sem

See also: SEM, Sem, sém, sèm, sem-, and семь

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Noun
  • 1.3 Anagrams
• 2 Bahnar
  • 2.1 Etymology
  • 2.2 Pronunciation
  • 2.3 Noun
• 3 Czech
  • 3.1 Pronunciation
  • 3.2 Pronunciation
  • 3.3 Adverb
• 4 Hungarian
  • 4.1 Alternative forms
  • 4.2 Pronunciation
  • 4.3 Conjunction
    • 4.3.1 Usage notes
    • 4.3.2 Derived terms
  • 4.4 See also
  • 4.5 Further reading
• 5 Icelandic
  • 5.1 Etymology
  • 5.2 Pronunciation
  • 5.3 Conjunction
    • 5.3.1 Synonyms
    • 5.3.2 Derived terms
  • 5.4 Verb
• 6 Old Norse
  • 6.1 Etymology 1
    • 6.1.1 Alternative forms
    • 6.1.2 Conjunction
      • 6.1.2.1 Descendants
  • 6.2 Etymology 2
    • 6.2.1 Verb
  • 6.3 References
• 7 Old Tupi
  • 7.1 Pronunciation
  • 7.2 Verb
• 8 Portuguese
  • 8.1 Etymology
  • 8.2 Pronunciation
  • 8.3 Preposition
    • 8.3.1 Quotations
    • 8.3.2 Synonyms
    • 8.3.3 Antonyms
    • 8.3.4 Derived terms
• 9 Romani
  • 9.1 Verb
• 10 Slovene
  • 10.1 Pronunciation
  • 10.2 Adverb
  • 10.3 Verb
  • 10.4 Further reading
• 11 Tok Pisin
  • 11.1 Etymology
  • 11.2 Adjective
• 12 Westrobothnian
  • 12.1 Etymology 1
    • 12.1.1 Pronunciation
    • 12.1.2 Conjunction
      • 12.1.2.1 Alternative forms
  • 12.2 Etymology 2
    • 12.2.1 Pronunciation
    • 12.2.2 Adjective
      • 12.2.2.1 Alternative forms
    • 12.2.3 Noun
      • 12.2.3.1 Alternative forms
      • 12.2.3.2 Derived terms
    • 12.2.4 Verb
• 13 Zou
  • 13.1 Noun
    • 13.1.1 References

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(plural not attested)

1. Clipping of seminary.
2. Clipping of semester.
3. Clipping of semicolon.

Anagrams[edit]

• EMS, EMs, Ems, MES, MEs, MSE, SME, ems, mes-

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Bahnaric *ceː₂m.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /sɛːm/

Noun[edit]

1. bird

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

1. hither (to here)

Hungarian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

1. …, neither (or not…, either)
2. neither… nor…

Usage notes[edit]

The word sem and nincs, nincsen (“it/there isn’t”) are contracted into the forms sincs
, sincsen (“it/there isn’t, either”).

Derived terms[edit]

Compound words

Expressions

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• sem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /sɛːm/
• Rhymes: -ɛːm
• (before words beginning with a consonant) IPA(key): /sɛm/

Conjunction[edit]

1. (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.
2. (with a clause) like, as if Svo virðist sem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengurIs seems as though the disease is hereditary.
3. (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[edit]

• (as, like, as if): eins og
• (which, that): er

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

(weak)

1. first-person singular present indicative of semja
2. second-person singular imperative of semja

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

Alternative forms[edit]

• som, sum (late Old Norse)

Conjunction[edit]

1. as, the same, like

Descendants[edit]

• Icelandic: sem
• Faroese: sum
• Norwegian Nynorsk: som , sum (archaic)
• Norwegian Bokmål: som
• Swedish: som
• Danish: som

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

1. inflection of semja:
   1. first-person singular active present indicative
   2. second-person singular active imperative

References[edit]

• sem in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈsɛm/

Verb[edit]

1. to exit; to leave; to get out A-sem ‘y suí.I got out of the water.

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese sen, from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European *sene.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

1. -less; without (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.)
2. (followed by infinitive) without (not doing or not having done something)

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:sem.

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

• (not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.): com
• (not doing or having done something): use gerund (-ando, -endo, -indo)

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

1. first-person singular present indicative of si 2018, Yūsuke Sumi,ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語[New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha,→ISBN, page 20: Semrrom.I am a Romani man.

Slovene[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

1. hither, over here (to here)

Verb[edit]

1. first-person singular present of bíti

Further reading[edit]

• “sem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English same

Adjective[edit]

1. same
   • 1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,2:25: (please add an English translation of this quote)

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Westrobothnian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse sem (“as, like”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same, alike”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

1. (with a noun phrase) as, like Hare hans jer vist na sem dett.His hair was apparently similar to yours.
2. (with a clause) like, as if
3. (relative, with a clause) who, which, that

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From sema (“to swim”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Hössjö, Bygdeå) IPA(key): /seːm/
• (Burträsk) IPA(key): /semː/ Rhymes: -em

Adjective[edit]

1. able to swim

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

 m (definite singular semen)

1. way of swimming

Alternative forms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

1. singular present indicative of sema
2. singular present imperative of sema

Noun[edit]

1. hair

References[edit]

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

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