[sīmā], f. a limit, border, boundary, frontier.
[←OIA sīmán- ʻparting of the hairʼ AV., n.f. ʻboundaryʼ Yājñ., sīˊmā- f. ʻparting of the hair, boundaryʼ Mn. ?<√si ‘fasten’ ◀PIE *sē(i)-, -sǝi- : sī- and sei- : si- ‘to bind, tie; strap’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. sinew ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. secular ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0712; (Turner, 1966) 13435, p.772; (MW, 1899) 1219, 1212; (Pokorny, 1959) 0891; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.732, 2.720
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