pesa

See also: Pesa, pesá, pesà, pesâ, and pesä

Ajië

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pesa]

Noun

pesa

1. stone

References

• 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.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.za]
• Rhymes: -ɛza

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛsa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Hyphenation: pe‧sa

Noun

pesa

1. inflection of peso:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Alternative forms

• (plural forms): pesos

Anagrams

• pase

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pesä, from Proto-Uralic *pesä. Cognate with Finnish pesä and Hungarian fészek.

Noun

pesa (genitive pesa, partitive pesa)

1. nest

Declension

Declension of pesa (ÕS type 17i/pesa, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		pesa	pesad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	pesa
genitive			pesade
partitive		pesa	pesi pesasid
illative		pessa pesasse	pesadesse pesisse
inessive		pesas	pesades pesis
elative		pesast	pesadest pesist
allative		pesale	pesadele pesile
adessive		pesal	pesadel pesil
ablative		pesalt	pesadelt pesilt
translative		pesaks	pesadeks pesiks
terminative		pesani	pesadeni
essive		pesana	pesadena
abessive		pesata	pesadeta
comitative		pesaga	pesadega

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

pesa

1. third-person singular past historic of peser

Anagrams

• sape

Galician

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.za/, (traditional) /ˈpe.sa/
• Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
• Hyphenation: pé‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pesare +‎ -a.

Noun

pesa f (plural pese)

1. weighing
2. weighbridge
3. weighing machine

Etymology 2

Adjective

pesa f sg

1. feminine singular of peso

Etymology 3

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• aspe, sape

Kituba

Verb

pesa

1. to give

Lingala

Verb

pesa

1. to give

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.zɐ/

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• paisa (Rumantsch Grischun)
• peisa (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pēsum (with a later change of gender), from Latin pēnsum.

Noun

pesa f

1. (Sutsilvan) weight

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) pais

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpesa/ [ˈpe.sa]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pe‧sa

Etymology 1

From peso.

Noun

pesa f (plural pesas)

1. weight (object cf. peso)
2. (exercise) dumbbell
3. (Latin America) balance, scales

   Synonym: báscula

Hyponyms

• romana
• balanza

Derived terms

• barra con pesas
• pesa rusa

 

Related terms

• pesar
• pesas
• peso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesa

1. inflection of pesar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा (paisā) / Urdu پَیسَہ (paisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.sa/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

pesa (n class, plural pesa) or pesa (ma class, plural mapesa)

1. money

   Synonyms: fedha, (Tanzania) hela

2. (history) paisa (unit of Indian currency)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Clipping of Hokkien 白煠魚／白煠鱼 (pe̍h-sa̍h hî, literally “blanched / boiled fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpesaʔ/ [ˈpɛː.sɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -esaʔ
• Syllabification: pe‧sa

Noun

pesà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

1. fish boiled in rice with ginger and vegetables

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pesa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpesa/ [ˈpɛː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pe‧sa

Noun

pesa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ)

1. weight used on scales

Related terms

• piso

 

Further reading

• “pesa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 139
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 44