semai

See also: Semai, semái, and sema'i

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

semai

1. first-person singular past historic of semer

Anagrams

• aimes, aimés
• amies

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay semai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mai/

Verb

semai

1. to sow (seeds), to plant (by scattering seeds)
2. to nurture, cultivate (figuratively, e.g. ideas, values)

Synonyms

• tabur (for scattering)

Derived terms

• menyemai
• penyemaian
• semaian

Related terms

• tanam (“to plant”)

Noun

semai (plural semai-semai)

1. seedling; a young plant grown from seed

Synonyms

• semaian (variant/collective)

Related terms

• benih (“seed”)

References

• “semai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

semai

1. Rōmaji transcription of せまい

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.mai/

Verb

semai

1. to sow (seeds), to plant (by scattering seeds)
2. to nurture, cultivate (figuratively, e.g. ideas, values)

Synonyms

• tabur (for scattering)

Derived terms

• menyemai
• penyemaian
• semaian

Related terms

• tanam (“to plant”)

Noun

semai (plural semai-semai or semai²)

1. seedling; a young plant grown from seed

   Dia membeli beberapa semai sayur di nurseri.

   He bought several vegetable seedlings at the nursery

Synonyms

• anak benih
• semaian (variant/collective)

Related terms

• benih (“seed”)

Descendants

• Indonesian: semai