ကုန်

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kun "merchandise, goods"). Though STEDT and MED consider the "goods" sense separate from the "all" sense in Etymology 2, a connection seems reasonable, based on a semantic shift "all" > "all kinds of wares" > "goods".”

Noun

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ကုန် (kun)

  1. goods; commodity; merchandise
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m-)kul (all). The "come to an end, be used up" sense is considered separate from the "all" sense by STEDT, but equivalent by MED, perhaps via semantic extension from "all" > "all used".

Verb

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ကုန် (kun)

  1. to be finished
  2. to run out (come to an end)
  3. to be used up

Particle

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ကုန် (kun)

  1. particle following a verb to denote plurality or totality:
    1. all
      စာမေးပွဲ ကျကုန်တာပဲ
      came:pwai: kya.kuntapai:
      They all failed the exam.
    2. wholly, completely
      ရှတ်အင်္ကျီ ပေကုန်ပီ
      hrat-angkyi pekunpi
      Your shirt is completely dirty.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Mon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ကုန်း (kun:).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kun/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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ကုန် (kun)

  1. hillock mound small hill.
  2. dwarf.

Verb

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ကုန် (kun)

  1. to be humpbacked

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