tema

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema m (plural temes)

  1. theme
  2. topic, subject
  3. (Internet) discussion thread, topic
    Synonym: fil

Further reading[edit]

  • “tema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From temo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtema]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: te‧ma

Adjective[edit]

tema

  1. subject; related to a topic

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tämä, from Proto-Uralic *tä. Cognate with Finnish tämä, Northern Sami dát and Hungarian té- in tétova (“here and there”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtemɑ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ma

Pronoun[edit]

tema (genitive tema, partitive teda, short form ta)

  1. he/she (3rd person singular animate personal pronoun)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, ta is used.

Declension[edit]

Declension of tema
3rd person singular plural
long short long short
nominative tema ta nemad nad
genitive tema ta nende nende
partitive teda neid
illative temasse tasse nendesse neisse
inessive temas tas nendes neis
elative temast tast nendest neist
allative temale talle nendele neile
adessive temal tal nendel neil
ablative temalt talt nendelt neilt
translative temaks – nendeks neiks
terminative temani – nendeni –
essive temana – nendena –
abessive temata – nendeta –
comitative temaga taga nendega –

See also[edit]

Estonian personal pronouns
singular plural
long short long short
1st person mina ma meie me
2nd person familiar sina sa teie te
polite Teie Te
3rd person animate tema ta nemad nad
inanimate see need

Further reading[edit]

  • “tema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “tema”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • tema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema n (genitive singular tema, plural temu or temur)

  1. theme; subject

Declension[edit]

Declension of tema
n1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tema temað temu, temur temuni
accusative tema temað temu, temur temuni
dative tema temanum temum temunum
genitive tema temans temna temnanna

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • "tema" at Sprotin.fo

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

tema

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch thema, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛma]
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ma, -a

Noun[edit]

tèma (first-person possessive temaku, second-person possessive temamu, third-person possessive temanya)

  1. theme.

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ma

Noun[edit]

tema m (plural temi)

  1. theme, subject
  2. (linguistics) stem
  3. thesis
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Turkish: tema

Etymology 2[edit]

From the verb temere. Compare Romanian teamă, Romansch tema, temma.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/, (traditional) /ˈte.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma, (traditional) -ema
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ma, (traditional) té‧ma

Noun[edit]

tema f (plural teme)

  1. fear

Verb[edit]

tema

  1. inflection of temere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

tema

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てま

Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hinde (1904) records kutemma as an equivalent of English mutilate in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tema (infinitive gũtema)

  1. to cut (with a knife)

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

(Nouns)

(Verbs)

(Proverbs)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 40–41. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 32.

Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); cognate to Latin thema.

Noun[edit]

temà f (plural tèmos) stress pattern 2

  1. theme; subject

Declension[edit]

Declension of temà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) temà tèmos
genitive (kilmininkas) tèmos tèmų
dative (naudininkas) tèmai tèmoms
accusative (galininkas) tèmą temàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) temà tèmomis
locative (vietininkas) tèmoje tèmose
vocative (šauksmininkas) tèma tèmos

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian tema.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema m or f (plural temi)

  1. topic, theme

See also[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun[edit]

tema n (definite singular temaet, indefinite plural tema or temaer, definite plural temaene)

  1. a theme
  2. a subject or topic

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun[edit]

tema n (definite singular temaet, indefinite plural tema, definite plural temaa)

  1. a theme
  2. a subject or topic

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: te‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of teima.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema m (plural temas)

  1. theme; topic; subject (what something is about)
    Synonym: tópico
  2. theme; motif (recurring idea)
    Synonym: motivo
  3. (music) theme (main melody of a piece of music)
  4. (film, television) theme (melody that identifies a film or programme)
  5. (linguistic morphology) theme (the main stem of a word, without the affixes)
  6. (graphical user interface) theme; skin (colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application)
    Synonym: skin
  7. (historical) theme (regional unit of the Byzantine empire)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

tema

  1. inflection of temer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romansch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun[edit]

tema m (plural temas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) subject, topic, theme

Etymology 2[edit]

From temair, temer, etc. Compare Italian tema, Romanian teamă.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema f (plural temas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fear

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /těːma/
  • Hyphenation: te‧ma

Noun[edit]

téma f (Cyrillic spelling те́ма)

  1. theme, subject

Declension[edit]

Declension of tema
singular plural
nominative tema teme
genitive teme tema
dative temi temama
accusative temu teme
vocative temo teme
locative temi temama
instrumental temom temama

Shona[edit]

Adjective[edit]

-temá

  1. black
  2. dark

Inflection[edit]

Inflected forms of -temá
singular plural
Class 1 mutemá Class 2 vatemá
Class 3 mutemá Class 4 mitemá
Class 5 demá Class 6 matemá
Class 7 chitemá Class 8 zvitemá
Class 9 nhemá Class 10 nhemá
Class 11 rutemá
Class 12 katemá Class 13 tutemá
Class 14 utemá
Class 15 kutemá
Locative classes
Class 16 patemá Class 17 kutemá Class 18 mutemá

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *tьma.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

təmȁ or tə̏ma f

  1. dark, darkness
Inflection[edit]
Declension of tema
nom. sing. temà
gen. sing. temè
singular dual plural
nominative temà temì temè
accusative temò temì temè
genitive temè tèm tèm
dative temì temáma temàm
locative temì temàh temàh
instrumental temò temáma temámi
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. tèma
gen. sing. tème
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		tèma tèmi tème
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		tème tèm tèm
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		tèmi tèmama tèmam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		tèmo tèmi tème
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		tèmi tèmah tèmah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		tèmo tèmama tèmami

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (théma).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tẹ̑ma f

  1. topic, theme
Inflection[edit]
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. téma
gen. sing. téme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		téma témi téme
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		téme tém tém
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		témi témama témam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		témo témi téme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		témi témah témah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		témo témama témami

Further reading[edit]

  • “tema”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtema/ [ˈt̪e.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: te‧ma

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of taima.

Noun[edit]

tema m (plural temas)

  1. theme; plot (of a book, film or other media)
    Me gusta la serie porque el tema es complicado.
    I like the series because the plot is complicated.
  2. topic; matter; subject
    el tema es que… ― the thing is…
    por el tema de ― because of…
  3. (linguistics) theme; topic
    Antonym: rema
  4. song, track
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

tema

  1. inflection of temar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of temer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb[edit]

-tema (infinitive kutema)

  1. to slash, to cut with a panga
  2. to spit

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -tema
Positive present -natema
Subjunctive -teme
Negative -temi
Imperative singular tema
Infinitives
Positive kutema
Negative kutotema
Imperatives
Singular tema
Plural temeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutema
Positive past positive subject concord + -litema
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutema
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natema)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatema/natema tunatema
2nd person unatema mnatema
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatema wanatema
other classes positive subject concord + -natema
Negative present (negative subject concord + -temi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitemi hatutemi
2nd person hutemi hamtemi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatemi hawatemi
other classes negative subject concord + -temi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatema
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatema
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teme)
Singular Plural
1st person niteme tuteme
2nd person uteme mteme
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateme wateme
other classes positive subject concord + -teme
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siteme
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetema
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetema
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitema
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitema
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atema)
Singular Plural
1st person natema twatema
2nd person watema mwatema
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atema watema
m-mi(III/IV) watema yatema
ji-ma(V/VI) latema yatema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatema vyatema
n(IX/X) yatema zatema
u(XI) watema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatema
pa(XVI) patema
mu(XVIII) mwatema
Perfect positive subject concord + -metema
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatema
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatema
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitema
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotema
Consecutive katema / positive subject concord + -katema
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kateme
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitema -tutema
2nd person -kutema -watema/-kutemeni/-watemeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtema -watema
m-mi(III/IV) -utema -itema
ji-ma(V/VI) -litema -yatema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitema -vitema
n(IX/X) -itema -zitema
u(XI) -utema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutema
pa(XVI) -patema
mu(XVIII) -mutema
Reflexive -jitema
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tema- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -temaye -temao
m-mi(III/IV) -temao -temayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -temalo -temayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -temacho -temavyo
n(IX/X) -temayo -temazo
u(XI) -temao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -temako
pa(XVI) -temapo
mu(XVIII) -temamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tema)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetema -otema
m-mi(III/IV) -otema -yotema
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotema -yotema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotema -vyotema
n(IX/X) -yotema -zotema
u(XI) -otema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotema
pa(XVI) -potema
mu(XVIII) -motema
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tema n

  1. a theme, a topic

Declension[edit]

Declension of tema 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tema temat teman temana
Genitive temas temats temans temanas

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish tema.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtema/, [ˈtɛ.mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: te‧ma

Noun[edit]

tema (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ)

  1. theme; subject
    Synonym: paksa
  2. (colloquial) resentment (often expressed indirectly in one's words)
    Synonyms: hinanakit, sama ng loob, pagdaramdam

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian tema.

Noun[edit]

tema (definite accusative temayı, plural temalar)

  1. theme, subject

Uzbek[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic тема (tema)‍
Latin tema‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin thema.

Noun[edit]

tema (plural temalar)

  1. theme, subject
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