semu

semu

1. imperative of semi

• sému
• sema (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Tupi sem, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡sẽp, from Proto-Tupian *tẽp.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.mu/, /ˈsɛ.mu/
• Rhymes: -emu
• Hyphenation: se‧mu

semu

1. (intransitive) to leave; to exit
2. (intransitive) to end up (to bring to a conclusion)
3. (intransitive) to happen; to result
4. (intransitive) to appear
5. (intransitive, of a celestial body) to rise
6. (intransitive, of a plant) to bud; to sprout; to grow
7. (intransitive, archaic) to be born
   • 1909, Frederico Benício de Sousa Costa, “Elementos necessários para aprender o nheengatu”, in Carta pastoral de D. Frederico Costa, Bispo do Amazonas a seus amados diocesanos (overall work in Portuguese), Ceará: Typ. Minerva, page 172:

     Aé usemu Belém upé […]

     He was born in Bethlehem […]

• siemu, sjemu (diphthongized)
• simu, simmu (Gallo-italic of Sicily, dialectal)

From Latin sumus (“[we] are”). Cognate with Italian siamo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mu/, [ˈsɛ.mʊ], [ˈsjɛ.mʊ]
• Hyphenation: sè‧mu

semu

1. first-person plural present indicative tense of èssiri; (we) are.