- sìoman
- a rop of straw or hay; from the Norse sima, g.pl. símna, a rope, cord, Scottish simmonds, heather ropes (Orkneyu), Teutonic *sîmon-, Anglo-Saxon síma, fetter, Shet. simmen; Greek $$Gi$$`monía ( i long), well rope; Indo-European sîmon-, a bond, band, seio-, bind.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.