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soma.

the load borne by a pack animal

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɔ.ma/
  1. the load borne by a pack animal

    feminine
  2. the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load

    broadly · feminine
  3. burden

    feminine · figuratively · literary
  4. weight

    feminine · figuratively · literary
  5. body

    feminine · figuratively · literary
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈsɔ.ma/
  1. soma

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈsɔ.ma/
  1. second interval

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Transliteration of Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

noun/ˈsɔ.ma/
  1. name of an as yet unidentified plant

    historical · invariable · masculine
  2. soma (juice extracted from the above plant, used as a ritual drink)

    historical · invariable · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English soma, from Sanskrit सोम (soma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáwHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas, derived from the root *sawH- (“to press out, to extract”).

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