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”).
Noun
သံ • (sam)
- iron
- iron nail
Noun
သံ • (sam)
- envoy, diplomat
Synonyms
- သံတမန် (samta.man)
Derived terms
- 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.
Noun
သံ • (sam)
- voice, sound, noise
Derived terms
- အသံ (a.sam)
References
- “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)
- 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, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē).
Verb
သံ • (thee)
- to die.