စမ္ၚာ (Magnolia champaca)

Etymology

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cf. Burmese စံကား (camka:)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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စမ္ၚာ (camṅā)

  1. champac tree (Magnolia champaca)[1]
    Synonyms: (Kaw Kyaik) စံပါ (caṁpā), (Pak Kret District[2]) စါံပါ (cāṁpā)
  2. (Pak Kret District) natural or artificial flower[2]
    Hypernyms: ပ္ကဴ (pkau), ပကဴ (pakau), (Pak Kret District) ကဴ (kau)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Halliday, R. (1955) “စမ္ၚာ၊ တၞံစမ္ၚာ”, in A Mon-English Dictionary, Rangoon: Mon Cultural Section, Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, page 138
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) “စမ္ၚာ; စါံပါ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary[1] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 121, 585