mett
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mett (plural metts)
- (historical) An old English measure of volume, perhaps equal to two bushels.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 168:
- Once the mitta, or mett, a quantity of two bushels, is used for salt. The name still lingers in Lancashire.
Estonian
Noun
mett
Middle English
Noun
mett
- alternative form of mette
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse mettr.
Adjective
mett (neuter singular mett, definite singular and plural mette, comparative mettere, indefinite superlative mettest, definite superlative metteste)
Etymology 2
Verb
mett
- imperative of mette
References
- “mett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse mettr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛtː/
Adjective
mett (neuter singular mett, definite singular and plural mette, comparative mettare, indefinite superlative mettast, definite superlative mettaste)
Verb
mett
- imperative of metta
References
- “mett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Noun
mett m
- alternative form of mete
Salar
Etymology
Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan.
Pronunciation
- (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /meʰt/, /mæʰt/
Noun
mett
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mett | mettler |
| genitive | mettniği | mettlerniği |
| dative | mette | mettlerğe |
| definite accusative | mettni | mettlerni |
| locative | mettde | mettlerde |
| ablative | mettden | mettlerden |
| instrumental | mettla | mettlerla |
| nominative | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittim | mittimler |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñ | mittiñler |
| aniği ("their") | mitti | mittiler |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimiz | mittimizler |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñiz | mittiñizler |
| ularniği ("their") | mitti | mittiler |
| accusative | ||
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittimni | mittimlerni |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñni | mittiñlerni |
| aniği ("their") | mittini | mittilerni |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimizni | mittimizlerni |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñizni | mittiñizlerni |
| ularniği ("their") | mittini | mittilerni |
| dative | ||
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittimge | mittimlerğe |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñge | mittiñlerğe |
| aniği ("their") | mittiğe | mittilerğe |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimizge | mittimizlerğe |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñizge | mittiñizlerğe |
| ularniği ("their") | mittiğe | mittilerğe |
| locative | ||
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittimde | mittimlerde |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñde | mittiñlerde |
| aniği ("their") | mittide | mittilerde |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimizde | mittimizlerde |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñizde | mittiñizlerde |
| ularniği ("their") | mittide | mittilerde |
| ablative | ||
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittimden | mittimlerden |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñden | mittiñlerden |
| aniği ("their") | mittiden | mittilerden |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimizden | mittimizlerden |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñizden | mittiñizlerden |
| ularniği ("their") | mittiden | mittilerden |
| instrumental | ||
| singular | plural | |
| miniği ("my") | mittimla | mittimlerla |
| siniği ("your") | mittiñla | mittiñlerla |
| aniği ("their") | mittila | mittilerla |
| piserniği ("our") | mittimizla | mittimizlerla |
| selerniği ("your") | mittiñizla | mittiñizlerla |
| ularniği ("their") | mittila | mittilerla |
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “meʼt”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 125
- 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs][1], China Salar Youth League, pages 24, 30
- Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “met”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180
Yola
Noun
mett
- alternative form of maate
- 1788, VOCABULARY of the LANGUAGE of the Barony of FORTH and BARGIE.:
- zed-mett,
- stewed meat.
References
- Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, in The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy[2], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page 35