meia

Portuguese

/ˈmej.jɐ/, /ˈmɐj.ɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • sock (covering for the foot; originally short form of meia-calça)
  • (Brazil) a ticket sold for half its normal price, as required by law, for students and children
  • (Portugal) obsolete unit of measure for liquids, equivalent to six pints
  • (when reading a time) half past (short form of meia hora)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese meya derived from Latin media (middle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (between, middle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*medʰyo-

Gloss

between, middle

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Kanji

間

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