ꠡꠝꠄ

Sylheti

Etymology

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

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

     goru raxat gia he hoxol śomoe exoṭa duśṭami xoroto

     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.