စမ္ၚာ

စမ္ၚာ

Mon

စမ္ၚာ (Magnolia champaca)

Etymology

cf. Burmese စံကား (camka:)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /camŋaː/[1]
• (Pak Kret District, Thailand) IPA^(key): /cɔmŋa/[2]

Noun

စမ္ၚာ (camṅā)

1. champac tree (Magnolia champaca)[1]

   Synonyms: စံပါ (caṁpā) (Kaw Kyaik), စါံပါ (cāṁpā) (Pak Kret District[2])

2. (Pak Kret District) natural or artificial flower[2]

   Hypernyms: ပ္ကဴ (pkau), ပကဴ (pakau), ကဴ (kau) (Pak Kret District)

References

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. Sakamoto, Yasuyuki (1994) , “စမ္ၚာ; စါံပါ”, in Mon - Japanese Dictionary‎ (in Japanese), Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pages 121, 585