sema

See also: šema and semą

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sema

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

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French

Verb

sema

1. third-person singular past historic of semer

Anagrams

• âmes

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ), from Proto-Semitic *šamāy-. Though Maltese has a general tendency to feminise words in -a, and though the Arabic etymon is much predominantly feminine to begin with, Maltese sema is a masculine. It is possible that this is due to interference by Sicilian celu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛma/
• Homophone: sema’

Noun

1. sky
2. (religion) heaven

Synonyms

• (heaven): ġenna

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Pele-Ata

Noun

sema

1. woman
2. wife

Further reading

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

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Swahili

Verb

-sema (infinitive kusema)

1. 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
  • Stative: -semeka

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

See also

• -ongea

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Ternate

Verb

sema

1. exist

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.

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Venetian

Adjective

sema

1. feminine singular of semo