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( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-5 language code forSemitic languages . sem (plural sems
Clipping ofseminary Clipping ofsemester Clipping ofsemicolon (Can we add anexample for this sense?) FromProto-Central Naga *tshVm Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(t)sum
( Chungli ) IPA (key ) : /sɯm˩/ ,[sɯm˩] sem
mortar (vessel to crush and mix things)Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014 ),A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga [1] 71, 221 FromProto-Bahnaric *ceː₂m Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum ( “ bird ” ) .
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( Northern , Alghero ) first-person plural present indicative ofésser ( Northern , Alghero ) first-person plural present indicative ofser From clipping ofEnglish sem ester
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( Hong Kong Cantonese , university slang ) semester (Classifier :個 ／ 个 c 終於 完 sem 喇 。／ 终于 完 sem 喇 。[Hong Kong Cantonese ] ― zung1 jyu1 jyun4 sem6 laa3 . [Jyutping] ― Thesemester has finally ended.Inherited fromOld Czech sěmo / sěm Proto-Slavic *sěmo
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hither (tohere )sem
nine Blend ofis ( “ also, even ” ) +nem ( “ no, not ” ) .[ 1]
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…,neither (ornot …,either )Julitsem láttam. ―I didn’t see Juli,either . [aside from not having seen another person] Énsem láttam Julit. ―I didn’t see Juli,either . [aside from other people who haven't seen her] not even Megsem próbálta. ―S/he didn’t even try it. sem ( paired )
neither …nor …Sem te,sem ő nem jöhettek velem.Neither younor s/he can come with me.The wordsem andnincs ,nincsen ( “ it/there isn't ” ) are contracted into the formssincs ,sincsen ( “ it/there isn't, either ” ) .
^ sem inTótfalusi, István .Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár→ISBN sem in Géza Bárczi ,László Országh ,et al. , editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN . IPA (key ) : /sɛːm/ Rhymes:-ɛːm ( before words beginning with a consonant ) IPA (key ) : /sɛm/ FromOld Norse sem ( “ as, like ” ) , possibly fromProto-Germanic *samaz ( “ same, alike ” ) .
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( with a noun phrase ) as ,like Hann varsem guð meðal manna. He waslike a god amongst men. Hár hennar var hvíttsem snjór. Her hair was whiteas snow. Hann ersem nýr. He isas [good as] new. ( with a clause ) like ,as if Svo virðistsem sjúkdómurinn sé arfgengur Is seems as though the disease is hereditary. ( relative, with a clause ) who ,which ,that Þetta er maðurinnsem ég hitti í gær. That’s the manthat I met yesterday. Þetta er konansem barði mig. That’s the womanwho hit me. sem ( weak )
first-person singular present indicative ofsemja second-person singular imperative ofsemja sem
blood Robert Ulfers,Dictionnaire Karang- Français. (2007). sem
alternative form ofseem ( “ seam ” ) sem
alternative form ofseem ( “ load ” ) FromProto-Kuki-Chin *sem
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todivide toshare ,distribute Possibly fromProto-Germanic *samaz ( “ same, alike ” ) .
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as ,the same ,like Icelandic:sem Faroese:sum ( from East Nordic ) Norwegian Nynorsk:( dialectal ) sem se Old Swedish:sum som Swedish:som → Middle Norwegian:sum Danish:som See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
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inflection ofsemja first-person singular active present indicative second-person singular active imperative Zoëga, Geir T. (1910 ), “sem ”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic , Oxford: Clarendon Press Internet Archive Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃem Proto-Tupian *t͡ʃem
Cognate withParaguayan Guarani sẽ Sateré-Mawé wẽẽ-tẽp
sem (first-person singular active indicative asem first-person singular negative active indicative n'asemi noun sema ( intransitive )
toexit ; toleave ; toget out Asem 'y suí. Igot out of the water. tomove ( to change residence ) Synonym: îakasó ( of acelestial body ) rise ( rare ) be born [with suí ‘from someone’ ]Synonym: 'ar 1586 André Thevet , “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara ”, inLe Grand Insulaire et Pilotage d’André Thevet The Great Islander and Piloting of André Thevet page253 :aëoſen Maria Vurgon ſuy [A'e osem Maria Virgem suí.] Hewas born from Mary Virgin. 1586 André Thevet , “Du Goulphre ou Riviere de Ganabara ”, inLe Grand Insulaire et Pilotage d’André Thevet The Great Islander and Piloting of André Thevet page253 :aë aué de ſuy oſen uaë puera Jeſus [A'e abé nde suí osẽ ba'epûera Jesus.] He also whowas born from you, Jesus. Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
FromOld Galician-Portuguese sen Latin sine Proto-Indo-European *sene
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-less ;without ( not having, containing, characteristic of, etc. ) Antonym: com um livro sem capa a bookwithout a cover casa sem janelas windowless house ( followed by infinitive ) without ( not doing or not having done something ) no ( indicates lack of possibility or allowance ) For quotations using this term, seeCitations:sem .
( antonym(s) of “ not doing or having done something ” ) : use gerund (-ando -endo -indo sem
first-person singular present indicative ofsi Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
sem (Cyrillic spelling сем
except ,apart from ,besides FromAncient Greek σῆμα ( sêma ) .
sȇm m animacy unspecified Cyrillic spelling се̑м
( semantics ) FromProto-Slavic *sěmo
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hither ,over here (tohere )FromProto-Slavic *esmь
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first-person singular present ofbíti “sem Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2026 FromEnglish same
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same 1989 Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin Jenesis 2:25 :sem
hair Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013 ),A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University 
