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sem (pluralsems)
FromProto-Bahnaric*ceː₂m, fromProto-Mon-Khmer*cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum(“bird”).
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From clipping ofEnglishsemester.
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Inherited fromOld Czechsěmo /sěm, fromProto-Slavic*sěmo.
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sem(clitic)
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The wordsem andnincs,nincsen(“it/there isn't”) are contracted into the formssincs,sincsen(“it/there isn't, either”).
FromOld Norsesem(“as, like”), possibly fromProto-Germanic*samaz(“same, alike”).
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FromProto-Kuki-Chin*sem.
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Possibly fromProto-Germanic*samaz(“same, alike”).
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*t͡ʃem, fromProto-Tupian*t͡ʃem.
Cognate withGuaranísẽ,Sateré-Mawéwẽẽ-tẽp.
sem (first-person singular active indicativeasem,first-person singular negative active indicativen'asemi,nounsema)(intransitive)
| Causative | mosem | |||||
| Causative-comitative | erosem | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | osemyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | sembaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | sembara | |||||
| Singular | Singular and 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 | gûixema | esema | osema | orosema | îasema | pesema |
| Negative | gûixeme'yma | eseme'yma | oseme'yma | oroseme'yma | îaseme'yma | peseme'yma |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | sema | |||||
| Negative | seme'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xesemi | i xemi | orésemi | îandésemi | ||
| Negative | xeseme'ymi | i xeme'ymi | oréseme'ymi | îandéseme'ymi | ||
FromOld Galician-Portuguesesen, fromLatinsine, fromProto-Indo-European*sene.
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sem (Cyrillic spellingсем)
FromAncient Greekσῆμα(sêma).
sȇm m animacy unspecified (Cyrillic spellingсе̑м)
FromProto-Slavic*sěmo.
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FromProto-Slavic*esmь.
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