tema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tema"

Ao

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *hmaj.

Noun

tema

1. (Chungli) surface

Derived terms

• madak

Further reading

• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎, Berkeley: University of California, pages 78, 189

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈte.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈte.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

tema m (plural temes)

1. theme
2. topic, subject
3. (linguistics) theme, topic

   Synonym: tòpic

   Antonym: rema

4. (Internet) discussion thread, topic

   Synonym: fil

Derived terms

• tematització

Related terms

• temàtic

Further reading

• “tema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

From temo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Adjective

tema

1. subject; related to a topic

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tämä, from Proto-Uralic *tä. Cognate with Finnish tämä, Northern Sami dát and Hungarian té- in tétova (“here and there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtemɑ/
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Pronoun

tema (genitive tema, partitive teda, short form ta)

1. he/she (3rd person singular animate personal pronoun)

Usage notes

• Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, ta is used.

Declension

Declension of tema
3rd person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	tema	ta	nemad	nad
genitive	tema	ta	nende	nende
partitive	teda		neid
illative	temasse	tasse	nendesse	neisse
inessive	temas	tas	nendes	neis
elative	temast	tast	nendest	neist
allative	temale	talle	nendele	neile
adessive	temal	tal	nendel	neil
ablative	temalt	talt	nendelt	neilt
translative	temaks	–	nendeks	neiks
terminative	temani	–	nendeni	–
essive	temana	–	nendena	–
abessive	temata	–	nendeta	–
comitative	temaga	taga	nendega	–

See also

Estonian personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

Further reading

• “tema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tema”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• tema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰeːma/

Noun

tema n (genitive singular tema, plural temu or temur)

1. theme; subject

Declension

n1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tema	temað	temu, temur	temuni
accusative	tema	temað	temu, temur	temuni
dative	tema	temanum	temum	temunum
genitive	tema	temans	temna	temnanna

Synonyms

• evni

Derived terms

• temadagur
• temakvøld
• temavika

Further reading

• "tema" at Sprotin.fo

Galician

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

tema

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Dutch thema, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛma]
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma
• Rhymes: -ma, -a

Noun

tèma (plural tema-tema)

1. theme

Derived terms

• bertema
• bertemakan

Related terms

• tematik
• tematis

Further reading

• “tema”, 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

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma

Noun

tema m (plural temi)

1. theme, subject
2. (linguistics) stem
3. thesis

Related terms

• a tema
• sottotema
• tematico

Descendants

• → Turkish: tema

Etymology 2

From the verb temere. Compare Romanian teamă, Romansch tema, temma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/, (traditional) /ˈte.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma, (traditional) -ema
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma, (traditional) té‧ma

Noun

tema f (plural teme)

1. fear

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Meta, mate, matè, meta, meta-, metà, team

Japanese

Romanization

tema

1. Rōmaji transcription of てま