English

Proper noun

Soma

1. (Hinduism) The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.
2. A female given name used in India.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Soma.

Synonyms

• soma

See also

• Haoma

Anagrams

• Amos
• moas, MOAS

English

Noun

soma ‎(plural somas or somata)

1. (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
2. (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:body

Derived terms

Related terms

• prosoma
• -some
• Schistosoma
• Trypanosoma

Translations

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit सोम ‎(sóma).

Noun

soma ‎(uncountable)

1. 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

Synonyms

• Soma (alternative capitalization)

See also

• haoma

Anagrams

• Amos
• moas, MOAS

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsomɑ/

Adjective

soma ‎(comparative somempi, superlative somin)

1. pretty
2. cute, sweet

Declension

Anagrams

• Asmo, osma

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα ‎(ságma). Compare the doublet salma ‎(“corpse”).

Noun

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

Derived terms

• animale da soma
• bestia da soma
• someggiare

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek σῶμα ‎(sôma).

Noun

soma m ‎(plural somi)

1. (medicine) soma

Derived terms

• somatico
• somite

Anagrams

• Amos

Latvian

Etymology 1

Ceļasoma

Mugursoma

A borrowing 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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sūōma]

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

• ceļasoma
• mugursoma
• rokassoma

See also

• maiss

Etymology 2

See soms.

Noun

soma m

1. genitive singular form of soms

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “soma”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Portuguese

soma (1)

Etymology 1

From Latin summa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soma f (plural somas)

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soma m (plural somas)

1. (anatomy, cytology) soma

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soma m (plural somas)

1. (religion) soma

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French sommer.

Verb

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

1. to summon

Conjugation

Rwanda-Rundi

Verb

soma

1. to read

Swahili

Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

Verb

-soma ‎(infinitive kusoma)

1. to read

Conjugation

Turkish

Noun

soma

1. dative singular of som