sementara

See also: sementará

Asturian

Verb

sementara

1. first-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar
2. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar
3. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar
4. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar

Galician

Verb

sementara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sementara, from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara, “parallel, interval of a year”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səmənˈtara/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: se‧men‧ta‧ra

Conjunction

sêmêntara

1. while (during the same time that)

   Synonyms: selama, selagi

Adjective

sêmêntara (comparative lebih sementara, superlative paling sementara)

1. temporary; interim; provisional

   Synonyms: temporer, interim

   Antonym: selamanya

   • 1950, Undang-Undang Dasar Sementara Republik Indonesia 1950 [The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950]:

     Selama pemilihan Ketua dan Wakil-Ketua belum disahkan oleh Presiden, rapat diketuai untuk sementara oleh Anggauta jang tertua umurnja.

     Prior to such confirmation by the President, the oldest member in age temporarily presides over the meeting.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kesementeraan

Determiner

sêmêntara

1. a few

   Synonym: beberapa

Further reading

• “sementara”, 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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /səmənˈtarə/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.rə]
  • Rhymes: -tarə, -rə, -ə

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /səmənˈtara/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.ra]
  • Rhymes: -tara, -ra, -a
• Hyphenation: se‧men‧ta‧ra

Adjective

sementara (Jawi spelling سمنتارا, comparative lebih sementara, superlative paling sementara)

1. temporary; interim; provisional

   Synonym: interim

   Synonym: temporer (Indonesia)

   kerja sementara ― temporary job

   pengurus sementara ― interim manager

   kerajaan sementara ― provisional government

Conjunction

sementara (Jawi spelling سمنتارا)

1. while; whilst (during the same time that)

   Synonyms: selagi, selama

   Kami akan tinggal di hotel ini sementara rumah kami sedang diubah suai.

   We will stay in this hotel while our house is being renovated.

Derived terms

Affixations

• kesementaraan (“temporariness; provisionality”)
• menyementarakan (“ to temporarily use or place something; to provisionalise or make something temporary”)

Phrase

• sementara itu (“meanwhile”)
• untuk sementara (“for now”)
• untuk sementara waktu (“for a while”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: sementara (inherited)
• → Tagalog: samantala
• → Tausug: samantāra'

Further reading

• "sementara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "sementara" at PRPM first version)

Spanish

Verb

sementara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar