သွံ

Mon

Etymology 1

Noun

သွံ (transliteration needed)

1. paddy

Etymology 2

Verb

သွံ (transliteration needed)

1. to sell

Etymology 3

Adverb

သွံ (transliteration needed)

1. indeed, certainly

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *səmᴬ (“three”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *səm⁴ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum (“three”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen သၢ (thuh), Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤣ꤭ (thūeoe), Burmese သုံး (sum:).

Pronunciation

• (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /sə̤m³¹/

Numeral

သွံ (transliteration needed)

1. three