soma

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊmə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊmə/
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

soma (plural somas or somata)

1. (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
2. The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

3. (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.

• prosoma
• somato-
• -some

From Sanskrit सोम (sóma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwmas, from *su-.

soma (uncountable)

1. (hinduism) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 82:

     Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual.

2. (by extension) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World:

     […] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […]

• Soma

• haoma

• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, maos, moas, omas, soam

Related to Ludian čoma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsomɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞mɑ]

soma (comparative somempi, superlative somin)

1. pretty
2. cute, sweet

• Asmo, osma

From Old Portuguese soma, from Latin summa (“top”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoma̝/

soma f (plural somas)

1. ridge (formed besides a furrow)

• lombeiro, márdea, mesa, sorrello

• “soma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “soma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “soma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Late Latin sauma, from alteration of Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet salma (“corpse”). Cognate to French somme (“packsaddle”).

soma f (plural some)

1. the load borne by a pack animal
2. the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
3. (poetic) a weight

• animale da soma
• bestia da soma
• someggiare

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma m (plural somi)

1. (medicine) soma

• somatico
• somite

• Amos

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma n

1. Italiot dialect form of σώμα (sóma)

soma

1. Rōmaji transcription of そま

Ceļasoma

Mugursoma

Borrowed from Old East Slavic сума (suma) (compare Russian сума́ (sumá)), itself borrowed (via Polish) from Old High German soum (“burden”) (compare German Saum), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma) (whence also Latin sagma, sauma (“burden saddle, burden”)). The borrowing happened in the 13th century, when Old East Slavic у was still pronounced as [oː]. The word soma is first attested in 17th-century dictionaries with meanings such as “bread sack”, “bag”, “travel bag”.[1]

• IPA^(key): [sūōma]

soma f (4th declension)

1. bag, pack (fabric, leather, etc. object with straps or handles, used for carrying small objects, groceries, etc.)

   pasta soma ― mail bag

   medību soma ― (hunting) game bag

   skolas soma ― satchel, school bag

   iepirkumu soma ― shopping bag

   ceļa soma, ceļasoma ― suitcase (lit. travelling bag)

   rokas soma, rokassoma ― purse (lit. hand bag)

   mugursoma ― backpack, knapsack, rucksack

2. (biology, anatomy) pouch (skin fold in marsupials to keep a newborn baby)

   ķengura soma ― kangaroo pouch

• ceļasoma
• mugursoma
• rokassoma

• maiss

See soms.

soma m

1. genitive singular form of soms

From Old Portuguese soma, from Latin summa.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈso.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma f (plural somas)

1. (arithmetic) sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
2. sum (quantity of money)

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈso.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (anatomy, cytology) soma

Borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (sóma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma, from Proto-Indo-European *sew(h)-.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (religion) soma

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of somar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of somar

Borrowed from French sommer.

a soma (third-person singular present somează, past participle somat) 1st conj.

1. to summon

soma

1. to read

Of Bantu origin.

-soma (infinitive kusoma)

1. to read

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -somea
  • Causative: -somesha (“make read, educate”)
  • Passive: -somwa
  • Stative: -someka (“be legible”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • msoma (“reader”)
  • msomaji (“reader”)
  • somo (“lesson”)

-sóma

1. to court, to flirt, to date

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

soma

1. dative singular of som