se-

one
selembar
a sheet / one sheet

seperempat
one fourth (a quarter)
adjectival equative: same, sharing [base], having the same [base]
‎se- + ‎tinggi (“height”) → ‎setinggi (“as tall as”)
all, the whole [base]
‎se- + ‎dunia (“world”) → ‎sedunia (“whole world”)
(nonproductive) intransitive verbal prefix
1. immediative
  ‎se- + ‎datang (“arrive”) → ‎sedatang (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎tiba (“arrive”) → ‎setiba (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎sampai (“arrive”) → ‎sesampai (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎pulang (“to go home”) → ‎sepulang (“to do something immediately after returning”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎kembali (“return”) → ‎sekembali (“to do something immediately after returning”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎tamat (“finish”) → ‎setamat (“to do something immediately after finishing”)
2. as much as
  ‎se- + ‎tahu (“to know”) → ‎setahu (“as much as [subject] know”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎ingat (“to remember”) → ‎seingat (“as much as [subject] remember”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎mau (“to want”) → ‎semau (“as much as [subject] want”)

Synonyms

(one): satu

Derived terms

se- -nya

Indonesian terms prefixed with se-

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 sē 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

sēd- (before vowels)
se- (in seorsum, with regular shortening after loss of intervocalic /w/)
so- (in socors, solvō)
sō- (in sōbrius)

Prefix

sē-

apart-, aside-, away-
claudō (“to close, shut, confine”) → sēclūdō (“to shut off”)

dūcō (“to lead”) → sēdūcō (“to lead away or astray, separate from”)
(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

Latin terms prefixed with se-

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-

six- as a bound morpheme
‎sex + ‎decem (“ten”) → ‎sēdecim (“sixteen”)

sex → sēnī (“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

Malay

**Malay cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : se-

Etymology 1

From Classical Malay se-, from Proto-Malayic *sA-, proclitic variant of *əsa(ʔ) (“one”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə/

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling سـ)

one
used to form the equative of adjectives
sebesar
as big as

sepanjang
as long as

secantik
as beautiful as

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of seluruh.

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling س-)

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

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Zulu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sêː/

Prefix

sê-

Form of sa- used in copulative constructions.

se-

Czech

Prefix

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Prefix

Derived terms

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Prefix

Synonyms

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Prefix

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Prefix

References

Further reading

Malay

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Prefix

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Prefix

Northern Sotho

Etymology

Prefix

Sotho

Etymology

Prefix

Tswana

Etymology

Prefix

Zulu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Prefix