lema
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).
Noun[edit]
lema (uncountable)
- (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lema m (plural lemes)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “lema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Javanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
lema
- Romanization of ꦊꦩ
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.ma/, [ˈɫ̪eːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma/, [ˈlɛːmä]
Noun[edit]
lēma f (genitive lēmae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēma | lēmae |
| Genitive | lēmae | lēmārum |
| Dative | lēmae | lēmīs |
| Accusative | lēmam | lēmās |
| Ablative | lēmā | lēmīs |
| Vocative | lēma | lēmae |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “lema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Madurese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral[edit]
lema
Maltese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| l-m-j |
| 1 term |
From Arabic لَمَعَ (lamaʕa). The original inflection with a final għ is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with -a- in all forms and one of the type of beda).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lema (imperfect jilma)
Conjugation[edit]
- The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.
| Conjugation of lema | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | lmajt / lmejt | lmajt / lmejt | lema | lmajna / lmejna | lmajtu / lmejtu | lmaw / lmew | |
| f | lmat / lmiet | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nilma | tilma | jilma | nilmaw / nilmew | tilmaw / tilmew | jilmaw / jilmew | |
| f | tilma | |||||||
| imperative | ilma | ilmaw / ilmew | ||||||
Derived terms[edit]
Northern Sotho[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb[edit]
lema
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -emɐ
- Hyphenation: le‧ma
Noun[edit]
lema m (plural lemas)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
léma f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ма)
Declension[edit]
Declension of lema
Sotho[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb[edit]
lema
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lema m (plural lemas)
- motto
- slogan (especially a political one)
- Synonym: eslogan
- theme, subject
- headword, term, title
- lemma
- (heraldry) motto
Further reading[edit]
- “lema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Teanu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Oceanic *lalom, from earlier *ralom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lema
References[edit]
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry lema.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry lema.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Tswana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb[edit]
lema
Venda[edit]
Verb[edit]
lema
- to spoil
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