Albanian
Noun
dema
- indefinite nominative/accusative plural of dem
Old English
Etymology
dēman (“to judge”) + -a (agent-noun suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
dēma m
- judge
Declension
Weak:
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Siraya
Noun
dema
- hand
References
- Li, Jen-Kuei (2010), “dema”, in 新港文書研究 [Studies of Sinkang Manuscripts] (in Chinese), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, →ISBN
Sumerian
Romanization
dema
- romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
-dema (infinitive kudema)
- to stagger, walk with a limp
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -dema
|
| Positive present
|
-nadema
|
| Subjunctive
|
-deme
|
| Negative
|
-demi
|
| Imperative singular
|
dema
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kudema
|
| Negative
|
kutodema
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
dema
|
| Plural
|
demeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
|
hudema
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lidema
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kudema
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadema)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninadema/nadema
|
tunadema
|
| 2nd person
|
unadema
|
mnadema
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anadema
|
wanadema
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nadema
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -demi)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sidemi
|
hatudemi
|
| 2nd person
|
hudemi
|
hamdemi
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hademi
|
hawademi
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -demi
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tadema
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tadema
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -deme)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nideme
|
tudeme
|
| 2nd person
|
udeme
|
mdeme
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
ademe
|
wademe
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -deme
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sideme
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngedema
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singedema
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalidema
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalidema
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adema)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nadema
|
twadema
|
| 2nd person
|
wadema
|
mwadema
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
adema
|
wadema
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wadema
|
yadema
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
ladema
|
yadema
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chadema
|
vyadema
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yadema
|
zadema
|
| u(XI)
|
wadema
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwadema
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
padema
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwadema
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -medema
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshadema
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jadema
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kidema
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -sipodema
|
| Consecutive
|
kadema / positive subject concord + -kadema
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kademe
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nidema
|
-tudema
|
| 2nd person
|
-kudema
|
-wadema/-kudemeni/-wademeni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-mdema
|
-wadema
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-udema
|
-idema
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lidema
|
-yadema
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kidema
|
-videma
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-idema
|
-zidema
|
| u(XI)
|
-udema
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kudema
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-padema
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mudema
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jidema
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dema- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-demaye
|
-demao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-demao
|
-demayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-demalo
|
-demayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-demacho
|
-demavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-demayo
|
-demazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-demao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-demako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-demapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-demamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dema)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yedema
|
-odema
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-odema
|
-yodema
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lodema
|
-yodema
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chodema
|
-vyodema
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yodema
|
-zodema
|
| u(XI)
|
-odema
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kodema
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-podema
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-modema
|
|
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Nurse and Hinnebusch 1993 suggest Hindi dám, Persian däm”)
Noun
dema class V (plural madema class VI)
- fish trap
West Makian
Etymology
From de (“I”) + ma (“that”). Compare dene.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
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
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
|
| exclusive
|
imi
|
mi
|
| 2nd person plural
|
ini
|
fi
|
| 3rd person plural
|
eme
|
di
|
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics