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.)

1. to coalesce
2. to be well-balanced
3. 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.)

1. 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.