tema'
Maltese
Alternative forms
- tama'
Etymology
From Arabic أَطْعَمَ (ʾaṭʿama, “to feed”), either by simple metathesis or by association with طَمَع (ṭamaʿ, “greed, wish”), whence Maltese tama (“hope”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛma/
Verb
tema' (imperfect jitma', past participle mitmugħ)
- to feed
Conjugation
conjugation of tema'
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| jien(a) | int(i) | hu(wa) | hi(ja) | aħna | intom | huma | |||
| perfect | tmajt | tmajt | tema' | temgħet | tmajna | tmajtu | temgħu | ||
| imperfect | nitma' | titma' | jitma' | titma' | nitimgħu | titimgħu | jitimgħu | ||
| imperative | itma' | itimgħu | |||||||
Derived terms
- tmigħ
Related terms
- tiegħem
- togħma
See also
- tema