sementara
See also: sementará
Asturian
Verb
sementara
- first-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar
- third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar
- first-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar
- third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar
Galician
Verb
sementara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of sementar
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay sementara, from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara, “parallel, interval of a year”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səmənˈtara/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: se‧men‧ta‧ra
Conjunction
sêmêntara
Adjective
sêmêntara (comparative lebih sementara, superlative paling sementara)
- temporary; interim; provisional
- 1950, Undang-Undang Dasar Sementara Republik Indonesia 1950 [The Provisional Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950]:
- Selama pemilihan Ketua dan Wakil-Ketua belum disahkan oleh Presiden, rapat diketuai untuk sementara oleh Anggauta jang tertua umurnja.
- Prior to such confirmation by the President, the oldest member in age temporarily presides over the meeting.
Derived terms
Affixations
- kesementeraan
Determiner
sêmêntara
Further reading
- “sementara”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit समान्तर (samāntara).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /səmənˈtarə/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.rə]
- Rhymes: -tarə, -rə, -ə
- (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /səmənˈtara/ [sə.mən̪ˈt̪a.ra]
- Rhymes: -tara, -ra, -a
- Hyphenation: se‧men‧ta‧ra
Adjective
sementara (Jawi spelling سمنتارا, comparative lebih sementara, superlative paling sementara)
Conjuction
sementara (Jawi spelling سمنتارا)
Derived terms
Affixations
- kesementaraan (“temporariness; provisionality”)
- menyementarakan (“ to temporarily use or place something; to provisionalise or make something temporary”)
Phrase
- sementara itu (“meanwhile”)
- untuk sementara (“for now”)
- untuk sementara waktu (“for a while”)
Descendants
Further reading
- "sementara" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Spanish
Verb
sementara
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of sementar