meana

Irish

Alternative forms

  • meanaidh, meanaithe

Etymology

From Old Irish menad. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic minidh and Manx mennee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʲan̪ˠə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲanˠi/, /ˈmʲan̪ˠi/[1] (corresponding to the form meanaidh)

Noun

meana m (genitive singular meana, nominative plural meanaí)

  1. awl, bodkin (pointed tool)

Declension

Descendants

  • → Yola: managh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
meana mheana not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 46

Further reading

Ladino

Etymology

From Turkish meyhane, from Persian میخانه‎ (meyxâne), compound of Persian می‎ (may, “wine”) and Persian خانه‎ (xâne, “house”).

Noun

meana f (Latin spelling)

  1. cabaret, tavern

Further reading

  • Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977), “meaná, meané”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 353
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