se-

Inherited from Malay se-, from Old Malay [script needed] (sa-), from Proto-Malayic *sA-, proclitic variant of *əsa(ʔ) (“one”). False cognate of Sanskrit स- (sa-, “with, together, having, -ly, the same as, similar to”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə/

Prefix

sê-

Reduced form of satu: one, a.
‎se- + ‎lembar (“sheet”) → ‎selembar (“a sheet / one sheet”)

‎se- + ‎per + ‎empat (“four”) → ‎seperempat (“one fourth (a quarter)”)
Used to form equative constructions from adjectives: as; to the same extent or degree.
‎se- + ‎tinggi (“height”) → ‎setinggi (“as tall as”)

‎se- + ‎cepat (“fast”) → ‎secepat (“as fast as”)
Encompassing all; the whole, the entire.
‎se- + ‎dunia (“world”) → ‎sedunia (“the whole world”)
Functions as intransitive verbal prefix: just as, as.
1. Used to form immediative constructions: as soon as.
  ‎se- + ‎datang (“arrive”) → ‎sedatang (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎tiba (“arrive”) → ‎setiba (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎sampai (“arrive”) → ‎sesampai (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎pulang (“to go home”) → ‎sepulang (“to do something immediately after returning”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎kembali (“return”) → ‎sekembali (“to do something immediately after returning”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎tamat (“finish”) → ‎setamat (“to do something immediately after finishing”)
2. Used to form adverbial constructions, indicating maximum relative extent: as much as, as far as.
  ‎se- + ‎tahu (“to know”) → ‎setahu (“as far as one knows”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎ingat (“to remember”) → ‎seingat (“as far as one remembers”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎mau (“to want”) → ‎semau (“as much as one wants”)

Synonyms

(one): satu

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with se-

Latin

Etymology 1

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Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēdder.

Latin se-

From *s(w)ēd, the ablative singular of Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é (“self”) lengthened under phrasal stress. Note there's no hard evidence for a /w/ in Italic, which is likely taken from the possessive pronoun in other branches. The original meaning was "per se, by itself", whence "however, but" as conjunction and "without, away" as preposition, parallel to English only (“but”).

Doublet of sē as well as sed, where the vowel shortened proclitically (or never lengthened). Compare the semantically close vē-, which might also be a doublet with loss of /s/.

Alternative forms

sēd- (before vowels)
se- (in seorsum, with regular shortening after loss of intervocalic /w/)
so- (in socors, solvō)
sō- (in sōbrius)

Prefix

sē-

apart-; aside-; away-
claudō (“to close, shut, confine”) → sēclūdō (“to shut off”)

dūcō (“to lead”) → sēdūcō (“to lead away or astray, separate from”)
(in a privative sense) without; lacking; wanting; -less
cūra (“care, worry”) → sēcūrus (“free from care, easy; careless”)

cor (“heart as the seat of vitality”) → socors (“lacking in vitality or alertness, sluggish, inactive, dull”)

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Etymology 2

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Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs

Proto-Italic *seks

Latin sex

Latin se-

From sex before voiced consonants with voicing assimilation (*segz-) followed by regular elision with compensatory lenthening, for which compare āla, vēlum.

Prefix

sē-

six- as a bound morpheme
‎sex + ‎decem (“ten”) → ‎sēdecim (“sixteen”)

sex → sēnī (“six each”)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Prefix

sē-

alternative form of sēmi-

Derived terms

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sē; sē-, se-, sō-, so-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 549
Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Malay

**Malay cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : se-

Alternative forms

sa- (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Malay [script needed] (sa-), from Proto-Malayic *sA-, proclitic variant of *əsa(ʔ) (“one”). Doublet of esa. False cognate of Sanskrit स- (sa-, “with, together, having, -ly, the same as, similar to, equal to”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə/

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling سـ)

Reduced form of satu before measure words plus units of time and measurement: one, a/an
sehelai kertas: a piece of paper

seekor lembu: a cow

sejam kemudian: an hour later

sebatu: a mile

setahil emas: a tael of gold
1. (extensively) for each, per; spanning a unit of something
  sesaat: per second
  
  setahun: per annum (lit. '[in] a year')
  
  Synonyms: tiap, setiap
indicating a joint attribute or commonality, status etc; of one/a/an ...
sekampung: coming from the same hometown

serumpun: sharing a common lineage (lit. 'of one root clump')

serentak: simultaneously, in sync (lit. '[on the] same beat')

sezaman: contemporary (lit. '[of the] same era')

seperahu: facing the same situation (lit. 'in the same boat')

sefikiran: thinking alike (lit. 'of one thought')

seperjuangan: sharing a common cause (lit. 'of one fight')

Synonym: sama
used to form the equative of adjectives
sebesar: as big as

sepanjang: as long as

secantik: as beautiful as
on nouns to encompass all of something; the whole, the entirety
‎se- + ‎dunia (“world”) → ‎sedunia (“the whole world, worldwide, global”)
Functions as intransitive verbal prefix: just as, as.
1. Used to form immediative constructions: as soon as.
  ‎se- + ‎sampai (“arrive”) → ‎sesampai (“to do something immediately after arrival”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎kembali (“return”) → ‎sekembali (“to do something immediately after returning”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎habis (“finish”) → ‎sehabis (“to do something immediately after finishing”)
2. Used to form adverbial constructions, indicating maximum relative extent: as much as, as far as.
  ‎se- + ‎tahu (“to know”) → ‎setahu (“as far as one knows”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎ingat (“to remember”) → ‎seingat (“as far as one remembers”)
  
  ‎se- + ‎mahu (“to want”) → ‎semahu (“as much as one wants”)

Derived terms

one

joint or common

equative

entire

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀-.

Prefix

se-

Class 7 noun prefix.

Zulu

Etymology

Coalescence of sa- with the Proto-Bantu copula *-dɪ̀.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sêː/

Prefix

sê-

Form of sa- used in copulative constructions.

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Indonesian

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Latin

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Malay

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Northern Sotho

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Sotho

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Tswana

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Zulu

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