tema

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tema"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tema m (plural temes)

1. theme
2. topic, subject
3. (linguistics) theme, topic

   Synonym: tòpic

   Antonym: rema

4. (Internet) discussion thread, topic

   Synonym: fil

Derived terms

• tematització

Related terms

• temàtic

Further reading

• “tema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

From temo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtema]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Adjective

tema

1. subject; related to a topic

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tämä, from Proto-Uralic *tä. Cognate with Finnish tämä, Northern Sami dát and Hungarian té- in tétova (“here and there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtemɑ/
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Pronoun

tema (genitive tema, partitive teda, short form ta)

1. he/she (3rd person singular animate personal pronoun)

Usage notes

• Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, ta is used.

Declension

Declension of tema
3rd person	singular		plural
	long	short	long	short
nominative	tema	ta	nemad	nad
genitive	tema	ta	nende	nende
partitive	teda		neid
illative	temasse	tasse	nendesse	neisse
inessive	temas	tas	nendes	neis
elative	temast	tast	nendest	neist
allative	temale	talle	nendele	neile
adessive	temal	tal	nendel	neil
ablative	temalt	talt	nendelt	neilt
translative	temaks	–	nendeks	neiks
terminative	temani	–	nendeni	–
essive	temana	–	nendena	–
abessive	temata	–	nendeta	–
comitative	temaga	taga	nendega	–

See also

Estonian personal pronouns
		singular		plural
		long	short	long	short
1st person		mina	ma	meie	me
2nd person	familiar	sina	sa	teie	te
	polite	Teie	Te
3rd person	animate	tema	ta	nemad	nad
	inanimate	see		need

Further reading

• “tema”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “tema”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• tema in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰeːma/

Noun

tema n (genitive singular tema, plural temu or temur)

1. theme; subject

Declension

n1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tema	temað	temu, temur	temuni
accusative	tema	temað	temu, temur	temuni
dative	tema	temanum	temum	temunum
genitive	tema	temans	temna	temnanna

Synonyms

• evni

Derived terms

• temadagur
• temakvøld
• temavika

Further reading

• "tema" at Sprotin.fo

Galician

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch thema, from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛma]
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma
• Rhymes: -ma, -a

Noun

tèma (uncountable)

1. theme.

Derived terms

• bertema
• bertemakan

 

Related terms

• tematik
• tematis

 

Further reading

• “tema” 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.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma

Noun

tema m (plural temi)

1. theme, subject
2. (linguistics) stem
3. thesis

Related terms

• a tema
• sottotema
• tematico

Descendants

• → Turkish: tema

Etymology 2

From the verb temere. Compare Romanian teamă, Romansch tema, temma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ma/, (traditional) /ˈte.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma, (traditional) -ema
• Hyphenation: tè‧ma, (traditional) té‧ma

Noun

tema f (plural teme)

1. fear

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Meta, mate, matè, meta, meta-, metà, team

Japanese

Romanization

tema

1. Rōmaji transcription of てま

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kutemma as an equivalent of English mutilate in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛma/

Verb

tema (infinitive gũtema)

1. to cut (with a knife)

Synonyms

• gũtinia

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• ndemwa class 9/10
• mũtemi class 1

(Verbs)

• gũtemera
• gũtemwo

(Proverbs)

• gũtema na kanua ti gũtema na rũhiũ
• rũtemaga mwenji

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 32.

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma); cognate to Latin thema.

Noun

temà f (plural tèmos) stress pattern 2

1. theme; subject

Declension

Declension of temà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	temà	tèmos
genitive (kilmininkas)	tèmos	tèmų
dative (naudininkas)	tèmai	tèmoms
accusative (galininkas)	tèmą	temàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	temà	tèmomis
locative (vietininkas)	tèmoje	tèmose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	tèma	tèmos

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛː.ma/

Noun

tema m or f (plural temi)

1. topic, theme

See also

• tema’

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun

tema n (definite singular temaet, indefinite plural tema or temaer, definite plural temaene)

1. a theme
2. a subject or topic

Derived terms

• temapark

References

• “tema” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun

tema n (definite singular temaet, indefinite plural tema, definite plural temaa)

1. a theme
2. a subject or topic

Derived terms

• temapark

References

• “tema” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈte.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈte.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of teima.

Alternative forms

• thema (obsolete)

Noun

tema m (plural temas)

1. theme; topic; subject (what something is about)

   Synonym: tópico

2. theme; motif (recurring idea)

   Synonym: motivo

3. (music) theme (main melody of a piece of music)
4. (film, television) theme (melody that identifies a film or programme)
5. (linguistic morphology) theme (the main stem of a word, without the affixes)
6. (graphical user interface) theme; skin (colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application)

   Synonym: skin

7. (historical) theme (regional unit of the Byzantine empire)

Derived terms

• teminha (diminutive), temazinho (diminutive)

Related terms

• temático

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma).

Noun

tema m (plural temas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) subject, topic, theme

Etymology 2

From temair, temer, etc. Compare Italian tema, Romanian teamă.

Alternative forms

• temma (Puter, Vallader)

Noun

tema f (plural temas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fear

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těːma/
• Hyphenation: te‧ma

Noun

téma f (Cyrillic spelling те́ма)

1. theme, subject

Declension

Declension of tema

	singular	plural
nominative	tema	teme
genitive	teme	tema
dative	temi	temama
accusative	temu	teme
vocative	temo	teme
locative	temi	temama
instrumental	temom	temama

Shona

Adjective

-temá

1. black
2. dark

Inflection

Inflected forms of -temá

singular			plural
Class 1		mutemá	Class 2		vatemá
Class 3		mutemá	Class 4		mitemá
Class 5		demá	Class 6		matemá
Class 7		chitemá	Class 8		zvitemá
Class 9		nhemá	Class 10		nhemá
Class 11		rutemá
Class 12		katemá	Class 13		tutemá
Class 14		utemá
Class 15		kutemá
Locative classes
Class 16	patemá	Class 17	kutemá	Class 18	mutemá

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tьma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təmá/, /tə́ma/

Noun

təmȁ or tə̏ma f

1. dark, darkness

Inflection

Declension of tema
nom. sing.	temà
gen. sing.	temè
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	temà	temì	temè
accusative	temò	temì	temè
genitive	temè	tèm	tèm
dative	temì	temáma	temàm
locative	temì	temàh	temàh
instrumental	temò	temáma	temámi

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	tèma
gen. sing.	tème
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tèma	tèmi	tème
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tème	tèm	tèm
dative (dajȃlnik)	tèmi	tèmama	tèmam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tèmo	tèmi	tème
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tèmi	tèmah	tèmah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tèmo	tèmama	tèmami

Etymology 2

From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (théma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /téːma/

Noun

tẹ̑ma f

1. topic, theme

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	téma
gen. sing.	téme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	téma	témi	téme
genitive (rodȋlnik)	téme	tém	tém
dative (dajȃlnik)	témi	témama	témam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	témo	témi	téme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	témi	témah	témah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	témo	témama	témami

Further reading

• “tema”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtema/ [ˈt̪e.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: te‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of taima.

Noun

tema m (plural temas)

1. theme; plot (of a book, film or other media)

   Me gusta la serie porque el tema es complicado.

   I like the series because the plot is complicated.

2. topic; matter; subject

   el tema es que… ― the thing is…

   por el tema de ― because of…

3. (linguistics) theme; topic

   Antonym: rema

4. song, track

   Alternative forms: (augmentative) temazo, (augmentative) temón

Derived terms

• aquí hay tema
• cada loco con su tema
• darle al tema
• fuera de tema (“off-topic”)
• temar
• temario
• tematizar

 

Related terms

• temática
• temático

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tema

1. inflection of temar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of temer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tema”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tema (infinitive kutema)

1. to slash, to cut with a panga
2. to spit

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tema
Positive present -natema Subjunctive -teme Negative -temi Imperative singular tema
Infinitives
Positive kutema Negative kutotema
Imperatives
Singular tema Plural temeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutema Positive past positive subject concord + -litema Negative past negative subject concord + -kutema
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natema) Singular Plural 1st person ninatema/natema tunatema 2nd person unatema mnatema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatema wanatema other classes positive subject concord + -natema
Negative present (negative subject concord + -temi) Singular Plural 1st person sitemi hatutemi 2nd person hutemi hamtemi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatemi hawatemi other classes negative subject concord + -temi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatema Negative future negative subject concord + -tatema
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -teme) Singular Plural 1st person niteme tuteme 2nd person uteme mteme 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ateme wateme other classes positive subject concord + -teme
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siteme Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetema Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetema Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitema Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitema
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atema) Singular Plural 1st person natema twatema 2nd person watema mwatema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atema watema m-mi(III/IV) watema yatema ji-ma(V/VI) latema yatema ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatema vyatema n(IX/X) yatema zatema u(XI) watema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatema pa(XVI) patema mu(XVIII) mwatema
Perfect positive subject concord + -metema "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatema "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatema "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitema "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotema Consecutive katema / positive subject concord + -katema Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kateme
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitema -tutema 2nd person -kutema -watema/-kutemeni/-watemeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtema -watema m-mi(III/IV) -utema -itema ji-ma(V/VI) -litema -yatema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitema -vitema n(IX/X) -itema -zitema u(XI) -utema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutema pa(XVI) -patema mu(XVIII) -mutema Reflexive -jitema
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tema- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -temaye -temao m-mi(III/IV) -temao -temayo ji-ma(V/VI) -temalo -temayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -temacho -temavyo n(IX/X) -temayo -temazo u(XI) -temao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -temako pa(XVI) -temapo mu(XVIII) -temamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tema) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetema -otema m-mi(III/IV) -otema -yotema ji-ma(V/VI) -lotema -yotema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotema -vyotema n(IX/X) -yotema -zotema u(XI) -otema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotema pa(XVI) -potema mu(XVIII) -motema
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -temea
  • Causative: -temesha
  • Stative: -temeka

• Nominal derivations:
  • utemaji (“spitting”)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tema n

1. a theme, a topic

Declension

Declension of tema

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tema	temas
	definite	temat	temats
plural	indefinite	teman	temans
	definite	temana	temanas

Related terms

• tematisk

Further reading

• tema in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• meta, tame, team

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tema.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtema/ [ˈt̪ɛː.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: te‧ma

Noun

tema (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ)

1. theme; subject

   Synonym: paksa

2. (colloquial) resentment (often expressed indirectly in one's words)

   Synonyms: hinanakit, sama ng loob, pagdaramdam

Derived terms

• temahan
• temahin

 

See also

• pahatid
• mensahe

Anagrams

• mate

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tema.

Noun

tema (definite accusative temayı, plural temalar)

1. theme, subject

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	тема‍
Latin	tema‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin thema.

Noun

tema (plural temalar)

1. theme, subject