sema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sema"

Asturian

Verb

sema

1. third-person singular present indicative of semar
2. second-person singular imperative of semar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧ma

Noun

sema

1. sky

   Synonym: kök

Declension

Declension of sema

	singular	plural
nominative	sema	semalar
genitive	semanıñ	semalarnıñ
dative	semağa	semalarğa
accusative	semanı	semalarnı
locative	semada	semalarda
ablative	semadan	semalardan

References

• “sema”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

sema

1. third-person singular past historic of semer

Anagrams

• âmes

Maltese

Root
s-m-w
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ma/
• Homophone: sema’ (except archaically)
• Rhymes: -ɛma

Noun

sema m or f (plural smewwiet)

1. sky
2. (religion) heaven

   Synonym: ġenna

   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sem + -a.

Noun

sema (possessable)

1. exit; leaving (action of going out or going away)

Derived terms

• pirasema

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sema

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “sema”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 441, column 1

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• सेम (Devanagari script)
• সেম (Bengali script)
• සෙම (Sinhalese script)
• သေမ (Burmese script)
• เสม or เสมะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ເສມ or ເສມະ (Lao script)
• សេម (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄬𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

sema

1. first-person plural present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)

Pele-Ata

Noun

sema

1. woman
2. wife

Further reading

• Kazuo Hashimoto, Ata – English dictionary (2008), page 16

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈma/, [s(ə).ˈma]

Noun

sema

1. (anatomy) tongue

Spanish

Noun

sema m (plural semas)

1. seme

Further reading

• “sema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-sema (infinitive kusema)

1. to say, speak

Conjugation

Conjugation of -sema
Positive present -nasema Subjunctive -seme Negative -semi Imperative singular sema
Infinitives
Positive kusema Negative kutosema
Imperatives
Singular sema Plural semeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husema Positive past positive subject concord + -lisema Negative past negative subject concord + -kusema
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasema) Singular Plural 1st person ninasema/nasema tunasema 2nd person unasema mnasema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasema wanasema other classes positive subject concord + -nasema
Negative present (negative subject concord + -semi) Singular Plural 1st person sisemi hatusemi 2nd person husemi hamsemi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasemi hawasemi other classes negative subject concord + -semi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasema Negative future negative subject concord + -tasema
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -seme) Singular Plural 1st person niseme tuseme 2nd person useme mseme 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aseme waseme other classes positive subject concord + -seme
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siseme Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesema Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesema Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisema Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisema
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asema) Singular Plural 1st person nasema twasema 2nd person wasema mwasema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asema wasema m-mi(III/IV) wasema yasema ji-ma(V/VI) lasema yasema ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasema vyasema n(IX/X) yasema zasema u(XI) wasema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasema pa(XVI) pasema mu(XVIII) mwasema
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesema "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasema "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasema "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisema "If not" positive subject concord + -siposema Consecutive kasema / positive subject concord + -kasema Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaseme
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisema -tusema 2nd person -kusema -wasema/-kusemeni/-wasemeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msema -wasema m-mi(III/IV) -usema -isema ji-ma(V/VI) -lisema -yasema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisema -visema n(IX/X) -isema -zisema u(XI) -usema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusema pa(XVI) -pasema mu(XVIII) -musema Reflexive -jisema
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -sema- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -semaye -semao m-mi(III/IV) -semao -semayo ji-ma(V/VI) -semalo -semayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -semacho -semavyo n(IX/X) -semayo -semazo u(XI) -semao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -semako pa(XVI) -semapo mu(XVIII) -semamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -sema) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesema -osema m-mi(III/IV) -osema -yosema ji-ma(V/VI) -losema -yosema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosema -vyosema n(IX/X) -yosema -zosema u(XI) -osema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosema pa(XVI) -posema mu(XVIII) -mosema
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -semea
  • Causative: -semesha
  • Passive: -semwa (“be said”)
  • Reciprocal: -semana
  • Stative: -semeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • msema
  • msemaji
  • msemi
  • msemo
  • usemaji
  • usemi

See also

• -ongea

Interjection

sema

1. informal greeting; also used to continue a conversation

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈse.ma]

Verb

sema

1. (impersonal) to exist

   sema mancia toma ngara ― there is a person at the door

2. (intransitive) to exist

   nyao isema toma hito ― the fish is in the kitchen

3. (transitive) to have, own

   Ngori tosema pipi ― I have money

Usage notes

The word sema is never negated with ua, which would be ungrammatical. Instead, the verb malo or the construction kama ... ua is used for the negation of existence.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sema

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tosema	fosema	misema
2nd person		nosema	nisema
3rd person	masculine	osema	isema yosema (archaic)
	feminine	mosema
	neuter	isema

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmaː/
• Hyphenation: se‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سما (semā, “the sky, heaven, a cover, roof, clouds, rain”), from Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ, “the sky/skies, heaven, space”).

Noun

sema (definite accusative semayı, plural semalar or (dated) semavat)

1. (poetic) The sky, heaven.

   Synonyms: gök, gökyüzü, gök kubbe, feza

Declension

Declension of sema

singular plural nominative sema semalar definite accusative semayı semaları dative semaya semalara locative semada semalarda ablative semadan semalardan genitive semanın semaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular semam semalarım 2nd singular seman semaların 3rd singular seması semaları 1st plural semamız semalarımız 2nd plural semanız semalarınız 3rd plural semaları semaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular semamı semalarımı 2nd singular semanı semalarını 3rd singular semasını semalarını 1st plural semamızı semalarımızı 2nd plural semanızı semalarınızı 3rd plural semalarını semalarını dative singular plural 1st singular semama semalarıma 2nd singular semana semalarına 3rd singular semasına semalarına 1st plural semamıza semalarımıza 2nd plural semanıza semalarınıza 3rd plural semalarına semalarına locative singular plural 1st singular semamda semalarımda 2nd singular semanda semalarında 3rd singular semasında semalarında 1st plural semamızda semalarımızda 2nd plural semanızda semalarınızda 3rd plural semalarında semalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular semamdan semalarımdan 2nd singular semandan semalarından 3rd singular semasından semalarından 1st plural semamızdan semalarımızdan 2nd plural semanızdan semalarınızdan 3rd plural semalarından semalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular semamın semalarımın 2nd singular semanın semalarının 3rd singular semasının semalarının 1st plural semamızın semalarımızın 2nd plural semanızın semalarınızın 3rd plural semalarının semalarının

Derived terms

• alaimisema
• semavi

Etymology 2

Sema ceremony.

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سماع (semāʿ, “hearing, hearsay, music”), from Arabic سَمَاع (samāʕ, “attestation”) verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʕa, “to hear”).

Noun

sema (definite accusative semayı, plural semalar)

1. (obsolete) The act of hearing.
2. (Islam, Sufism) The Sama ceremony of the Mevlevi Order.

Derived terms

• semai
• semazen

Further reading

• “sema”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sema”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4135

Venetan

Adjective

sema

1. feminine singular of semo