dema

See also: demà and Dema

Albanian

Noun

dema

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of dem

Old English

Etymology

dēman (“to judge”) +‎ -a (agent-noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mɑ/

Noun

dēma m

1. judge

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēma	dēman
accusative	dēman	dēman
genitive	dēman	dēmena
dative	dēman	dēmum

Synonyms

• dēmend
• dēmere
• dōmere

Derived terms

• siġedēma

Descendants

• Middle English: deme

Siraya

Noun

dema

1. 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

1. romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Verb

-dema (infinitive kudema)

1. 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
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
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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)

1. fish trap

West Makian

Etymology

From de (“I”) +‎ ma (“that”). Compare dene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪e.ˈma/

Pronoun

dema (possessive prefix ti)

1. (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

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics