soma

Meaning

  1. (feminine) the load borne by a pack animal
  2. (broadly, feminine) the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
  3. (feminine, figuratively, literary) burden
  4. (feminine, figuratively, literary) weight
  5. (feminine, figuratively, literary) body

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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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