တမာ

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: တ'မာ
  • IPA(key): /təmà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: ta.ma • ALA-LC: tamā • BGN/PCGN: tăma • Okell: tăma

Etymology 1

Noun

တမာ • (ta.ma)

  1. neem tree, margosa tree (Azadirachta indica)
Derived terms
  • ကျေးတမာ (kye:ta.ma)
  • ရေတမာပင် (reta.mapang)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. MED treats the word as an atomic unit.”)

Adverb

တမာ • (ta.ma)

  1. (archaic) very, much
Derived terms
  • မလိမ်တမာ (ma.limta.ma)
  • မလိုတမာ (ma.luita.ma)
  • အယုတ်တမာ (a.yutta.ma)

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