ꠡꠝꠄ

Sylheti

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit समय (samaya). Compare Bengali সময় (śomoẏ), Assamese সময় (xomoy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔmɔe̯/

Noun

ꠡꠝꠄ • (śomoe)

1. time
   • 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:

     ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ।

     Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would make mischief all the time.

Adverb

ꠡꠝꠄ • (śomoe)

1. time when, at a time, for a time

Derived terms

• ꠡꠝꠄ ꠝꠔ (śomoe moto)
• ꠡꠝꠄ ꠡꠝꠄ (śomoe śomoe)

 

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “somoe”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.