amema

Esperanto

Etymology

From ami + -ema.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈema/
  • Hyphenation: am‧e‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ema

Adjective

amema (accusative singular ameman, plural amemaj, accusative plural amemajn)

  1. loving, affectionate, tender
    • Donald Broadribb (translator), La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) by L. Frank Baum, Chapter 17,
      Kiam la Stana Lignohakisto marŝadis li sentis sian koron skuiĝi en lia brusto; kaj li diris al Doroteo ke li trovas ĝin pli afabla kaj pli amema ol tiu kiun li havis kiam li konsistis el karno.
      When the Tin Woodman walked about he felt his heart rattling around in his breast; and he told Dorothy he had discovered it to be a kinder and more tender heart than the one he had owned when he was made of flesh.
  2. amorous
    • Johán Valano (Claude Piron), Ĉu li venis trakosme? Ĉapitro 16,
      ‘Strange,’ ŝi pensis, ‘kiel vora aperas amema viro al virino!’
      “Strange,” she thought, “how ravenous an amorous man appears to a woman.”
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