pasma

Ultimately from Spanish pasmar.

pasma (uncountable)

1. A "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.

• Sapam, Sampa, SAMPA, AMPAS

Borrowed from Russian пасмо (pasmo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsmɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝s̠mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pas‧ma

pasma

1. a part of skein, consisting of a fixed number of rounds of yarn, normally 60
2. (figuratively, in the plural) mental balance, plans

   Tyttö sai minulta pasmat aivan sekaisin.

   The girl discombobulated me completely.

• verbs typically used with the figurative sense include panna sekaisin, sekoittaa, sotkea, saada sekaisin.

• “pasma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.ma/
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: pas‧ma

pasma n

1. inflection of pasmo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

pasma f sg

1. feminine singular of pasmo

pasma f sg

1. feminine singular of pasmo

pasma

1. inflection of pasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpasma/ [ˈpaz.ma]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: pas‧ma

Borrowed from Caló.

pasma m or f by sense (plural pasmas)

1. (slang, colloquial, Spain) cop, pig (police officer)

   Synonyms: poli, pitufo, madero

pasma f (plural pasmas)

1. (slang, colloquial) fuzz, cops, the po-po (police)

   Synonym: julai

pasma

1. inflection of pasmar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Borrowed from Spanish pasmar (“to astonish; to freeze”), from Vulgar Latin *pasmus, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasˈma/ [pɐsˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pas‧ma

pasmá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜋ)

1. pasma (folk illness believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water categorized by hand tremors, palm sweating, numbness, and pain)

• “pasma”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “pasma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• sampa