lema

See also: Lema, -lema, and lɛ̠̃³⁵ ma³¹

English

Etymology

First coined 1789, from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē, “substance that gathers in the corner of the eye; rheum”).

Noun

lema (uncountable)

1. (physiology, rare) The secretion of the tarsal glands of the eye.

Synonyms

• sebum palpebrale

Anagrams

• Elma, mela, mela-, amel, -meal, meal, alme, male-, Male, male, leam, lame, lamé, Leam, Elam, Malé

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈle.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈle.ma]

Noun

lema m (plural lemes)

1. (heraldry) motto
2. (linguistics) lemma
3. (mathematics) lemma

Derived terms

• lemari
• lematitzar

Further reading

• “lema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Javanese

Romanization

lema

1. Romanization of ꦊꦩ

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήμη (lḗmē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ma/, [ˈɫ̪eːmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ma/, [ˈlɛːmä]

Noun

lēma f (genitive lēmae); first declension

1. rheum that collects in the corner of the eyes

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lēma	lēmae
genitive	lēmae	lēmārum
dative	lēmae	lēmīs
accusative	lēmam	lēmās
ablative	lēmā	lēmīs
vocative	lēma	lēmae

Synonyms

• grāmia

References

• “lema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

lema

1. five

Maltese

Root
l-m-j
1 term

Alternative forms

• lema’

Etymology

From Arabic لَمَعَ (lamaʕa). The original inflection with a final għ is now less common (see above). Otherwise the root was reanalysed as ending in a semivowel. For this case, moreover, there exist two conjugations (one with -a- in all forms and one of the type of beda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.ma/

Verb

lema (imperfect jilma)

1. to glitter, glint, glimmer
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Fuq Qabar Oħti”, in Fanali bil-Lejl:

     U waqt li nħares fuq ta’ qalbi x-xitla
     tat-tifkiriet tinbet tifkira ġdida,
     b’warda ta’ swied il-qalb fejn tilma demgħa
     minn ħbub għajnejja.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lema
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	lmejt	lmejt	lema		lmejna	lmejtu	lmew
	f			lmiet
imperfect	m	nilma	tilma	jilma		nilmew	tilmew	jilmew
	f			tilma
imperative			ilma				ilmew

Conjugation of lema
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	lmajt	lmajt	lama		lmajna	lmajtu	lmaw
	f			lmat
imperfect	m	nilma	tilma	jilma		nilmaw	tilmaw	jilmaw
	f			tilma
imperative			ilma				ilmaw

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma). Compare Spanish lema.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈle.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: le‧ma

Noun

lema m (plural lemas)

1. motto; slogan
2. (linguistics) lemma
3. (mathematics) lemma

Related terms

• dilema
• lemático
• lematização
• lematizar
• trilema

 

Further reading

• “lema”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lěːma/
• Hyphenation: le‧ma

Noun

léma f (Cyrillic spelling ле́ма)

1. lemma

Declension

Declension of lema

	singular	plural
nominative	lema	leme
genitive	leme	lema
dative	lemi	lemama
accusative	lemu	leme
vocative	lemo	leme
locative	lemi	lemama
instrumental	lemom	lemama

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlema/ [ˈle.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: le‧ma

Noun

lema m (plural lemas)

1. motto
2. slogan (especially a political one)

   Synonym: eslogan

3. theme, subject
4. headword, term, title
5. lemma
6. (heraldry) motto

Further reading

• “lema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lalom, from earlier *ralom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lema/

Noun

lema

1. inside

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry lema.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry lema.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dɪ̀ma.

Verb

lema

1. to farm, to cultivate
2. to plough

Venda

Verb

lema

1. to spoil