dema

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See also: demà

Old English

Etymology

dēman (to judge) +‎ -a (agent-noun suffix)

Pronunciation

Noun

dēma m

  1. judge

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative dēma dēman
accusative dēman dēman
genitive dēman dēmena
dative dēman dēmum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: deme

Sumerian

Romanization

dema

  1. Romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)

West Makian

Etymology

From de (I) +‎ ma (that). Compare dene.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

dema (possessive prefix ti)

  1. (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I there
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:
      dema takarja wayo
      I do not work

See also

West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics