-ema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ema"

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from fonema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈe.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.ma]

Suffix

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emes)

1. (linguistics) -eme

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ema

lexema

morfema

Further reading

• “-ema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From French aime. Doublet of ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: e‧ma

Suffix

-ema

1. shows an inclination toward, a penchant for

   ‎babili (“to chatter”) + ‎-ema → ‎babilema (“talkative”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ema

abortema

aferema

agema

agresema

agresemo

akceptema

akomodiĝema

aliseksema

ambaŭseksema

amema

amorema

analizema

antaŭenema

atakema

atentema

aventurema

babilema

bagatelema

batalema

brulema

cedema

cedemulo

ĉikanema

ĉiuseksema

dankema

detalema

disputema

dormema

drinkema

ektimema

flamema

forgesema

fruema

gazetema

grumblema

imagema

impulsiĝema

incitiĝema

kaŝema

kompatema

komplezema

komunikema

konsentema

kredema

kreema

kritikema

kverelema

laborema

laŭtema

malamikema

malobeema

mastrema

militema

mordema

mortema

murdema

muzikema

neafektema

neglektema

nekomunikema

nekredema

nezorgema

emo

obeema

pacema

parolema

pekema

pensema

petolema

procesema

progresema

rabema

respektema

respondema

ribelema

ridetema

samseksema

samseksemulo

sarkasmema

scivolema

seksemo

seksemulo

sentema

silentema

sindonema

sobrema

sportema

ŝercema

ŝtelema

timema

tolerema

tumultema

venĝema

zorgema

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto -ema..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈema/

Suffix

-ema

1. indicates an inclination or tendency toward; usually added to verbal roots

   ‎parolar (“talk”) + ‎-ema → ‎parolema (“talkative”)

   ‎rezistar (“resist”) + ‎-ema → ‎rezistema (“resistant”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -ema

agema

arogema

babilema

cedema

decidema

desfidema

dubitema

expresema

flatuema

helpema

hezitema

indulgema

joyema

kapricema

komplezema

nedecidema

obstinema

pacema

procesema

revolucionema

rezistema

satirema

silencema

suciema

violentema

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from fonema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: -è‧ma

Suffix

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emi)

1. (linguistics) -eme

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ema

glossema

lessema

morfema

semantema

tonema

Further reading

• -ema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old English

Suffix

-ema

1. alternative form of -uma

Slovene

Alternative forms

• -oma

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-omь or Proto-Slavic *-ъmь.

Suffix

-ema

1. (unproductive) Denominal, forms adverbs depicting manner or way from nouns. See -oma for a variant.

   kaplja (“droplet”) → kapljema (“with a drop”)

   slutnja (“hunch”) → slutnjema (“with a hunch”)

   trušč (“uproar”) → truščema (“with an uproar”)

   križ (“cross”) → križema (“with a cross”)

Spanish

Suffix

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emas)

1. -em
2. (linguistics) -eme

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ema

lexema

xilema

Further reading

• “-ema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024