rema

See also: remá, remà, and remâ

Akan

Verb

rema (Twi)

1. progressive stem of ma

Asturian

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈre̞.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrə.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈre.ma]

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽéː.máː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽéː.máː]

Noun

rēmā m (plural rēmā̀yē, possessed form rēman)

1. hyrax, coney

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ma/, /ˈre.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma, -ema
• Hyphenation: rè‧ma, ré‧ma

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Mera, arme, erma, mare, mera, rame

Javanese

Noun

rema

1. dated spelling of réma

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese remo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese remarder.

Kabuverdianu rema

Derived from Portuguese remar.

Verb

rema

1. row
2. paddle

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary (overall work in English), Mili Mila, →ISBN
• Brüser, Martina; dos Reis Santos, André; Lang, Jürgen (2002), Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde), →ISBN

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɛ̀.mà/

Verb

rema (infinitive kũrema)

1. to disobey
2. to be stubborn

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• kũremwo

(Nouns)

• mũrema-ngigĩ class 3 (“Dodonaea viscosa”)
• kĩrema class 7 (“scar”)

(Proverbs)

• mbũri ya mai ndĩremaga

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• mera

Maltese

Root
r-m-j‎ (throw away)
4 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic رَمَى (ramā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma

Verb

rema (imperfect jarmi, past participle mormi, active participle (obsolete) riemi, verbal noun rimi)

1. to throw away, to discard
2. to miscarry
3. to emit, to send out
4. to scorn, to despise
5. to contain a lot of people in an area

Conjugation

Conjugation of rema (Form I, final-weak, e ~ a-i)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rmejt	rmejt	rema	rmejna	rmejtu	rmew
	f			rmiet
imperfect	m	narmi	tarmi	jarmi	narmu	tarmu	jarmu
	f			tarmi
imperative			armi			armu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rmejtx	rmejtx	remiex	rmejniex	rmejtux	rmewx
	f			rmietx
imperfect	m	narmix	tarmix	jarmix	narmux	tarmux	jarmux
	f			tarmix
imperative			tarmix			tarmux

Verb

rema (imperfect jirmi, verbal noun rimi)

1. to sprout, to germinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of rema (Form I, final-weak, e ~ i-i)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rmejt	rmejt	rema	rmejna	rmejtu	rmew
	f			rmiet
imperfect	m	nirmi	tirmi	jirmi	nirmu	tirmu	jirmu
	f			tirmi
imperative			irmi			irmu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rmejtx	rmejtx	remiex	rmejniex	rmejtux	rmewx
	f			rmietx
imperfect	m	nirmix	tirmix	jirmix	nirmux	tirmux	jirmux
	f			tirmix
imperative			tirmix			tirmux

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈre.mɒ/

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Noun

rema f (plural remas)

1. (nautical) oar
2. (nautical) rowing

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *wéryeti

Proto-Hellenic *wéřřō

Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma)

Latin rhemalbor.

Portuguese rema

Learned borrowing from Latin rhema, from Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma).

Noun

rema m (plural remas)

1. (linguistics) rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.mɐ/ [ˈhẽ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.mɐ/ [ˈhẽ.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.mɐ/ [ˈχẽ.mɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛmɐ
• Hyphenation: re‧ma

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrema/ [ˈre.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: re‧ma

Etymology 1

Noun

rema m (plural remas)

1. (linguistics) rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)

   Antonym: tema

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rema

1. inflection of remar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rema”, 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

Venda

Verb

rema

1. to chop