meel

See also: Meel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel (uncountable)

  1. flour

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mēle, Old Dutch *melo, Proto-West Germanic *melu, from Proto-Germanic *melwą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meːl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: meel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

meel n (uncountable)

  1. flour, meal, farina

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: meli
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Arawak: meli

Further reading

  • meel” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *meeli, From Proto-Finno-Permic *mäle. Cognates include Finnish mieli, Votic meeli, Northern Sami miella, Moksha мяль (mäľ) and Komi-Zyrian мыл (myl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːl]
  • Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel (genitive meele, partitive meelt)

  1. sense
    Viis meelt.
    The five senses.
  2. emotion, feeling
    Mul on hea meel, et ma sinuga kohtusin.
    I'm glad that I met you. (lit. "I have a good feeling that I met you")
  3. opinion, idea
    Me oleme samal meelel.
    We have the same opinion.
  4. (generally with järgi, järele) wish, desire
    See asi pole mulle meele järgi.
    This thing isn't to my desire. (i.e "I don't like this")
  5. (mostly in the locative cases) memory
    Mulle ei jää asjad meelde.
    I don't remember things. (lit. "Things don't stay into my memory.")
    Mul läks meelest ära.
    I forgot. (lit. "It went from my memory")
  6. (colloquial) mind, intelligence, smarts
    Viin võtab meele meeste peast.
    Vodka takes the mind out of men.
Usage notes

All senses except for "sense" and "mind" are mostly used in a large number of various fixed phrases.

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːl]
  • Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel

  1. adessive singular of mesi

Further reading

  • meel in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), meel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
  • meel in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
  • meel in Sõnaveeb

Ingrian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈmeːlʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmeːl/, [ˈme̝ːl]
  • Rhymes: -eːl
  • Hyphenation: meel

Noun

meel

  1. Alternative form of meeli
Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈme.elːæ/, [ˈme̞.e̞lʲː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈme.el/, [ˈme̞.e̞l]
  • Rhymes: -e.elː, -e.el
  • Hyphenation: me‧el

Noun

meel

  1. adessive singular of mesi

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 308
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 63

Somali

Noun

meel ?

  1. place
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