kema

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Pronunciation

Noun

kema (Kana spelling ケマ)

  1. (anatomy) leg
    Synonym: cikiri

Coatepec Nahuatl

Adverb

kema

  1. yes

Garo

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Bengali ক্ষমা (khoma).

Interjection

kema

  1. sorry

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese queimar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kema.

Verb

kema

  1. to burn

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese queimar.

Verb

kema

  1. to burn

Swahili

Verb

-kema (infinitive kukema)

  1. to cry, sob
  2. to shout

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kema
Positive present -nakema
Subjunctive -keme
Negative -kemi
Imperative singular kema
Infinitives
Positive kukema
Negative kutokema
Imperatives
Singular kema
Plural kemeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukema
Positive past positive subject concord + -likema
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukema
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakema)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakema/nakema tunakema
2nd person unakema mnakema
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakema wanakema
other classes positive subject concord + -nakema
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kemi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikemi hatukemi
2nd person hukemi hamkemi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakemi hawakemi
other classes negative subject concord + -kemi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takema
Negative future negative subject concord + -takema
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -keme)
Singular Plural
1st person nikeme tukeme
2nd person ukeme mkeme
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akeme wakeme
other classes positive subject concord + -keme
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikeme
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekema
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekema
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikema
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikema
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akema)
Singular Plural
1st person nakema twakema
2nd person wakema mwakema
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akema wakema
m-mi(III/IV) wakema yakema
ji-ma(V/VI) lakema yakema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakema vyakema
n(IX/X) yakema zakema
u(XI) wakema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakema
pa(XVI) pakema
mu(XVIII) mwakema
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekema
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakema
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakema
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikema
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokema
Consecutive kakema / positive subject concord + -kakema
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakeme
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikema -tukema
2nd person -kukema -wakema/-kukemeni/-wakemeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkema -wakema
m-mi(III/IV) -ukema -ikema
ji-ma(V/VI) -likema -yakema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikema -vikema
n(IX/X) -ikema -zikema
u(XI) -ukema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukema
pa(XVI) -pakema
mu(XVIII) -mukema
Reflexive -jikema
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kema- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kemaye -kemao
m-mi(III/IV) -kemao -kemayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kemalo -kemayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kemacho -kemavyo
n(IX/X) -kemayo -kemazo
u(XI) -kemao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kemako
pa(XVI) -kemapo
mu(XVIII) -kemamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kema)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekema -okema
m-mi(III/IV) -okema -yokema
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokema -yokema
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokema -vyokema
n(IX/X) -yokema -zokema
u(XI) -okema see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokema
pa(XVI) -pokema
mu(XVIII) -mokema
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swedish

Etymology

Clipping of kemtvätta. Attested since 1999.

Verb

kema (present kemar, preterite kemade, supine kemat, imperative kema)

  1. (colloquial) dry clean

Conjugation

References

Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kēmi.

Noun

kema (plural kemalar)

  1. ship

Declension