# nema
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈneːma/
    Rhymes: -eːma

### Verb

nema (third person singular past indicative nam, third person plural past indicative numu, supine nomið)
* to touch, seize
** to touch on, refer to
** to make an impression, influence
* to steal
* to learn
* to notice

#### Conjugation
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɛːma/
* Rhymes: -ɛːma

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

#### Verb

nema (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative nam, third-person plural past indicative námu, supine numið)
* to take, capture
* to mine (ore, coal, etc.)
* to amount to
* to detect, perceive
    Augað er það skynfæri er nemur ljós.The eye is the (that) organ which detects light.
* to study (a specified subject)
    Ég nem frönsku.I study French.
* (poetic) an auxiliary verb used with a main verb in the infinitive; this construction has the same meaning as the main verb, its inflection simply being transferred to the auxiliary, and serves merely to obtain a fitting rhyme and syllable structure
    Bjarni nam ei fálkann fá[Bjarni fékk ei fálkann]Bjarni did not get the falcon (i.e. the Order of the Falcon)(first line of a ditty from Útvarp Matthildur)
* to touch, to reach [with við (+ accusative)]

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

##### Derived terms

* nemi
* nemandi
* nám
* næmur

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse nema.

#### Conjunction

nema
* (connecting noun phrases) except
* (connecting clauses) unless
* (connecting clauses) but that, whether or not (introducing a hypothetical but likely scenario)

##### Derived terms

* ber er hver að baki, nema sér bróður eigi

### Anagrams

* amen

## Japanese
### Romanization

nema
* Rōmaji transcription of ねま

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma).

### Noun

nēma n (genitive nēmatis); third declension
* yarn, thread

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

### References

* “nema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* nema in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Old Frisian
### Verb

nema
* Alternative form of nima

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *nem-, *neme-.

#### Verb

nema (singular past indicative nam, plural past indicative námu, past participle numinn)
* to take
** to learn (especially by heart)
    hón kvað, en hann namshe sung, and he memorized it
    ek nam vísur at vísum mǫnnumI learned verses from wise men
* to begin
    hann nam etahe began to eat

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: nema
* Faroese: nema
* Norwegian Nynorsk: nema
* Old Swedish: nima
** Swedish: nimma, (förnimma)
* Scanian: nimma
* Danish: nemme

### Etymology 2

From a form related to né (“not; nor”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ne (“not”). Probably cognate with Old English nefne, Old English nemne (“except, unless”).

#### Conjunction

nema
* except, unless, save
    Hann drap alla sveina nema einn.He slew all the boys, save one.
* but
** 1200s, Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to.), Matthew 10:34-35
** Eigi kom ek til þess at senda frið nema heldr sverð, til þess kom ek at skilja sun frá feðr ok dóttur frá móður sinni.I did not come to bring peace, but rather a sword, I came to separate son from father, and daughter from her mother.

##### Related terms

* né (“not; nor”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: nema
* Faroese: neman
* Old Swedish: numa, num

#### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nema”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀦𑁂𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* नेम (Devanagari script)
* নেম (Bengali script)
* නෙම (Sinhalese script)
* နေမ or ၼေမ (Burmese script)
* เนม or เนมะ (Thai script)
* ᨶᩮᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ເນມ or ເນມະ (Lao script)
* នេម (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄬𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Verb

nema
* present/imperative active first-person plural of neti (“to lead”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Adjective

nema
* inflection of nem:
** feminine nominative/vocative singular
** indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
** indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
** neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Verb

nema (Cyrillic spelling нема)
* third-person singular present of nemati

## Spanish
### Noun

nema f (plural nemas)
* seal of a letter

### Further reading

* “nema”, 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

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n̪e.ˈma/

### Determiner

nema
* (proximal) this, these
    Synonyms: ne, mene
    carita nema ― this story

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as nemá)