meja

See also: méja, mẽja, and mejā

Balinese

Noun

meja

1. alternative spelling of méja

Indonesian

meja

Etymology

From Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmed͡ʒa/ [ˈme.d͡ʒa]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ed͡ʒa
• Syllabification: me‧ja

Noun

méja (plural meja-meja)

1. table

   Synonyms: kekuda, kenap

Compounds

• semeja

• meja bantuan
• meja biliar
• meja bola
• meja dapur
• meja dorong
• meja gambar
• meja gerak
• meja goyang
• meja hijau
• meja judi
• meja kartu
• meja kerja
• meja konsol
• meja konstruksi
• meja layanan
• meja makan
• meja modular
• meja operasi
• meja pengontrol
• meja pingpong
• meja pinjam
• meja putaran keramik
• meja rolet
• meja sebelah
• meja sirkulasi
• meja tengah
• meja tulis
• meja uap

• alas meja
• tenis meja

Further reading

• “meja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lindu

Noun

meja

1. table

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Southern Peninsula) IPA^(key): /ˈmed͡ʒə/ [ˈme.d͡ʒə]
• (Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈmed͡ʒa/ [ˈme.d͡ʒa]

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

meja (Jawi spelling ميجا, plural meja-meja or meja²)

1. table (item of furniture)

   Synonym: kekuda

Descendants

• > Indonesian: meja (inherited)

See also

• meja kerja
• meja tulis
• alas meja
• tenis meja
• meja hijau

Further reading

• "meja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Noun

mèja f (Cyrillic spelling мѐја)

1. (Kajkavian, Chakavian) border, boundary

   Synonym: međa

Further reading

• “meja”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̀ːja/

Noun

méja f

1. border, boundary

   Synonym: grȃnica

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	mêja
gen. sing.	mêje
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mêja	mêji	mêje
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mêje	mêj	mêj
dative (dajȃlnik)	mêji	mêjama	mêjam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mêjo	mêji	mêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mêji	mêjah	mêjah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mêjo	mêjama	mêjami

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	mêja
gen. sing.	mejé
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mêja	mejé	mejé
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mejé	mejá	mejá
dative (dajȃlnik)	mêji	mejáma	mejàm
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mejó	mejé	mejé
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mêji	mejàh	mejàh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mejó	mejáma	mejámi

Derived terms

• mejīti

Further reading

• “meja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “meja”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmexa/ [ˈme.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: me‧ja

Noun

meja f (plural mejas)

1. female equivalent of mejo

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English major.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

meja class V (plural mameja class VI)

1. major (military rank)

Swedish

Verb

meja (present mejar, preterite mejade, supine mejat, imperative meja)

1. (rare) to mow (cut down crops)

   Synonyms: slå, (mow the lawn) klippa

   meja vete ― mow wheat

Usage notes

• For mowing the lawn, klippa (“cut”) is used.
• Usually in the figurative sense of mow down in Swedish. See meja ner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	meja		mejas
supine	mejat		mejats
imperative	meja		—
imper. plural1	mejen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mejar	mejade	mejas	mejades
ind. plural1	meja	mejade	mejas	mejades
subjunctive2	meje	mejade	mejes	mejades
present participle		mejande
past participle		mejad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• meja ner (“mow down”)

References

• “meja”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “meja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “meja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay meja, possibly through Ternate meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.d̪ʒa/

Noun

meja

1. table

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics