sega

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sega"

English

Etymology

From Mauritian Creole sega, possibly from a Bantu source meaning "dance".

Noun

sega (uncountable)

1. (music) A genre of popular music mainly associated with Mauritius.

Derived terms

• seggae

Anagrams

• ages, geas, sage, %ages, -ages, Sage

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese sĕga (“cooked rice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ɡə/
• Hyphenation: se‧ga

Noun

sega (Balinese script ᬲᭂᬕ)

1. cooked rice

Further reading

• “sega”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈse.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈse.ɣa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from segar.

Noun

sega f (plural segues)

1. reaping

   Synonym: segada

2. harvest
3. harvest time

   Synonym: messes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sega

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

Further reading

• “sega”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Corsican

Una sega.

Alternative forms

• seca

Etymology

From the verb segà (“to saw”). Akin to Italian sega and French scie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɡa/
• Hyphenation: se‧ga

Noun

sega f (plural seghe)

1. saw
2. (vulgar) masturbation

References

• “sega, seca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

sega

1. sun

Fijian

Alternative forms

• segai, sigai (Rewa)
• hikai (Nadroga)
• jikai (Navosa)

Etymology

From se (“or”) +‎ ga (“but, only”).

Adverb

sega

1. no, not

   Synonyms: warai, wara (regional); mino (Kadavu)

   Au sega ni kila.

   I do not know.

   Sega, au na lako tani.

   No, I will go away.

2. never [with vakadua]

   sega vakadua ― never

Derived terms

• se sega (“or not”)
• sega ga (“not at all”)
• sega madaga (“not at all, absolutely not”)
• sega ni (“not (before verb)”)
• sega sara (“absolutely not”)
• sega sega sara ga (“most certainly not”)
• sega vakadua (“never”)
• sega walega (“not only”)

Interjection

sega

1. no! (a negating expression)

   Antonym: io

   — O vinakata na ti?
   — Sega, vinaka.

   — Do you want tea?
   — No, thank you.

2. well (introductory word expressing thoughtful consideration)

   Sega, au nanuma ni vinaka ga.

   Well, I think it's fine.

Derived terms

• segai (“emphatically no, on the contrary”) (Rewa)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “sega”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 224

Galician

Verb

sega

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: sé‧ga

Etymology 1

From the verb segare. Related to French scie, as well as (through Indo-European) German Säge, English saw, and other Germanic cognates.

Noun

sega f (plural seghe)

1. saw
2. (vulgar) wank, hand job

   farsi una sega

   to jerk off, to wank

3. (vulgar, chiefly in the negative) (worth) shit

   Synonyms: un cazzo (literally “a dick's worth”), da quattro soldi (literally “four coins' worth”), una lira, un centesimo

   quest'auto non vale una sega

   this car isn't worth shit

Related terms

• motosega
• sega a dorso
• sega a nastro
• sega ad arco
• sega circolare
• sega mentale
• segaiolo
• segare
• segarsi
• segatronchi
• segheria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sega

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

Javanese

Romanization

sega

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦒ

Latvian

Gultas sega

Seglu sega

Etymology

From segt (“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sæɡa]

Noun

sega f (4th declension)

1. blanket, quilt (large cloth used for covering, especially a bedcover)

   gultas sega ― bed blanket, cover

   bieza, silta sega ― thick, warm blanket

   ietīties, ievīstīties segā ― to wrap oneself in a blanket

   vatēta sega ― quilt blanket, comforter

   dekoratīva sienas sega ― decorative wall quilt

   kamanu sega ― sleigh blanket, cover

   galvas sega, galvassega ― headcovering (hats, scarves, etc.)

   ceļa sega ― road pavement

2. a layer (of something) that covers (something else)

   bieza sniega sega ― a thick snow layer

   seglu, galda sega ― saddle, table cover

   asfalta sega ― a layer of asphalt (e.g., on a road)

   augu sega ― a layer of plants, vegetation

3. clouds, fog, smoke, vapors (seen as covering something)

   zila dūmu sega ― a blanket of blue smoke

   tumšpelēkā mākoņu sega virs māju jumtiem ― a dark gray blanket of clouds over house roofs

Declension

Declension of sega (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	sega	segas
genitive	segas	segu
dative	segai	segām
accusative	segu	segas
instrumental	segu	segām
locative	segā	segās
vocative	sega	segas

Derived terms

• galvassega, galvas sega

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈsʲæːɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -æːɡɐ
• Syllabification: sẽ‧ga

Verb

sẽga

1. third-person singular present of segti
2. third-person plural present of segti

Mamanwa

Noun

sega

1. sun

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

Possibly from a Bantu source meaning "dance".

Noun

sega

1. sega (genre of music and associated dance)

Related terms

• segatie

References

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, pages 288-289
• Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 952

Portuguese

Verb

sega

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

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sega (“blue-crowned lory”).

Noun

sega

1. lorikeet

References

• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 205

Further reading

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “SEGA.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega).

Noun

sega n

1. alternative letter-case form of Sega

Declension

Declension of sega

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sega	segas
	definite	segat	segats
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Etymology 2

seg +‎ -a

Verb

sega (present segar, preterite segade, supine segat, imperative sega)

1. (often reflexive) to move slowly

   Kön segar sig fram

   The queue slowly moves forward

2. (colloquial, often reflexive) to be tardy (slow)

   De skulle kommit för en timme sen. Måste de sega hela tiden?

   They were supposed to be here an hour ago. Do they have to be so slow all the time?

   Sluta sega dig

   Hurry up

Conjugation

Conjugation of sega (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sega		—
supine	segat		—
imperative	sega		—
imper. plural1	segen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	segar	segade	—	—
ind. plural1	sega	segade	—	—
subjunctive2	sege	segade	—	—
present participle		segande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Adjective

sega

1. inflection of seg:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• “sega”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sega”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sega”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tswana

Verb

sega

1. to cut

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sega

1. hindrance, obstacle, impediment

Inflection

Inflection of sega (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	sega
genitive sing.	segan
partitive sing.	segad
partitive plur.	segoid
	singular	plural
nominative	sega	segad
accusative	segan	segad
genitive	segan	segoiden
partitive	segad	segoid
essive-instructive	segan	segoin
translative	segaks	segoikš
inessive	segas	segoiš
elative	segaspäi	segoišpäi
illative	segaha	segoihe
adessive	segal	segoil
ablative	segalpäi	segoilpäi
allative	segale	segoile
abessive	segata	segoita
comitative	seganke	segoidenke
prolative	segadme	segoidme
approximative I	seganno	segoidenno
approximative II	segannoks	segoidennoks
egressive	segannopäi	segoidennopäi
terminative I	segahasai	segoihesai
terminative II	segalesai	segoilesai
terminative III	segassai	—
additive I	segahapäi	segoihepäi
additive II	segalepäi	segoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “помеха, препятствие”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yami

Verb

sega

1. to draw