sega

See also: Sega, segá, segà, segā, Sęga, and -sega

English

Noun

sega (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• seggae

Anagrams

• ages, geas, sage, %ages, Sage

Balinese

Romanization

sega

1. Romanization of ᬲᭂᬕ

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

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, handjob

   farsi una sega

   to jerk off, to wank

Related terms

• motosega
• sega a dorso
• sega a nastro
• sega ad arco
• sega circolare
• segaiolo
• segare
• 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 declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sega	segas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	segu	segas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	segas	segu
dative (datīvs)	segai	segām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	segu	segām
locative (lokatīvs)	segā	segās
vocative (vokatīvs)	sega	segas

Derived terms

• galvassega, galvas sega

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲæ̌ːɡɐ]

Verb

sẽga

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

Mamanwa

Noun

sega

1. sun

Portuguese

Verb

sega

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

Samoan

Noun

sega

1. lorikeet

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	—	—
	Participles
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 (SO)
• sega in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yami

Verb

sega

1. to draw