soma
Meaning
- (feminine) the load borne by a pack animal
- (broadly, feminine) the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
- (feminine, figuratively, literary) burden
- (feminine, figuratively, literary) weight
- (feminine, figuratively, literary) body
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sò‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɔ.ma/
Etymology
From Late Latin sauma, from alteration of Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet salma (“corpse”). Cognate to French somme (“packsaddle”).
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