sma
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sma"
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
sma
English[edit]
Phrase[edit]
sma
Anagrams[edit]
- 'ams, -mas, A.M.s, AMS, ASM, M. A. S., M.A.S., M.A.s, MAS, MAs, MSA, Mas, S. Am., SAM, Sam, Sam., mas, sam
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sranan Tongo sma (“person, human being”), specifically from youth slang.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sma f (plural sma's, diminutive smatje n)
- (Netherlands, slang) woman, girl
- (Netherlands, slang) darling, babe
Indonesian[edit]
Noun[edit]
sma
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of satuan massa atom (“atomic mass unit”).
Sranan Tongo[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of suma, likely borrowed from English someone
Noun[edit]
sma
- person, human being
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary][1]:
- a lobbi va trobbi somma
- [A lobi fu trobi sma]
- He loves to pester people.
- Together with the article a (“the”), used to refer to a specific but unnamed person.
- Mi tyant a sma kfalek ma a no wani gi en kari gi mi.
- I'm hitting on him/her like mad but he/she doesn't want to give me their phone number.
- 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary][2]:
- da somma no sabi va lo
- [A sma no sabi fu lo]
- That guy doesn't know how to row.
- 1985, Paul Marlee, Proefkonijn[3], Paramaribo: Uitgeverij De Volksboekwinkel, →ISBN, page 99:
- ‘Blub, hik, sorry man, ei Arnie, pe y' ben de yongu, m' e suk' i no moer man; pe a meid Sastro de man, mi lob' a sma, yongu, wan f' den kel go vandoor nang' a sma k'ba natuurlijk. (...)’
- 'Glub, hiccup, sorry, man, hey Arnie, where have you been, man, I've been looking all over for you; where's that girl Sastro, man, I love that girl, man, one of the guys already went off with her, obviously. (...)'
- 1991, Michaël Slory, “Kroboi. a paskanyanyan (Leonardo da Vinci) [Farewell. The Passover supper (Leonardo da Vinci)]”, in Ik zal zingen om de zon te laten opkomen [I will sing to make the sun rise][4], Amsterdam: Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer, →ISBN, page 130:
- A sma di / dini tafra / a dei dati / ben sa de koloku, / Leonardo da Vinci, / mi pikinboitenwondru.
- He who / waited upon the table / that day / will have been happy, / Leonardo da Vinci, / wonder of my boyhood days.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: sma
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