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lema

See also: Lema, -lema, and lɛ̠̃³⁵ ma³¹

English

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Etymology

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First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).

Noun

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lema (uncountable)

  1. (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

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Noun

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lema m (plural lemes)

  1. (heraldry) motto
  2. (linguistics) lemma
  3. (mathematics) lemma

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Javanese

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Romanization

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lema

  1. Romanization of ꦊꦩ

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē).

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Noun

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lēma f (genitive lēmae); first declension

  1. rheum that collects in the corner of the eyes

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēma lēmae
Genitive lēmae lēmārum
Dative lēmae lēmīs
Accusative lēmam lēmās
Ablative lēmā lēmīs
Vocative lēma lēmae

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References

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

Madurese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

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lema

  1. five

Maltese

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Root
l-m-j
1 term

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Etymology

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From Arabic لَمَعَ (lamaʕa). The original inflection with a final għ is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with -a- in all forms and one of the type of beda).

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Verb

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lema (imperfect jilma)

  1. to glitter, glint, glimmer
    • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:
      U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
      tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
      b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
      minn ħbub għajnejja.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of lema
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m lmejt lmejt lema lmejna lmejtu lmew
f lmiet
imperfect m nilma tilma jilma nilmew tilmew jilmew
f tilma
imperative ilma ilmew
    Conjugation of lema
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m lmajt lmajt lama lmajna lmajtu lmaw
f lmat
imperfect m nilma tilma jilma nilmaw tilmaw jilmaw
f tilma
imperative ilma ilmaw

Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

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lema

  1. to farm, to cultivate
  2. to plough

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.

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  • Rhymes: -emɐ
  • Hyphenation: le‧ma

Noun

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lema m (plural lemas)

  1. motto; slogan

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lěːma/
  • Hyphenation: le‧ma

Noun

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léma f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ма)

  1. lemma

Declension

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Declension of lema
singular plural
nominative lema leme
genitive leme lema
dative lemi lemama
accusative lemu leme
vocative lemo leme
locative lemi lemama
instrumental lemom lemama

Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

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lema

  1. to farm, to cultivate
  2. to plough

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlema/ [ˈle.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: le‧ma

Noun

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lema m (plural lemas)

  1. motto
  2. slogan (especially a political one)
    Synonym: eslogan
  3. theme, subject
  4. headword, term, title
  5. lemma
  6. (heraldry) motto

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Teanu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *lalom, from earlier *ralom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

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Noun

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lema

  1. inside

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Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

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lema

  1. to farm, to cultivate
  2. to plough

Venda

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lema

  1. to spoil
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