tema

== Ao == === Etymology === From Proto-Central Naga *hmaj. === Pronunciation === (Chungli) IPA(key): /tɯ˥.ma˥/, [tə˥.ma˥] === Noun === tema (Chungli) surface ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎[1], Berkeley: University of California, pages 78, 189 == 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) theme topic, subject (linguistics) theme, topic Synonym: tòpic Antonym: rema (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, 2026 “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 Syllabification: te‧ma === Adjective === tema (accusative singular teman, plural temaj, accusative plural temajn) subject; related to a topic === Further reading === “tema”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN == 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) he/she (3rd person singular animate personal pronoun) ==== Usage notes ==== Used stressed in a sentence; when the pronoun is unstressed, ta is used. ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== === 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) theme; subject ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== evni ==== Derived terms ==== temadagur temakvøld temavika === Further reading === "tema" at Sprotin.fo == Galician == === Verb === tema inflection of temer: first/third-person singular present subjunctive 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 (plural tema-tema) theme ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tema”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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) theme, subject (linguistics) stem thesis ===== Related terms ===== a tema sottotema tematico ===== Descendants ===== → Turkish: tema === Etymology 2 === From the verb temere. Compare Romanian teamă, Romansh 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) fear ==== Verb ==== tema inflection of temere: first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Anagrams === Meta, mate, matè, meta, meta-, metà, team == Japanese == === Romanization === tema 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) 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 theme; subject ==== Declension ==== == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tema. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛː.ma/ Rhymes: -ɛːma === Noun === tema m or f (plural temi) 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) a theme 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) a theme a subject or topic ==== Derived terms ==== temapark === References === “tema” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈte.mɑ/ === Verb === tema singular imperative of temian, to tame == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === 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) theme; topic; subject (what something is about) Synonym: tópico theme; motif (recurring idea) Synonym: motivo (music) theme (main melody of a piece of music) (film, television) theme (melody that identifies a film or programme) (linguistic morphology) theme (the main stem of a word, without the affixes) (graphical user interface) theme; skin (colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application) Synonym: skin (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 inflection of temer: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romansh == === Etymology 1 === From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). ==== Noun ==== tema m (plural temas) (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) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) fear == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /těːma/ Hyphenation: te‧ma === Noun === téma f (Cyrillic spelling те́ма) theme, subject ==== Declension ==== == Shona == === Adjective === -temá black dark ==== Inflection ==== == Slovene == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Slavic *tьma. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /təmá/, /tə́ma/ ==== Noun ==== təmȁ or tə̏ma f dark, darkness ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /téːma/ ==== Noun ==== tẹ̑ma f topic, theme ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “tema”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == 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) theme; plot (of a book, film or other media) topic; matter; subject el tema es que… ― the thing is… por el tema de ― because of… (linguistics) theme; topic Antonym: rema song, track Alternative forms: (augmentative) temazo, (augmentative) temón ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tema inflection of temar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative inflection of temer: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Verb === -tema (infinitive kutema) to slash, to cut with a panga to spit ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -temea Causative: -temesha Stative: -temeka Nominal derivations: utemaji (“spitting”) == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin thema. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tema n a theme, a topic ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== tematisk === Further reading === “tema”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) === 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) theme; subject Synonym: paksa (colloquial) resentment (often expressed indirectly in one's words) Synonyms: hinanakit, sama ng loob, pagdaramdam ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== pahatid mensahe === Anagrams === mate == Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-téma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /téma/ === Verb === -tema (infinitive okutema) (transitive) (with an axe or machete) to cut, chop, fell Near-synonym: -sara (of snakes) to bite Near-synonym: -ruma ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -temera Long causative: -temesa Passive: -temwa Reduplicative: -tematema Nominal derivations: ekitemamuhoro (“mantis”) ekiteme (“cleared field”) omutemi (“feller”) === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 244, 290 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[3], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 396 Entry 2832 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tema. === Noun === tema (definite accusative temayı, plural temalar) theme, subject == Uzbek == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin thema. === Noun === tema (plural temalar) theme, subject