သမ
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Burmese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Phonetic respelling: သ'မ
- IPA(key): /θəma̰/
- Romanization: MLCTS: sa.ma. • ALA-LC: sama • BGN/PCGN: thăma. • Okell: thămá
Etymology 1
[edit]From Pali sama (“even, equal, impartial”), from Sanskrit सम (sama, “same, even, equal”). Compare Khmer សម (sɑm), Thai สม (sǒm).
Verb
[edit]သမ • (sa.ma.)
- to coalesce
- to be well-balanced
- to mix (ingredients) thoroughly
Derived terms
[edit]- ကုန်ထုတ်သမဝါယမ (kunhtutsa.ma.waya.ma.)
- စားသုံးသူသမဝါယမ (ca:sum:susa.ma.waya.ma.)
- ဆင်သမနွယ် (hcangsa.ma.nwai)
- သမစိတ္တ (sa.ma.citta.)
- သမပိုင်း (sa.ma.puing:)
- သမပိုင်းဇုန် (sa.ma.puing:jun)
- သမဝါယမ (sa.ma.waya.ma.)
Etymology 2
[edit]Perhaps related to သမား (sa.ma:) or a contraction of သူမ (suma.).
Particle
[edit]သမ • (sa.ma.)
- word indicating a female practitioner of some art or trade
Derived terms
[edit]- ကောက်စိုက်သမ (kaukcuiksa.ma.)
- ဇာတ်သမ (jatsa.ma.)
- ယိမ်းသမ (yim:sa.ma.)
- အငြိမ့်သမ (a.ngrim.sa.ma.)
References
[edit]- “သမ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.