# meja
## Balinese
### Romanization

meja
* Romanization of ᬫᬾᬚ

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛd͡ʒa]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mè‧ja
* Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

### Noun

mèja (plural)
* table (item of furniture)
    Synonym: kenap

#### Compounds

* alas meja
* meja bantuan
* meja biliar
* meja bola
* meja dapur
* meja dorong
* meja gambar
* meja gerak
* meja goyang
* meja hijau
* meja judi
* meja kartu
* meja kerja
* meja konsol
* meja konstruksi
* meja layanan
* meja makan
* meja modular
* meja operasi
* meja pengontrol
* meja pingpong
* meja pinjam
* meja putaran keramik
* meja rolet
* meja sebelah
* meja sirkulasi
* meja tengah
* meja tulis
* meja uap
* tenis meja

### Further reading

* “meja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Lindu
### Noun

meja
* table

## Malay
### Etymology

From Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mēnsa.

### Pronunciation

* (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /med͡ʒə/
* (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /med͡ʒa/
* Rhymes: -ed͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
* Audio (Malaysia, Johor-Selangor):(file)
* Rhymes: -a

### Noun

meja (Jawi spelling ميجا, plural meja-meja, informal 1st possessive mejaku, 2nd possessive mejamu, 3rd possessive mejanya)
* table (item of furniture)
    Synonym: kekuda

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: meja (inherited)

#### See also

* meja kerja
* meja tulis
* alas meja
* tenis meja
* meja hijau

### Further reading

* “meja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

### Noun

mèja f (Cyrillic spelling мѐја)
* (Kajkavian, Chakavian) border, boundary
    Synonym: međa

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛ̀ːja/

### Noun

méja f
* border, boundary
    Synonym: grȃnica

#### Derived terms

* mejīti

### Further reading

* “meja”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “meja”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmexa/ [ˈme.xa]
* Rhymes: -exa
* Syllabification: me‧ja

### Noun

meja f (plural mejas)
* female equivalent of mejo

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English major.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

meja class V (plural mameja class VI)
* major (military rank)

## Swedish
### Verb

meja (present mejar, preterite mejade, supine mejat, imperative meja)
* (rare) to mow (cut down crops)
    Synonyms: slå, (mow the lawn) klippa
    meja vete ― mow wheat

#### Usage notes

* For mowing the lawn, klippa (“cut”) is used.
* Usually in the figurative sense of mow down in Swedish. See meja ner.

#### Derived terms

* meja ner (“mow down”)

### References

* meja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* meja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* meja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## West Makian
### Etymology

From Malay meja, possibly through Ternate meja, from Portuguese mesa (“table”), from Latin mēnsa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈme.d̪ʒa/

### Noun

meja
* table

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics