dema - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
dēman (“to judge”) + -a (agent-noun suffix)
dēma m
Declension of dēma (weak)
- Middle English: deme
dema
- Romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)
From de (“I”) + ma (“that”). Compare dene.
dema (possessive prefix ti)
- (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I there
(Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:
dema takarja wayo
- I do not work
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.
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics