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