mesedez

Basque

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most dialects) /mes̺edes̻/ [me.s̺e.ð̞es̻]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /mes̺edes̺/ [me.s̺e.ð̞es̺]

 
  • Rhymes: -edes̻, -es̻
  • Rhymes: -edes̺, -es̺

  • Hyphenation: me‧se‧dez

Etymology 1

Noun

mesedez

  1. instrumental indefinite of mesede

Etymology 2

Calque of Spanish por favor, from the inflected form above (mesede (favour) +‎ -z).

Interjection

mesedez

  1. please

Further reading

  • mesedez”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • mesedez”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005