lema
English edit
Etymology edit
First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).
Noun edit
lema (uncountable)
- (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lema m (plural lemes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
lema
- Romanization of ꦊꦩ
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.ma/, [ˈɫ̪eːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.ma/, [ˈlɛːmä]
Noun edit
lēma f (genitive lēmae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēma | lēmae |
Genitive | lēmae | lēmārum |
Dative | lēmae | lēmīs |
Accusative | lēmam | lēmās |
Ablative | lēmā | lēmīs |
Vocative | lēma | lēmae |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.
Numeral edit
lema
Maltese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Root |
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l-m-j |
1 term |
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).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lema (imperfect jilma)
Conjugation edit
- The perfect tense is often avoided. It can be replaced by kien + imperfect.
Conjugation of lema | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | lmajt / lmejt | lmajt / lmejt | lema | lmajna / lmejna | lmajtu / lmejtu | lmaw / lmew | |
f | lmat / lmiet | |||||||
imperfect | m | nilma | tilma | jilma | nilmaw / nilmew | tilmaw / tilmew | jilmaw / jilmew | |
f | tilma | |||||||
imperative | ilma | ilmaw / ilmew |
Derived terms edit
Northern Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb edit
lema
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -emɐ
- Hyphenation: le‧ma
Noun edit
lema m (plural lemas)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
léma f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ма)
Declension edit
Sotho edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb edit
lema
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lema m (plural lemas)
- motto
- slogan (especially a political one)
- Synonym: eslogan
- theme, subject
- headword, term, title
- lemma
- (heraldry) motto
Further reading edit
- “lema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Teanu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *lalom, from earlier *ralom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lema
References edit
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry lema.
- François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry lema.
- Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.
Tswana edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.
Verb edit
lema
Venda edit
Verb edit
lema
- to spoil