meri
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri
Anagrams
[edit]Ajië
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]meri
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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Aslian *bəriʔ (“forest”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“forest”).
Noun
[edit]meri
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
[edit]meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
Declension
[edit]Declension 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri,[1] borrowed from some Indo-European language (probably Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári),[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri
- sea (a single area or the seas altogether)
Declension
[edit]Inflection 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
- meridiesel
- 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
- merituulipuisto
- 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 [Common Finnic Vocabulary][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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]mer (“to dare; to scoop, ladle”) + -i (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]meri
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse merr, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri f (genitive singular merar, nominative plural merar)
Declension
[edit]Declension of meri | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | meri | merin | merar | merarnar |
accusative | meri | merina | merar | merarnar |
dative | meri | merinni | merum | merunum |
genitive | merar | merarinnar | mera | meranna |
Anagrams
[edit]Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]meri
- 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.
- 1937, 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
[edit]Declension 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
- merikrapu
- 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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]meri
Anagrams
[edit]Karelian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
[edit]meri (genitive meren, partitive mertä)
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈme.riː/, [ˈmɛriː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.ri/, [ˈmɛːri]
Noun
[edit]merī
Adjective
[edit]merī
Ludian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
[edit]meri
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]meri
- Alternative form of mery
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *mari.
Noun
[edit]meri n
Derived terms
[edit]- merikalf (“seal”)
- *meriska (“low-lying pasture near water”)
- meriswīn (“porpoise”)
- *merithi (“pool, group of offshoots of a river”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “meri”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri m pl
Sardinian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin meridies
Noun
[edit]meri
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Verb
[edit]meri (Cyrillic spelling мери)
- inflection of meriti:
Sranan Tongo
[edit]Verb
[edit]meri
- to touch
Sundanese
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri
Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Mary. Attested in St. Johnston (1927:72) in reference to Solomon Islands laborers.
Noun
[edit]meri
- 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
[edit]meri
Derived terms
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Armenian մարի (mari, “hen, female of any bird”).
Noun
[edit]meri (definite accusative meriyi, plural meriler)
- (dialect, Elazığ, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş) female partridge
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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
[edit]meri
Inflection
[edit]Inflection 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
[edit]References
[edit]- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “море”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Võro
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Noun
[edit]meri (genitive mere, partitive merd)
Inflection
[edit]singular | 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *meri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]meri
Inflection
[edit]Declension 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
- Kahramanmaraş 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