esma

See also: esma-, -esma, and Esma

Australian Kriol

Etymology

From English asthma.

Noun

esma

  1. asthma
    • 2021, Indigenous Australian Youth Futures: Living the Social Determinants of Health, page 118:
      Yea imin sik garra...daiyariya en...bedkol plas imin abu det esma du.
      Yeah, he was sick with diarrhea and...sinus, plus he had asthma too.

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From esme, from obsolete aesmar (“to estimate, value”, verb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɛz.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈəz.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈez.ma]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Noun

esma f (plural esmes)

  1. rote (mechanical routine); skill with mindless tasks
    d'esma ― mechanically; mindlessly
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Tot es feia amb gestos mecànics. Si parlàvem era amb l'esma d'actors mediocres que reciten un text ensopit.
      Everything was done with mechanical gestures. When we talked it sounded like mediocre actors mindlessly rehearsing a dull text.
  2. good sense, good judgment
  3. strength, courage
    Synonyms: força, coratge
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 11, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      –On dimonis va ara? –em va recriminar en Batís. No tenia esma ni per contestar.
      “Where the hell are you going now?”, Batís reproached. I didn't even have the strength to reply.

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Clipped compounds of this kind are common in informal Dutch; compare for example baco.

Pronunciation

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Noun

esma m (plural esma's, diminutive esmaatje n)

  1. (slang) clipping of espresso martini

Galician

Verb

esma

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