soma

      See also Soma, SoMa, somă, søma, and somā

      English

      Etymology 1

      From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sōma, body).

      Noun

      soma (plural somas or somata)

      1. (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
      2. (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
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      Etymology 2

      From Sanskrit सोम (sóma).

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      Noun

      soma (uncountable)

      1. A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and Persian cultures, dating to common Indo-Iranian period.
        • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 82:
          Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual.
      2. (by extension) any kind of intoxicating drug
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      • Soma (alternative capitalization)

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      Finnish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: [ˈsomɑ]

      Adjective

      soma (comparative somempi, superlative somin)

      1. pretty
      2. cute, sweet

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      Italian

      Noun

      soma f (plural some)

      1. the load borne by a pack animal
      2. the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
      3. (poetic) a weight

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      Noun

      soma m (plural somi)

      1. (medicine) soma

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      Kinyarwanda

      Verb

      soma

      1. to read

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      Latvian

      Etymology 1

      See soms.

      Noun

      soma m

      1. genitive singular form of soms

      Etymology 2

      Ceļasoma
      Rokassoma
      Mugursoma

      A borrowing from Old East Slavic сума (suma) (compare Russian сума (sumá)), itself borrowed (via Polish) from Old High German soum (burden) (compare German Saum), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (whence also Latin sagma, sauma (burden saddle, burden)). The borrowing happened in the 13th century, when Old East Slavic у was still pronounced as [oː]. The word soma is first attested in 17th-century dictionaries with meanings such as “bread sack”, “bag”, “travel bag”.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: [sūōma]
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      Noun

      soma f, 4th declension

      1. bag, pack (fabric, leather, etc. object with straps or handles, used for carrying small objects, groceries, etc.)
        pasta soma — mail bag
        medību soma — (hunting) game bag
        skolas soma — satchel, school bag
        iepirkumu soma — shopping bag
        ceļa soma, ceļasoma — suitcase (lit. travelling bag)
        rokas soma, rokassoma — purse (lit. hand bag)
        mugursoma — backpack, knapsack, rucksack
      2. (biology, anatomy) pouch (skin fold in marsupials to keep a newborn baby)
        ķengura soma — kangaroo pouch
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      References

      1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology

      From Latin summa.

      Noun

      soma f (plural somas)

      1. (arithmetic) sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
      2. sum (quantity of money)

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      Romanian

      Etymology

      From French sommer.

      Verb

      a soma (third-person singular present somează, past participle somat1st conj.

      1. to summon

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      Swahili

      Etymology

      Of Bantu origin.

      Verb

      soma (infinitive)

      1. to read

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      soma
      conditional someka
      passive somwa
      causative somasha
      prepositional somea
      passive causative someshwa
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