se-

Prefix

se-

1. A prefix, sometimes used instead of s- in front of a consonant.

Etymology

From se, shortened form of esa, from Malay esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/

Prefix

se-

1. (cardinal) one

   selembar

   a sheet / one sheet

   seperempat

   one fourth (a quarter)

Etymology

Privative suffix (for *sue-), from the reflexive pronoun suus. See sed.

Prefix

sē-

1. separately, astray

   sēdūcō — 'lead astray; seduce' (attached to dūcō (“lead”))

   sēparō — 'divide; distinguish; separate' (attached to parō (“prepare”))

2. without

   sēcūrus — 'free from care, unconcerned' (attached to cūra (“care”))

References

• se- in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Alternative forms

• esa
• ĕsă
• sĕ (sĕ-)
• sa (sa-)
• să (să-)
• اسا‎
• س‎ (س-‎)

Etymology

From se, shortened form of esa, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə/

Prefix

se- (Jawi spelling س-)

1. (cardinal) one
2. used to form the comparative of adjectives

   sebesar

   as big as

   sepanjang

   as long as

   secantik

   as beautiful as