sesam
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseː.zɑm/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: se‧sam
Derived terms
- sesamzaad
Synonyms
- (seed): sesamzaad
Faroese
Etymology
From Latin sīsamum, variant of sēsama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”), compound of 𒉌 (/šaman/, “oil”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈseːsam/
Declension
| Declension of sesam (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| n3s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sesam | sesamið |
| accusative | sesam | sesamið |
| dative | sesami | sesaminum |
| genitive | sesams | sesamsins |
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse(ː)sɑm/, [ˈs̠e̞(ː)s̠ɑ̝m]
- Rhymes: -esɑm
- Syllabification(key): se‧sam
Declension
| Inflection of sesam (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sesam | sesamit | ||
| genitive | sesamin | sesamien | ||
| partitive | sesamia | sesameja | ||
| illative | sesamiin | sesameihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | sesam | sesamit | ||
| accusative | nom. | sesam | sesamit | |
| gen. | sesamin | |||
| genitive | sesamin | sesamien | ||
| partitive | sesamia | sesameja | ||
| inessive | sesamissa | sesameissa | ||
| elative | sesamista | sesameista | ||
| illative | sesamiin | sesameihin | ||
| adessive | sesamilla | sesameilla | ||
| ablative | sesamilta | sesameilta | ||
| allative | sesamille | sesameille | ||
| essive | sesamina | sesameina | ||
| translative | sesamiksi | sesameiksi | ||
| abessive | sesamitta | sesameitta | ||
| instructive | — | sesamein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch sesam, from Latin sēsamum, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon), from Old Aramaic שושמא (šūššmā), shortening of שומשומא (šumššemā), from Akkadian 𒃻𒈦𒌑𒈬 (/šamaššammū/), 𒊭𒈦𒌑𒈨 (/šamaššammi/, literally “oil plant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsesam]
- Hyphenation: sé‧sam
Noun
sésam (first-person possessive sesamku, second-person possessive sesammu, third-person possessive sesamnya)
Further reading
- “sesam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin sesamum, sesama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), σησάμη (sēsámē, “sesame plant”).
Noun
sesam m (definite singular sesamen, indefinite plural sesamer, definite plural sesamene)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin sesamum, sesama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”), σησάμη (sēsámē, “sesame plant”).
Noun
sesam m (definite singular sesamen, indefinite plural sesamar, definite plural sesamane)
Derived terms
References
- “sesam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Volapük
Declension
declension of sesam
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sesam | sesams |
| genitive | sesama | sesamas |
| dative | sesame | sesames |
| accusative | sesami | sesamis |
| vocative 1 | o sesam! | o sesams! |
| predicative 2 | sesamu | sesamus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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