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Old English
Etymology
dēman (“to judge”) + -a (agent-noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
dēma m
- judge
Declension
Declension of dema (weak)
Synonyms
Descendants
Sumerian
Romanization
dema
- Romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)
West Makian
Etymology
From de (“I”) + ma (“that”). Compare dene.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
dema (possessive prefix ti)
- (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
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independent
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possessive prefix
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| 1st person singular
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de
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ti
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| 2nd person singular
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ni
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ni
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| 3rd person singular
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me
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mVan., dVinan.
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| 1st person plural inclusive
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ene
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nV
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| 1st person plural exclusive
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imi
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mi
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| 2nd person plural
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ini
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fi
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| 3rd person plural
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eme
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di
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References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics