hema

Borrowed from Swahili hema, from Arabic خَيْمَة (ḵayma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhé.ma/

héma class 5 (plural mahéma class 6)

1. tent

From Proto-Polynesian *sema (“left (not right”)}. Cognate with Maori hema.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ma/, [ˈhɛ.mə]

hema

1. left (not right)

   Antonym: ʻākau

2. south

• hemahema (“awkward”)

compass points:  ^[edit]

• hema in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

hema

1. genitalia

• “hema” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

hema

1. first-person plural future active of hoti (“to be”)

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْمَة (ḵayma).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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hema class V (plural mahema class VI)

1. tent, marquee (portable lodge)

• → Kikuyu: hema
• → Lingala: éma