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See also:Maizeandmaizē

English

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Zea mays (maize, corn)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromSpanishmaíz, fromTaíno*mahis,*mahisi, fromProto-Arawak*marikɨ. Cognate withLokonomarisi,Wayuumaiki.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maize (countable anduncountable,pluralmaizes)

  2. Corn; a type ofgrain of the speciesZea mays.
    • 1623,William Bradford,Of Plymouth Plantation‎[2]:
      But alass! these, when they hadmaize (yt is, Indean corne) they thought it as good as a feast, and wanted not only for 5. days togeather, but some time 2. or 3. months togeather, and neither had bread nor any kind of corne.
    • 1972, Lytle Robinson, chapter 5, inEdgar Cayceʼs Story of the Origin and Destiny of Man, USA: Berkley Publishing Corporation, page106:
      A fundamental creative act of American man was the development ofmaize. For it wasmaize that made possible and sustained the whole Peruvian civilization as well as Mexican and Central American ones. Exactly where it originated is not known, but corn was found in pre-Mayan graves dating to 3000B.C.

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Translations

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corn; a type of grain of the speciesZea mays

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Further reading

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Latvian

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 maize on Latvian Wikipedia
Maize

Etymology

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FromProto-Baltic*maiž-, anablaut variant of*miež- (whenceLatvianmieži(“barley”)), fromProto-Indo-European*meyǵ-, probably from the stem*h₂meh₁-(“to cut; to mow”) modified into*mey-, and with an added element*ǵ (whence Proto-Baltic*ž, whence Latvianz). Cognates includeOld Prussianmayse(“barley”) (misspelled aswayse in the 16th-century source), Old Iranian*maiz- "to sow".[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maize f (5th declension)

  1. bread(foodstuff,baked fromwheat,rye, sometimescorn)
    kviešu, rudzumaize ―wheat, ryebread
    neraudzētamaize ―unleavenedbread
    maizes klaips, šķēle ―loaf, slice ofbread
    maizes garoza ―bread crust
    maizes zupa ―bread soup
    ceptmaizi ―to bakebread
    maizes mīkla ―breaddough
    maizes ceptuve ―bakery (lit.bread baking place)
    maizes veikals ―bakery (lit.bread shop)
    maizes krāsns ―bread oven
    apziestmaizi ar sviestu ―spread butter onbread
    ēstmaizi ar desu ―to eatbread with sausage
    focaccia ir viena no populārākajām itāļumaizēm ―focaccia is one of the most popular Italianbreads
  2. breaddough
    mīcītmaizi ―to kneadbread
    maize rūgst ―thebread (dough) is fermenting
  3. (poetic)cereals, cerealgrains, especiallyrye,wheat
    priecīgākā diena, kad klētī sāk smaržot jaunāmaize ―joyful day, when the barn starts to smell like newbread (= wheat)
  4. (figuratively)food,nutrition
    viņš var ēst tēvamaizi bez kādām rūpēm ―he can eat his father'sbread without any worries
  5. (figuratively)essential,necessaryelement
    metāls ir rūpniecībasmaize ―metal is thebread of industry
  6. (figuratively)livelihood,means ofsupporting oneself;work
    J. Vītols bija atradis darbu unmaizi Pēterpilī ―J. Vītols had found work andbread in Pēterpils (St. Petersburg)
    ja kāds aiziet citāmaizē: zinātnieka vai inženiera, vai māksliniekamaizē... ―if someone goes into anotherbread (= profession): the scientific or engineering, or the artisticbread (= profession)...

Declension

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Declension ofmaize (5th)
singular
(vienskaitlis)		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominativemaizemaizes
genitivemaizesmaižu
dativemaizeimaizēm
accusativemaizimaizes
instrumentalmaizimaizēm
locativemaizēmaizēs
vocativemaizemaizes

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References

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  1. ^Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “maize”, inLatviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS,→ISBN
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