dema

See also: demà

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

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
1st person plural 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