suam

suam

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of suar

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.am/, [ˈs̠uä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.am/, [ˈsuːäm]

suam

1. accusative feminine singular of suus

suam

1. first-person singular future active indicative of suō

• IPA^(key): [su.ˈɑm]

suam

1. cassowary

• Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: suam [su.ˈɑm] 'cassowary'

• Hyphenation: su‧am

suam

1. third-person plural present indicative of suar

• suwam

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly from:

• From 醬／酱 (chiùⁿ, “viscous or thick liquid”) + 泔 (ám, “starch taken from cooked rice”), according to Manuel (1948).^[1]
• From 煮 (chú, “to cook”) + 泔 (ám, “rice broth”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).^[2]

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsuʔam/ [ˈsuː.ʔɐm]
    • Rhymes: -uʔam
  • IPA^(key): /suˈam/ [ˈswam] (common)
    • Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: su‧am

suam or suám (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜀᜋ᜔ or ᜐᜓᜏᜋ᜔)

1. sauteed fish or meat with garlic and ginger made into a broth with rice water

• “suam”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “suam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Klöter, Henning (2011) The Language of the Sangleys: A Chinese Vernacular in Missionary Sources of the Seventeenth Century‎^[1], BRILL, →ISBN