dema

See also: demà and Dema

Albanian

Noun

dema

1. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of dem

Old English

Etymology

dēman (“to judge”) +‎ -a (agent-noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mɑ/

Noun

dēma m

1. judge

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēma	dēman
accusative	dēman	dēman
genitive	dēman	dēmena
dative	dēman	dēmum

Derived terms

• siġedēma

Synonyms

• dēmend
• dēmere
• dōmere

Descendants

• Middle English: deme

Sumerian

Romanization

dema

1. Romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)

West Makian

Etymology

From de (“I”) +‎ ma (“that”). Compare dene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪e.ˈma/

Pronoun

dema (possessive prefix ti)

1. (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I there
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:

     dema takarja wayo

     I do not work

See also

West Makian personal pronouns

		independent	possessive prefix
1st person singular		de	ti
2nd person singular		ni	ni
3rd person singular		me	mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural	inclusive	ene	nV
	exclusive	imi	mi
2nd person plural		ini	fi
3rd person plural		eme	di

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics