သံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θàɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: sam • ALA-LC: saṃ • BGN/PCGN: than • Okell: thañ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjam (“iron”). Cognate with Old Chinese 銛 (OC *koːd, *slem, *l̥ʰeːmʔ, “sharp; spade, hoe, other sharp tools”) (STEDT), as well as 鐕 (OC *ʔsluːm, “headless nail”).

Noun

သံ • (sam)

1. iron
2. iron nail

Etymology 2

Noun

သံ • (sam)

1. envoy, diplomat

Synonyms

• သံတမန် (samta.man)

Derived terms

• နရည်းသံ (na.rany:sam)
• သံခင်းတမန်ခင်း (samhkang:ta.manhkang:)
• သံတမန် (samta.man)
• သံတော်ဆင့် (samtauhcang.)
• သံတဲ (samtai:)
• သံမှူး (samhmu:)
• သံရုံး (sam-rum:)
• သံအမတ် (sam-a.mat)

 

Etymology 3

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s(j)am-s (“spirit, breath, voice”).

Noun

သံ • (sam)

2. voice, sound, noise

Derived terms

• အသံ (a.sam)

Further reading

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

S'gaw Karen

Etymology 1

From Proto-Karen *siˀᴰ (“caterpillar”).

Noun

သံ • (thee)

1. caterpillar.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Karen *sejᴬ (“dead, to die”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *si⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *səj (“to die”). Cognate with Pa'o Karen သီ, Western Pwo ၥံၫ, Eastern Pwo သီ့ (θî), Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).

Pronunciation

• (Kayin State) IPA^(key): /θi³³/
• (Chiang Rai) IPA^(key): /si³³/

Verb

သံ • (thee)

1. to die.