somemore
English
Alternative forms
- some more, (rare) sum more
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈsʌ(m)mɔː/, [ˈsɐ˧.mɔː˦]
Adverb
somemore (not comparable)
- (Manglish, Singlish) Moreover; introduces additional information to illustrate a point the speaker is making.
- — Are you gonna attend the lecture tomorrow?
— No. It's too boring. It starts at 8 a.m. somemore.
- 1989, Eleanor Wong, Jackson on a Jaunt, or, Mistaken Identities, page 8, lines 15–16:
- Ay, the wedding is next month already. Some more you know I’m very busy with work these days.
- 2006 September 28, averx1234, “Univeristy[sic – meaning University] Of Wollongong (SIM) future/current/students come in!!!”, in HardwareZone Forums[2]:
- UOW better in SIM....good in everything..fourth university somemore.......UOW all the way............
- 2008 August 11, raindrops, “cavalier king charles spaniel, do you want/have one?”, in Lowyat.NET[3]:
- i always wanted a cavalier king charles spaniel but it is a hard breed to find, somemore quite rare in malaysia.
References
- Tan Yan Er (13 April 2020) “On the Semantics of somemore in Colloquial Singapore English”, in mitcho.com[4]