semu

See also: Semu and сему

Esperanto

Verb

semu

1. imperative of semi

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay سمو (semu), from Old Javanese sĕmu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈmu/ [səˈmu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: se‧mu

Adjective

semu

1. apparent

   Synonym: kentara

2. quasi: resembling or having a likeness to something.
3. mock: imitation, not genuine; fake.
4. pseudo

Noun

semu (plural semu-semu)

1. mock:
   1. an imitation, usually of lesser quality.
   2. mockery; the act of mocking.
2. pseudo

Adverb

semu

1. likeness to, somewhat, more or less

Derived terms

• kesemuan
• menyemu
• menyemui
• menyemukan
• penyemu
• penyemuan
• semu-semu
• tersemu

• semu daya
• semu merah

Further reading

• “semu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• sému
• sema (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi sem, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sẽp, from Proto-Tupian *tẽp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.mu/, /ˈsɛ.mu/
• Rhymes: -emu
• Hyphenation: se‧mu

Verb

semu

1. (intransitive) to leave; to exit
2. (intransitive) to end up (to bring to a conclusion)
3. (intransitive) to happen; to result
4. (intransitive) to appear
5. (intransitive, of a celestial body) to rise
6. (intransitive, of a plant) to bud; to sprout; to grow
7. (intransitive, archaic) to be born
   • 1909, Frederico Benício de Sousa Costa, “Iané Iára Iesu Christu Requeçaua”, in Elementos necessários para aprender o nheengatu; republished as Carta pastoral de D. Frederico Costa, Bispo do Amazonas a seus amados diocesanos, Ceará: Typ. Minerva, page 172:

     Aé u-cemo Belem upé […]

     He was born in Bethlehem […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of semu
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	affirmative	asemu	resemu	usemu	yasemu	pesemu	usemu
	negative	ti asemu	ti resemu	ti usemu	ti yasemu	ti pesemu	ti usemu
imperative	affirmative		resemu		yasemu	pesemu
	negative		te resemu		te yasemu	te pesemu

Derived terms

• musemu
• semusawa

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• siemu, sjemu (diphthongized)
• simu, simmu (Gallo-italic of Sicily, dialectal)

Etymology

From Latin sumus (“[we] are”). Cognate with Italian siamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/, [ˈsɛ.mʊ], [ˈsjɛ.mʊ]
• Hyphenation: sè‧mu

Verb

semu

1. first-person plural present indicative tense of èssiri; (we) are.

Related terms

• jemu
• si'
• siti
• su'
• sugnu
• è

See also

• aviri
• siri
• stari
• tèniri