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)

Further reading

• “တမာ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.