sema

Asturian

Verb

sema

1. third-person singular present indicative of semar
2. second-person singular imperative of semar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧ma

Noun

sema

1. sky

   Synonym: kök

Declension

References

• “sema”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

sema

1. third-person singular past historic of semer

Anagrams

• âmes

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ma/
• Homophone: sema’ (except archaically)

Noun

sema m or f (plural smewwiet)

1. sky
2. (religion) heaven

   Synonym: ġenna

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

sema

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

Pele-Ata

Noun

sema

1. woman
2. wife

Further reading

• Kazuo Hashimoto, Ata – English dictionary (2008), page 16

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈma/,

Noun

sema

1. (anatomy) tongue

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Verb

-sema (infinitive kusema)

1. to say, speak

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -semea
  • Causative: -semesha
  • Passive: -semwa (“be said”)
  • Reciprocal: -semana
  • Stative: -semeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • msema
  • msemaji
  • msemi
  • msemo
  • usemi

See also

• -ongea

Interjection

sema

1. informal greeting; also used to continue a conversation

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

sema

1. (impersonal) to exist

   sema mancia toma ngara ― there is a person at the door

2. (intransitive) to exist

   nyao isema toma hito ― the fish is in the kitchen

3. (transitive) to have, own

   Ngori tosema pipi ― I have money

Usage notes

The word sema is never negated with ua, which would be ungrammatical. Instead, the verb malo or the construction kama ... ua is used for the negation of existence.

Conjugation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈmaː/
• Hyphenation: se‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سما (semā, “the sky, heaven, a cover, roof, clouds, rain”), from Arabic سَمَاء (samāʔ, “the sky/skies, heaven, space”).

Noun

sema (definite accusative semayı, plural semalar or (dated) semavat)

1. (poetic) The sky, heaven.

   Synonyms: gök, gökyüzü, gök kubbe, feza

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سماع (semāʿ, “hearing, hearsay, music”), from Arabic سَمَاع (samāʕ, “attestation”) verbal noun of سَمِعَ (samiʕa, “to hear”).

Noun

sema (definite accusative semayı, plural semalar)

1. (obsolete) The act of hearing.
2. (Islam, Sufism) The Sama ceremony of the Mevlevi Order.

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “sema”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sema”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4135

Venetian

Adjective

sema

1. feminine singular of semo