nema

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːma/

  Rhymes: -eːma

Verb

nema (third person singular past indicative nam, third person plural past indicative numu, supine nomið)

1. to touch, seize
   1. to touch on, refer to
   2. to make an impression, influence
2. to steal
3. to learn
4. to notice

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːma/
• Rhymes: -ɛːma

Etymology 1

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

Verb

nema (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative nam, third-person plural past indicative námu, supine numið)

1. to take, capture
2. to mine (ore, coal, etc.)
3. to amount to
4. to detect, perceive

   Augað er það skynfæri er nemur ljós.

   The eye is the (that) organ which detects light.

5. to study (a specified subject)

   Ég nem frönsku.

   I study French.

6. (poetic) an auxiliary verb used with a main verb in the infinitive; this construction has the same meaning as the main verb, its inflection simply being transferred to the auxiliary, and serves merely to obtain a fitting rhyme and syllable structure

   Bjarni nam ei fálkann fá – first line of a ditty from Útvarp Matthildur

   = Bjarni fékk ei fálkann: Bjarni did not get the falcon (i.e. the Order of the Falcon)

7. (with the preposition við + accusative) to touch, reach

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• nemi
• nemandi
• nám
• næmur

Etymology 2

From Old Norse nema.

Conjunction

nema

1. (connecting noun phrases) except
2. (connecting clauses) unless
3. (connecting clauses) but that, whether or not (introducing a hypothetical but likely scenario)

Derived terms

• ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi

Anagrams

• amen

Japanese

Romanization

nema

1. Rōmaji transcription of ねま

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma).

Noun

nēma n (genitive nēmatis); third declension

1. yarn, thread

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• “nema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Frisian

Verb

nema

1. Alternative form of nima

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

Verb

nema (singular past indicative nam, plural past indicative námu, past participle numinn)

1. to take
   1. to learn (especially by heart)

      hón kvað, en hann nam

      she sung, and he memorized it

      ek nam vísur at vísum mǫnnum

      I learned verses from wise men

2. to begin

   hann nam eta

   he began to eat

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: nema
• Faroese: nema
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nema
• Old Swedish: nima
  • Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)
• Scanian: nimma
• Danish: nemme

Etymology 2

From a form related to né (“not; nor”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”). Probably cognate with Old English nefne, Old English nemne (“except, unless”).

Conjunction

nema

1. except, unless, save

   Hann drap alla sveina nema einn.

   He slew all the boys, save one.

2. but
   • 1200s, Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to.), Matthew 10:34-35
   • Eigi kom ek til þess at senda frið nema heldr sverð, til þess kom ek at skilja sun frá feðr ok dóttur frá móður sinni.

     I did not come to bring peace, but rather a sword, I came to separate son from father, and daughter from her mother.

Related terms

• né (“not; nor”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: nema
• Old Swedish: numa, num

References

• “nema”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

nema

1. present/imperative active first-person plural of neti (“to lead”)

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

nema

1. inflection of nem:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

nema (Cyrillic spelling нема)

1. third-person singular present of nemati

Spanish

Noun

nema f (plural nemas)

1. seal of a letter

Further reading

• “nema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪e.ˈma/

Determiner

nema

1. (proximal) this, these

   Synonyms: ne, mene

   carita nema ― this story

References

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