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# som

«som» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money (currency) of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (money)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (som — money); fragment; (Ukrainian) noun (som)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The som is the money (currency) of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (money). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m1)

2) (Ukrainian) «Som» (сом) means catfish, a big river fish with whiskers; it is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m2)

3) «Som» is often a fragment of longer words like «some», «somersault» or «blossom». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths problems about other countries' money, prices may be given in som. In Ukrainian lessons, «сом» is a fish. In English you usually meet it inside «some» or «handsome».

### examples

- In Kyrgyzstan, bread costs a few som. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x1)
- «Som» in Ukrainian means catfish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x2)
- «Som» is the start of «somersault». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x3)
- We changed dollars into som at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x4)
- The fisherman caught a huge som in the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x5)
- Don't write «som» when you mean «some». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/#x6)

### note

Not a standard English word. Sounds like «som» in «sombre». Common spelling mistake: writing «som» for «some».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «som» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/som/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.