ဆုံး

See also: ဆို, ဆု, ဆူ, ဆိုး, and ဆူး

Burmese

Etymology

Cognate with Chinese 終／终 (zhōng, “to end”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Source? STEDT doesn't seem to mention this lemma.”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʰóʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: hcum: • ALA-LC: chuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hson: • Okell: hsoùñ

Verb

ဆုံး • (hcum:)

1. to end; to stop
2. (honorific) to die (stop living)

Synonyms

• ကွယ်လွန် (kwailwan)
• သေ (se)

Particle

ဆုံး • (hcum:)

1. particle usually suffixed to a verbal noun or sometimes a noun to indicate superlative degree: the most

   အစိမ်းဆုံး ― a.cim:hcum: ― the greenest