikki
- merirapu
- Meri-Rastila
- merireitti
- meriristeily
- merirokko
- merirosvo
- merirosvous
- meriruoka
- merisaame
- merisaamelainen
- Merisaari
- merisaarto
- merisairas
- merisairaus
- Merisalo
- merisara
- merisaukko
- merisaunio
- merisavu
- meriselitys
- merisiili
- merisika
- merisipuli
- merisirri
- meriskorpioni
- merisodankäynti
- merisota
- merisotakoulu
- merisotilaallinen
- merisotilas
- meristrategia
- merisulka
- merisumu
- merisuola
- merisää
- meritaimen
- meritaistelu
- meritapahtuma
- meritekniikka
- meritekninen
- meriteollisuus
- meritie
- meritiede
- meriturma
- meritursas
- meriturvallisuus
- merituuli
- meritähti
- meriupseeri
- merivahinko
- merivakuutus
- merivalta
- merivaltio
- merivalvonta
- merivartija
- merivartio
- merivartiointi
- merivartiosto
- merivene
- merivesi
- meriviitta
- Merivirta
- merivirta
- merivoimat
- merivoitto
- merivuokko
- meriväki
- meriväylä
- meriyhteys
- mertensuojelu
- muinaismeri
- Mustameri
- Norjanmeri
- Ohotanmeri
- pallomeri
- Perämeri
- Pohjanmeri
- pohjanmerikarhu
- Punainenmeri
- reunameri
- Saaristomeri
- Sargassomeri
- selkämeri
- Selkämeri
- sisämeri
- sivumeri
- syvämeri
- Tšuktšienmeri
- Tšuktšimeri
- tulimeri
- Tyrrhenanmeri
- Tyyni valtameri
- Tyynimeri
- ulkomeri
- valomeri
- valtameri
- Vienanmeri
- välimeri
- Välimeri
- Weddellinmeri
- Yoldiameri
References
edit- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*meri”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “meri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Hungarian
editEtymology
editmer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) + -i (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmeri
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)
Declension
editAnagrams
editIngrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri. Cognates include Finnish meri and Estonian meri.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeri/, [ˈme̞ri]
- Rhymes: -eri
- Hyphenation: me‧ri
Noun
editmeri
- sea
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 20:
- Vene ono merel. Levo ono merel.
- The boat is at sea. Levo is at sea.
- 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28:
- Merilöin rannoil ono meil paljo suurii linnoja — ono Leningrad, ono Sevastopol, ono paljo muita, niitä kera pittää puulustaa.
- At the shores of the seas we have many big cities — we have Leningrad, we have Sevastopol, we have much more, whom they also need to defend.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 107:
- Kaik noisi elloo i meri, i metsä, i maa.
- Everything brings life, the sea and the forest and the land.
Declension
editDeclension of meri (type 5/keeli, no gradation, gemination) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | meri | meret |
genitive | meren | merriin, merilöin |
partitive | mertä, mert | merriä, merilöjä |
illative | merree | merrii, merilöihe |
inessive | meres | meris, merilöis |
elative | merest | merist, merilöist |
allative | merelle | merille, merilöille |
adessive | merel | meril, merilöil |
ablative | merelt | merilt, merilöilt |
translative | mereks | meriks, merilöiks |
essive | merennä, merreen | merinnä, merilöinnä, merriin, merilöin |
exessive1) | merent | merint, merilöint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Synonyms
edit- (folk poetic) mero
Derived terms
edit- alameri
- avomeri
- avonain meri
- merenajo
- merennenä
- merennukka
- merenranta
- Merensuu
- merenvaahto
- merielokas
- meriglaisa
- meriharakka
- meriheinä
- merihärkä
- merijoršši
- merikarhu
- merimees
- merinoora
- merinootta
- meriportta
- merirooko
- merirooku
- merisavi
- meritee
- meritse
- merituuli
- meritähti
- merivesi
- merivimpa
- merizveeri
- mero
- päivämeri
- Saarenmeri
- talvimeri
- Valkia meri
- venemeri
- ylämeri
References
edit- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мери”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 667
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 305
- Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку[5], →ISBN, page 80
Italian
editAdjective
editmeri
Anagrams
editKarelian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.riː/, [ˈmɛriː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri/, [ˈmɛːri]
Noun
editmerī
Adjective
editmerī
Ludian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
editmeri
Middle English
editAdjective
editmeri
- Alternative form of mery
Old Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *mari.
Noun
editmeri n
Derived terms
edit- merikalf (“seal”)
- *meriska (“low-lying pasture near water”)
- meriswīn (“porpoise”)
- *merithi (“pool, group of offshoots of a river”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “meri”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Romanian
editNoun
editmeri m pl
Sardinian
editEtymology
editUltimately from Latin meridies
Noun
editmeri
Serbo-Croatian
editVerb
editmeri (Cyrillic spelling мери)
- inflection of meriti:
Sranan Tongo
editVerb
editmeri
- to touch
Sundanese
editNoun
editmeri
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editFrom English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.
Noun
editmeri
- woman
- Coordinate term: man
- wife
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:17:
- Na God i tokim Adam olsem, “Yu bin harim tok bilong meri bilong yu, na yu bin kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai mi bin tambuim yu long kaikai. Olsem na nau bai mi bagarapim graun, na ol kaikai bai i no inap kamap gut long en. Oltaim bai yu wok hat tru bilong mekim kaikai i kamap long graun.
Adjective
editmeri
Derived terms
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Armenian մարի (mari, “hen, female of any bird”).
Noun
editmeri (definite accusative meriyi, plural meriler)
References
edit- “meri (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977
Veps
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
editmeri
Inflection
editInflection of meri (inflection type 4/meri) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative sing. | meri | ||
genitive sing. | meren | ||
partitive sing. | mert | ||
partitive plur. | merid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | meri | mered | |
accusative | meren | mered | |
genitive | meren | meriden | |
partitive | mert | merid | |
essive-instructive | meren | merin | |
translative | mereks | merikš | |
inessive | meres | meriš | |
elative | merespäi | merišpäi | |
illative | merehe | merihe | |
adessive | merel | meril | |
ablative | merelpäi | merilpäi | |
allative | merele | merile | |
abessive | mereta | merita | |
comitative | merenke | meridenke | |
prolative | mertme | meridme | |
approximative I | merenno | meridenno | |
approximative II | merennoks | meridennoks | |
egressive | merennopäi | meridennopäi | |
terminative I | merehesai | merihesai | |
terminative II | merelesai | merilesai | |
terminative III | meressai | — | |
additive I | merehepäi | merihepäi | |
additive II | merelepäi | merilepäi |
Derived terms
editReferences
editVõro
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
editmeri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
Inflection
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | meri | mereq |
accusative | mere | mereq |
genitive | mere | meri merde |
partitive | merd | meri |
illative | merde | meri merihe |
inessive | meren merehn |
merin merden merihn merdehn |
elative | merest | merist merdest |
allative | merele | merile merdele |
adessive | merel | meril merdel |
ablative | merelt | merilt merdelt |
translative | meres | meris merdes |
terminative | mereniq | meriniq merdeniq |
abessive | mereldäq | merildäq merdeldäq |
comitative | meregäq | merigäq merdegäq |
Votic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *meri.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeri
Inflection
editDeclension of meri (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | meri | mered |
genitive | mere | merije, merii |
partitive | merte | meriite, merii |
illative | merre, merrese | meriise |
inessive | merez | meriiz |
elative | meresse | meriisse |
allative | merele | meriile |
adessive | merelle | meriille |
ablative | merelte | meriilte |
translative | meressi | meriissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References
edit- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “meri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English plurals in -i with singular in -us, -os or -o
- Ajië terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ajië lemmas
- Ajië adjectives
- Besisi terms inherited from Proto-Aslian
- Besisi terms derived from Proto-Aslian
- Besisi terms inherited from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Besisi terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer
- Besisi lemmas
- Besisi nouns
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian meri-type nominals
- et:Bodies of water
- et:Landforms
- Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Finnish terms derived from Indo-European languages
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eri
- Rhymes:Finnish/eri/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish uni-type nominals
- Finnish irregular nouns
- fi:Bodies of water
- fi:Landforms
- fi:Seas
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ri
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ri/2 syllables
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian verb forms
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːrɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːrɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eri
- Rhymes:Ingrian/eri/2 syllables
- Ingrian lemmas
- Ingrian nouns
- Ingrian terms with quotations
- izh:Bodies of water
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Karelian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- krl:Geography
- krl:Water
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Ludian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Ludian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Ludian lemmas
- Ludian nouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch lemmas
- Old Dutch nouns
- Old Dutch neuter nouns
- Romanian non-lemma forms
- Romanian noun forms
- Sardinian terms derived from Latin
- Sardinian lemmas
- Sardinian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian non-lemma forms
- Serbo-Croatian verb forms
- Sranan Tongo lemmas
- Sranan Tongo verbs
- Sundanese lemmas
- Sundanese nouns
- Tok Pisin terms inherited from English
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- Tok Pisin terms with quotations
- Tok Pisin adjectives
- tpi:People
- tpi:Female
- tpi:Female family members
- tpi:Marriage
- Turkish terms borrowed from Armenian
- Turkish terms derived from Armenian
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish dialectal terms
- Elazığ Turkish
- Malatya Turkish
- tr:Female animals
- tr:Fowls
- Veps terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Veps terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- Veps meri-type nominals
- vep:Landforms
- Võro terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Võro terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Võro lemmas
- Võro nouns
- vro:Landforms
- Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Votic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Votic/eri
- Rhymes:Votic/eri/2 syllables
- Votic lemmas
- Votic nouns
- Votic tuli-type nominals
- vot:Landforms