sem
Translingual
editSymbol
editsem
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /sɛm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
editsem (plural sems)
Anagrams
editBahnar
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bahnaric *ceː₂m, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (“bird”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsem
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editsem
Chinese
editEtymology
editFrom clipping of English semester.
Pronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sem6
- Cantonese Pinyin: sem6
- Guangdong Romanization: sém6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛːm²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
editsem
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) semester (Classifier: 個/个 c)
Derived terms
editReferences
editCzech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech sěmo, from Proto-Slavic *sěmo.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editsem
Eskayan
editNumeral
editsem
Hungarian
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editConjunction
editsem (clitic)
- …, neither (or not…, either)
- Julit sem láttam. ― I didn’t see Juli, either. [aside from not having seen another person]
- Én sem láttam Julit. ― I didn’t see Juli, either. [aside from other people who haven't seen her]
- not even
- Meg sem próbálta. ― S/he didn’t even try it.
Conjunction
editsem (paired)
Usage notes
editThe word sem and nincs, nincsen (“it/there isn't”) are contracted into the forms sincs, sincsen (“it/there isn't, either”).
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- sem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editsem
- (with a noun phrase) as, like
- Hann var sem guð meðal manna.
- He was like a god amongst men.
- Hár hennar var hvítt sem snjór.
- Her hair was white as snow.
- Hann er sem nýr.
- He is as [good as] new.
- Vista sem…
- Save as…
- (with a clause) like, as if
- Svo virðist sem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengur
- Is seems as though the disease is hereditary.
- (relative, with a clause) who, which, that
- Þetta er maðurinn sem ég hitti í gær.
- That’s the man that I met yesterday.
- Þetta er konan sem barði mig.
- That’s the woman who hit me.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editVerb
editsem (weak)
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editsem
- Alternative form of seem (“seam”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editsem
- Alternative form of seem (“load”)
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editPossibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).
Alternative forms
editConjunction
editsem
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: sem
- Faroese: sum (from East Nordic)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) sem, se
- Old Swedish: sum, som
- Danish: som
- Norwegian Bokmål: som
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editsem
- inflection of semja:
References
edit- “sem”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Tupi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sẽp, from Proto-Tupian *tẽp.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní sẽ, Sateré-Mawé wẽẽ-tẽp.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsem (first-person singular active indicative asem, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asemi, first-person singular gerund gûisema, noun sema) (intransitive)
- to exit; to leave; to get out
- Asem 'y suí.
- I got out of the water.
- to move (to change residence)
- Synonym: îakasó
- (of a celestial body) to rise
Conjugation
editCausative | mosem | |||||
Causative-comitative | erosem | |||||
Deverbals | ||||||
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-ba'e | osemyba'e | |||||
-sab(a) | sembaba | |||||
-sar(a) | sembara | |||||
Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
Verbal forms | ||||||
Active | ||||||
Indicative | asem | eresem | osem | orosem | îasem | pesem |
Permissive | t'asem | t'eresem | t'osem | t'orosem | t'îasem | ta pesem |
Imperative | esem | pesem | ||||
Negative indicative | n'asemi | n'eresemi | n'osemi | n'orosemi | n'îasemi | na pesemi |
Negative permissive | t'asem umẽ | t'eresem umẽ | t'osem umẽ | t'orosem umẽ | t'îasem umẽ | ta pesem umẽ |
Negative imperative | esem umẽ | pesem umẽ | ||||
Gerund | ||||||
Affirmative | gûisema | esema | osema | orosema | îasema | pesema |
Negative | gûiseme'yma | eseme'yma | oseme'yma | oroseme'yma | îaseme'yma | peseme'yma |
Nominal forms | ||||||
Infinitive | ||||||
Affirmative | sema | |||||
Negative | seme'yma | |||||
Circumstantial | ||||||
Affirmative | xe semi | i xemi | oré semi | îandé semi | ||
Negative | xe seme'ymi | i xeme'ymi | oré seme'ymi | îandé seme'ymi |
Descendants
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sem”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 441, column 1
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese sen, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European *sene.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ẽj̃
Preposition
editsem
- -less; without (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.)
- (followed by infinitive) without (not doing or not having done something)
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:sem.
Synonyms
edit- (not having): desprovido de, falto de
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
editRomani
editVerb
editsem
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editThis etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
editsem (Cyrillic spelling сем)
Etymology 2
editFrom Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsȇm m (Cyrillic spelling се̑м)
- (semantics) the smallest unit of meaning
Further reading
edit- https://staznaci.com/sem
- “sem” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Slavic *sěmo.
Adverb
editsem
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Slavic *esmь.
Verb
editsə̏m
Further reading
edit- “sem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editAdjective
editsem
Zou
editNoun
editsem
References
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛːm
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
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- sh:Semantics
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