dema

dēman (“to judge”) +‎ -a (agent-noun suffix)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.mɑ/

dēma m

1. judge

• dēmend
• dēmere
• dōmere

• Middle English: deme

dema

1. Romanization of 𒅗𒄭 (dema)

From de (“I”) +‎ ma (“that”). Compare dene.

• IPA^(key): /d̪e.ˈma/

dema (possessive prefix ti)

1. (emphatic) first-person singular pronoun, I there
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Nimama dofono”:

     dema takarja wayo

     I do not work

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics