meti

See also: METI and metí

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.ti]

Verb

meti

1. inflection of metre:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian mettere, ultimately from Latin mittō. Compare French mettre, Portuguese and Spanish meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeti]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eti
• Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti (present metas, past metis, future metos, conditional metus, volitive metu)

1. to put, place

   Metu ambaŭ manojn sur la stirradon! ― Put both hands on the steering wheel!

Conjugation

Conjugation of meti

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		metas		metis		metos
active participle		metanta	metantaj	metinta	metintaj	metonta	metontaj
	acc.	metantan	metantajn	metintan	metintajn	metontan	metontajn
passive participle		metata	metataj	metita	metitaj	metota	metotaj
	acc.	metatan	metatajn	metitan	metitajn	metotan	metotajn
nominal active participle		metanto	metantoj	metinto	metintoj	metonto	metontoj
	acc.	metanton	metantojn	metinton	metintojn	metonton	metontojn
nominal passive participle		metato	metatoj	metito	metitoj	metoto	metotoj
	acc.	metaton	metatojn	metiton	metitojn	metoton	metotojn
adverbial active participle		metante		metinte		metonte
adverbial passive participle		metate		metite		metote

infinitive		meti						imperative		metu						conditional		metus

Derived terms

• almeti (“to put on or near; apply; enclose”)
• antaŭmeti (“to put before (someone), present”)
• demeti (“to take off”)
• enmeti (“to put in; insert”)
• formeti (“to put away”)
• kunmeti (“to put together”)
• metiĝi (“to put oneself (somewhere)”)
• meto (“placement”)

 

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meti

1. (transitive) to put, place, lay, set

Conjugation

This is a regular -i verb.

Conjugation of meti (third conjugation)

infinitive			meti
gerund			metint
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		metût		metûts
		feminine		metûde		metûdis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o met	tu metis	al/e met	o metìn	o metês	a metin
	imperfect	o metevi	tu metevis	al/e meteve	o metevin	o metevis	a metevin
	simple past	o metei	tu meteris	al/e metè	o meterin	o meteris	a meterin
	future	o metarai	tu metarâs	al/e metarà	o metarìn	o metarês	a metaran
conditional		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o metarès	tu metaressis	al/e metarès	o metaressin	o metaressis	a metaressin
subjunctive		jo	tu	lui/jê	nô	vô	lôr
	present	o meti	tu metis	al/e meti	o metìn	o metês	a metin
	imperfect	o metès	tu metessis	al/e metès	o metessin	o metessis	a metessin
imperative		–	tu	–	nô	vô	–
		–	met	–	metìn	metêt	–

Related terms

• cometi

See also

• poni

Galician

Verb

meti

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Icelandic

Noun

meti

1. indefinite dative singular of met

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin mittere, present active infinitive of mittō.

Verb

meti

1. to place; to put
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.

     That into his handkerchief he would put me.

Kambera

Verb

meti

1. (intransitive) to die

Derived terms

• pameti (“to kill”)

Kituba

Noun

meti

1. saliva

Ladino

Verb

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.tiː/, [ˈmɛt̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/, [ˈmɛːt̪i]

Verb

metī

1. present passive infinitive of metō

Latvian

Verb

meti

1. second-person singular past indicative of mest

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈti/

• Hyphenation: me‧ti

Verb

meti

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of meter

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

meti (Cyrillic spelling мети)

1. second-person singular imperative of mesti

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minˀtei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mèːti/

Verb

mẹ́ti impf

1. to rub

Inflection

Sonorant + -ti -(j)em
infinitive	mẹ́ti
1st singular	mánem
infinitive	mẹ́ti			mȅt, mẹ̑t
supine	mȅt, mẹ̑t
verbal noun	mẹ́tje
	participle			converb
present	manȅč			—
past	mẹ̑t			—
l-participle	masculine		feminine		neuter
singular	mȅł, mẹ̑ł		mẹ́la		mẹ̄lo
dual	mẹ̄la		mẹ̄li		mẹ̄li
plural	mẹ̄li		mẹ̄le		mẹ̄la
	present			imperative
1st singular	mánem			—
2nd singular	máneš			máni
3rd singular	máne			—
1st dual	máneva			mániva
2nd dual	máneta			mánita
3rd dual	máneta			—
1st plural	mánemo			mánimo
2nd plural	mánete			mánite
3rd plural	mánejo			—

Derived terms

• omẹ́ti
• pomẹ́ti
• zmẹ́ti

 

Further reading

• “meti”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English meat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.ti/

Noun

meti

1. meat, flesh
2. animal
   • 1936, Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits, Suriname folk-lore‎^[1], New York: Columbia University Press, page 424:

     Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛ bro.’

     [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki e bro.']

     Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backside breathes.’

3. (obsolete) concubine

Derived terms

• agumeti (“pork”)
• ameti (“ham”)
• diameti (“venison”)
• fowrumeti (“chicken meat”)
• kawmeti (“beef”)

 

Descendants

• Aukan: meti

References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “meti”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary