See meita on Wiktionary
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}
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],
"word": "mārga"
}
],
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}
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"sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"daughter\"”",
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},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"girl\"”",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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"sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"female servant\"”",
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},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"female servant\"”",
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"translation": "fraternal niece",
"word": "brāļameita"
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"word": "ielasmeita"
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"etymology_text": "Traditionally, this word is considered borrowed from Middle Low German meid (“female servant”) (or from Middle High German meyt, meyde, or Middle Dutch meit), which replaced an older Proto-Indo-European word, probably *dukte, cognate with Lithuanian duktė̃, Old Prussian duckti, Russian дочь (doč’), German Tochter, English daughter (< Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr). It has, however, been pointed out that (a) the meaning “daughter” is older (“servant” is attested only from the 19th century), which is the opposite of what should happen if it were a borrowing from Germanic; (b) the broken intonation is not usual in borrowings from Germanic; and (c) the presumed original word *dukte has left no trace in place names, dialectal forms, etc. On account of that, some researchers believe that meita is not a borrowing, but actually the original word for “daughter” in Latvian, i.e. Latvian did not derive “daughter” from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (like Latin, which has fīlia). A possible source would be Proto-Indo-European *mēy- (“soft, tender, dear”), with an extra t; meita would have originally been the feminine form of the resulting adjective *meits (“tender, dear, loved”). Another possibility would be the same stem as mīt (“to change”): the original meaning would have been “changing (status, via marriage)” > “young woman about to get married” > “unmarried young woman; daughter.”",
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"type": "example"
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"english": "the oldest, the youngest daughter",
"text": "vecākā, jaunākā meita",
"translation": "the oldest, the youngest daughter",
"type": "example"
},
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8,
13
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9,
17
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"english": "the only daughter",
"text": "vienīgā meita",
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"type": "example"
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6,
11
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],
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9,
17
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],
"english": "sister's daughter (= niece)",
"text": "māsas meita",
"translation": "sister's daughter (= niece)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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29,
35
]
],
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34,
43
]
],
"english": "the mother had two sons and three daughters",
"text": "mātei bija divi dēli un trīs meitas",
"translation": "the mother had two sons and three daughters",
"type": "example"
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11,
16
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12,
20
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],
"english": "uncle has a daughter, an agronomist in Courland",
"text": "onkulim ir meita, agronome Kurzemē",
"translation": "uncle has a daughter, an agronomist in Courland",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"daughter (a female child, with respect to her parents)"
],
"id": "en-meita-lv-noun-pNJIinaO",
"links": [
[
"daughter",
"daughter"
],
[
"female",
"female#English"
],
[
"child",
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],
[
"respect",
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[
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"english": "young woman's days (i.e., before marriage)",
"text": "meitas dienas",
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"type": "example"
},
{
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0,
6
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],
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0,
6
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],
"english": "maiden (lit. young woman's) name",
"text": "meitas uzvārds",
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},
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5,
11
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7,
12
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],
"english": "forest girls (= mythological beings)",
"text": "meža meitas",
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"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
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],
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0,
11
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"english": "young woman hunter (a man who uses every chance to start a love affair)",
"text": "meitu mednieks",
"translation": "young woman hunter (a man who uses every chance to start a love affair)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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34,
39
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],
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48
]
],
"english": "yes, she, my mother, was a beautiful young woman, and many young men wanted her as their wife",
"text": "jā, viņa, mana māte, bijusi daiļa meita, un daudzi jaunekļi viņu kārojuši sev par sievu",
"translation": "yes, she, my mother, was a beautiful young woman, and many young men wanted her as their wife",
"type": "example"
},
{
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13,
17
]
],
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15
]
],
"english": "“talk now, girl,” Pakalns answered lively; “they will hear you further”",
"text": "“parunā gan, meit”, Pakalns dzīvi atsaucās; “tev viņi vairāk klausīs”",
"translation": "“talk now, girl,” Pakalns answered lively; “they will hear you further”",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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],
[
"meitene",
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[
"young",
"young"
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[
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"unmarried"
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[
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]
],
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],
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},
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"word": "skuķis"
},
{
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"word": "skuķe"
}
],
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"kind": "other",
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"english": "mannor servant",
"text": "muižas meita",
"translation": "mannor servant",
"type": "example"
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43
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"english": "forest girls (= mythological beings)",
"text": "meža meitas",
"translation": "forest girls (= mythological beings)",
"type": "example"
},
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0,
5
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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0,
11
]
],
"english": "young woman hunter (a man who uses every chance to start a love affair)",
"text": "meitu mednieks",
"translation": "young woman hunter (a man who uses every chance to start a love affair)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
34,
39
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
37,
48
]
],
"english": "yes, she, my mother, was a beautiful young woman, and many young men wanted her as their wife",
"text": "jā, viņa, mana māte, bijusi daiļa meita, un daudzi jaunekļi viņu kārojuši sev par sievu",
"translation": "yes, she, my mother, was a beautiful young woman, and many young men wanted her as their wife",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
13,
17
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
11,
15
]
],
"english": "“talk now, girl,” Pakalns answered lively; “they will hear you further”",
"text": "“parunā gan, meit”, Pakalns dzīvi atsaucās; “tev viņi vairāk klausīs”",
"translation": "“talk now, girl,” Pakalns answered lively; “they will hear you further”",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"young, unmarried woman"
],
"links": [
[
"usually",
"usually"
],
[
"meitene",
"meitene#Latvian"
],
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"unmarried",
"unmarried"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"qualifier": "usually meitene",
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually meitene) young, unmarried woman"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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7,
12
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
7,
14
]
],
"english": "mannor servant",
"text": "muižas meita",
"translation": "mannor servant",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
7,
11
]
],
"english": "summer girl (= hired for the summer)",
"text": "vasaras meita",
"translation": "summer girl (= hired for the summer)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
13
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
9
]
],
"english": "room maid",
"text": "istabas meita",
"translation": "room maid",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
80,
86
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
64,
72
]
],
"english": "the lady wanted, in the same trip, to come see and hear the new servants",
"text": "saimniece pie tā paša brauciena gribēja apraudzīties un apklausīties pēc jaunas meitas",
"translation": "the lady wanted, in the same trip, to come see and hear the new servants",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"female servant, usually unmarried"
],
"links": [
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"unmarried",
"unmarried"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-4"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian poetic terms",
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
21,
27
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
13,
22
]
],
"english": "the sons and daughters of various nations",
"text": "dažādu tautu dēli un meitas",
"translation": "the sons and daughters of various nations",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"daughter (a member of a people, ethnic group, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"daughter",
"daughter"
],
[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"ethnic",
"ethnic"
],
[
"group",
"group"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) daughter (a member of a people, ethnic group, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈmɛî̯ta]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-meita.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/Lv-riga-meita.ogg/Lv-riga-meita.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Lv-riga-meita.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "of \"girl\"",
"word": "meitenīte"
},
{
"sense": "of \"young, unmarried woman\"",
"word": "meitene"
},
{
"sense": "of \"young, unmarried woman\"",
"word": "skuķis"
},
{
"sense": "of \"young, unmarried woman\"",
"word": "skuķe"
},
{
"sense": "of \"female servant\"",
"word": "kalpone"
}
],
"word": "meita"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "vep",
"2": "pronoun form"
},
"expansion": "meita",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Veps",
"lang_code": "vep",
"pos": "pron",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Veps entries with incorrect language header",
"Veps non-lemma forms",
"Veps pronoun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "mö"
}
],
"glosses": [
"abessive of mö"
],
"links": [
[
"mö",
"mö#Veps"
]
],
"tags": [
"abessive",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"word": "meita"
}
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