နှလုံး

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Burmese

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နှလုံး

Etymology

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Likely from an earlier unattested form *နှစ်လုံး (*hnaclum:), from the same နှစ် (hnac) found in အနှစ် (a.hnac, substance, yolk) (ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s/k-nik (heart, mind)), + လုံး (lum:, round object) (STEDT: hnə lûm ( < hnac-lûm) "heart").

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: နှ'လုံး
  • IPA(key): /n̥əlóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hna.lum: • ALA-LC: nhaluṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hnălon: • Okell: hnăloùñ
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Noun

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နှလုံး (hna.lum:)

  1. heart (muscular organ that pumps blood)

Derived terms

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