သမ

Burmese

Pronunciation

Phonetic respelling: သ'မ

IPA^(key): /θəma̰/

Romanization: MLCTS: sa.ma. • ALA-LC: sama • BGN/PCGN: thăma. • Okell: thămá

Etymology 1

From Pali sama (“even, equal, impartial”), from Sanskrit सम (sama, “same, even, equal”). Compare Khmer សម (sɑm), Thai สม (sǒm).

Verb

သမ • (sa.ma.)

to coalesce
to be well-balanced
to mix (ingredients) thoroughly

Derived terms

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

Perhaps related to သမား (sa.ma:) or a contraction of သူမ (suma.).

Particle

သမ • (sa.ma.)

word indicating a female practitioner of some art or trade

Derived terms

ကောက်စိုက်သမ (kaukcuiksa.ma.)
ဇာတ်သမ (jatsa.ma.)
ယိမ်းသမ (yim:sa.ma.)
အငြိမ့်သမ (a.ngrim.sa.ma.)

References

“သမ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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