-ema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ema"

Esperanto

Etymology

From French aime. Doublet of ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈema]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: e‧ma

Suffix

-ema

1. shows an inclination toward, a penchant for

   ‎babili (“to chatter”) + ‎-ema → ‎babilema (“talkative”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ema

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto -ema..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈema/

Suffix

-ema

1. indicates an inclination or tendency toward; usually added to verbal roots

   ‎parolar (“talk”) + ‎-ema → ‎parolema (“talkative”)

   ‎rezistar (“resist”) + ‎-ema → ‎rezistema (“resistant”)

Derived terms

Ido terms suffixed with -ema

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from fonema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: -è‧ma

Suffix

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emi)

1. (linguistics) -eme

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -ema

Further reading

• -ema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Slovene

Alternative forms

• -oma

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-omь or Proto-Slavic *-ъmь.

Suffix

-ema

1. (unproductive) Denominal, forms adverbs depicting manner or way from nouns. See -oma for a variant.

1. kaplja (“droplet”) → kapljema (“with a drop”)

   slutnja (“hunch”) → slutnjema (“with a hunch”)

   trušč (“uproar”) → truščema (“with an uproar”)

   križ (“cross”) → križema (“with a cross”)

Spanish

Suffix

-ema m (noun-forming suffix, plural -emas)

1. -em
2. (linguistics) -eme

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ema

Further reading

• “-ema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10