se-

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Czech

Prefix

se-

  1. a prefix, sometimes used instead of s- in front of a consonant

Derived terms

Further reading

  • s(e)- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Hungarian

Etymology

See se.

Pronunciation

Prefix

se-

  1. none, no (person​/​thing​/​way​/​kind​/​place​/​size​/​amount​/​etc.)

Derived terms

See also

Prefixes used in correlatives (demonstrative adverbs)
common ones
less common and/or improductive ones with limited scope

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay se-, from Classical Malay se-, from se, shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

Prefix

sê-

  1. one
    selembar
    a sheet / one sheet
    seperempat
    one fourth (a quarter)
  2. adjectival equative: same, sharing , having the same
    se- + ‎tinggi (height) → ‎setinggi (as tall as)
  3. all, the whole
    se- + ‎dunia (world) → ‎sedunia (whole world)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology 1

*s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é (self) lengthened under phrasal stress. Note there's no hard evidence for a /w/ in Italic, which is likely taken from the possessive pronoun in other branches. The original meaning was "per se, by itself", whence "however, but" as conjunction and "without, away" as preposition, parallel to English only (but).

Doublet of as well as sed (q.v.), where the vowel shortened proclitically (or never lengthened). Cf. the semantically close vē-, which might also be a doublet with loss of /s/. Further related to suus (one's own).

Alternative forms

Prefix

sē-

  1. apart-, aside-, away-
    claudō (to close, shut, confine)sēclūdō (to shut off)
    dūcō (to lead)sēdūcō (to lead away or astray, separate from)
  2. (in a privative sense) without, lacking, wanting, -less
    cūra (care, worry)sēcūrus (free from care, easy; careless)
    cor (heart as the seat of vitality)socors (lacking in vitality or alertness, sluggish, inactive, dull)
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

From sex before voiced consonants with voicing assimilation (*segz-) followed by regular elision with compensatory lenthening, for which cf. āla, vēlum.

Prefix

sē-

  1. six- as a bound morpheme
    sex + ‎decem (ten) → ‎sēdecim (sixteen)
    sexsēnī (six each)

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sē; sē-, se-, sō-, so-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549
  • Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Further reading

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : se-

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From se, shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa. Compare Tagalog sang-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling س-)

  1. one
  2. used to form the comparative of adjectives
    sebesar
    as big as
    sepanjang
    as long as
    secantik
    as beautiful as
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of seluruh.

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling س-)

  1. Used on nouns to indicate that the noun referred to is in its entirety.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

  1. Class 7 noun prefix.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

  1. Class 7 noun prefix.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

  1. Class 7 noun prefix.

Zulu

Etymology

Coalescence of sa- with the Proto-Bantu copula *-dɪ̀.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sêː/

Prefix

sê-

  1. Form of sa- used in copulative constructions.