kema

• IPA^(key): /kèꜛmá/

kema (Kana spelling ケマ)

1. (anatomy) leg

   Synonym: cikiri

kema

1. yes

Likely borrowed from Bengali ক্ষমা (khoma).

kema

1. sorry

From Portuguese queimar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kema.

kema

1. to burn

From Portuguese queimar.

kema

1. to burn

• kama, keme

Borrowed from Arabic كما. Unrelated to Azerbaijani kimi.

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /kʰeme/, /kʰɑmɑ/, /kʰemɑ/

kema

1. like

   U aması keme yahçuq ir-a.

   She is such a good (person) like her mother.

   İnci gözi gor keme.

   Now his eyes like blind.

   Tuluq kema furme, kük kema üsme.

   Don't inflate like a rubber bag, don't drift like bran.

• kemağı, kamağı
• keması, kaması

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “kema”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká, Moscow, page 375
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “kama”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇, 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 96
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “qɑmɑʁı”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 64
• 张, 进锋 (Ayso Cañ Cinfen) (2008) 乌璐别格 (Ulubeğ), 鄭初陽 (Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ), editors, Salar İbret Sözler 撒拉尔谚语‎^[2], China Salar Youth League, pages 36, 67

• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “kama”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 156
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “keme”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究, 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 65, 186

-kema (infinitive kukema)

1. to cry, sob
2. to shout

Conjugation of -kema
Positive present -nakema Subjunctive -keme Negative -kemi Imperative singular kema
Infinitives
Positive kukema Negative kutokema
Imperatives
Singular kema Plural kemeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukema Positive past positive subject concord + -likema Negative past negative subject concord + -kukema
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakema) Singular Plural 1st person ninakema/nakema tunakema 2nd person unakema mnakema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakema wanakema other classes positive subject concord + -nakema
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kemi) Singular Plural 1st person sikemi hatukemi 2nd person hukemi hamkemi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakemi hawakemi other classes negative subject concord + -kemi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takema Negative future negative subject concord + -takema
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -keme) Singular Plural 1st person nikeme tukeme 2nd person ukeme mkeme 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akeme wakeme other classes positive subject concord + -keme
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikeme Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekema Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekema Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikema Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikema
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akema) Singular Plural 1st person nakema twakema 2nd person wakema mwakema 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akema wakema m-mi(III/IV) wakema yakema ji-ma(V/VI) lakema yakema ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakema vyakema n(IX/X) yakema zakema u(XI) wakema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakema pa(XVI) pakema mu(XVIII) mwakema
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekema "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakema "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakema "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikema "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokema Consecutive kakema / positive subject concord + -kakema Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakeme
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikema -tukema 2nd person -kukema -wakema/-kukemeni/-wakemeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkema -wakema m-mi(III/IV) -ukema -ikema ji-ma(V/VI) -likema -yakema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikema -vikema n(IX/X) -ikema -zikema u(XI) -ukema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukema pa(XVI) -pakema mu(XVIII) -mukema Reflexive -jikema
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kema- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kemaye -kemao m-mi(III/IV) -kemao -kemayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kemalo -kemayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kemacho -kemavyo n(IX/X) -kemayo -kemazo u(XI) -kemao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kemako pa(XVI) -kemapo mu(XVIII) -kemamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kema) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekema -okema m-mi(III/IV) -okema -yokema ji-ma(V/VI) -lokema -yokema ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokema -vyokema n(IX/X) -yokema -zokema u(XI) -okema see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokema pa(XVI) -pokema mu(XVIII) -mokema
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Clipping of kemtvätta. Attested since 1999.

kema (present kemar, preterite kemade, supine kemat, imperative kema)

1. (colloquial) dry clean

• kema in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kema in Svensk ordbok (SO)

From Proto-Turkic *kēmi. Cognates with Turkish gemi.

kema (plural kemalar)

1. ship