เสมอ

Thai

Etymology

From Middle Khmer ស្មេ (sme), ស្មើ (smœ), ស្មើហ (smœha, “same; equal”), from Old Khmer ស្មេ (sme, idem), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sməʔ, *sməh (“equal, alike”), ultimately from Sanskrit सम (sama, idem) or Pali sama (idem). Cognate with Lao ສະເໝີ (sa mœ̄), Lü ᦉᦵᦖᦲ (ṡṁoe), Khmer ស្មើ (smaə). Doublet of สม (sǒm) (etymology 1).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		เสมอ e s m ɒ
Phonemic		สะ-เหฺมอ s a – e h ̥ m ɒ
Romanization	Paiboon	sà-mə̌ə
	Royal Institute	sa-moe
(standard) IPA(key)		/sa˨˩.mɤː˩˩˦/(R)

Adjective

เสมอ • (sà-mə̌ə) (abstract noun ความเสมอ)

1. even; level; equal.

Adverb

เสมอ • (sà-mə̌ə) (abstract noun ความเสมอ)

1. always; constantly.