semu

• IPA^(key): /ˈsemu/
• Rhymes: -emu
• Syllabification: se‧mu

semu

1. imperative of semi

Inherited from Malay سمو (semu), from Old Javanese sĕmu, ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sməʔ, *sməh (“equal, alike”). Compare with Old Mon smoḥ (“to be equal, alike”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈmu/ [səˈmu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: se‧mu

semu (comparative lebih semu, superlative paling semu)

1. apparent

   Synonyms: kentara, tampak

2. quasi: resembling or having a likeness to something

   Synonyms: agak, lir-, mirip, seolah-olah

3. mock: imitation, not genuine; fake

   Synonyms: kawe, lancung

4. pseudo

semu (plural semu-semu)

1. mock:
   1. an imitation, usually of lesser quality.
   2. mockery; the act of mocking.
2. pseudo

semu

1. likeness to, somewhat, more or less

• “semu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• 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, “Iané Iára Iesu Christu Requeçaua”, in Elementos necessários para aprender o nheengatu; republished as Carta pastoral de D. Frederico Costa, Bispo do Amazonas a seus amados diocesanos, Ceará: Typ. Minerva, page 172:

     Aé u-cemo Belem 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.