ပုံ
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Burmese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Tibetan བབས (babs, “shape, form, appearance”), དབྱིབས (dbyibs, “shape, form, figure”) and Chinese 法.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /pòʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: pum • ALA-LC: puṃ • BGN/PCGN: pon • Okell: pouñ
Noun[edit]
ပုံ • (pum)
- shape; form; figure.
- picture (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc.)
- story (account of events)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Pa'o Karen: ပုင်ႏ
- → Shan: ပုင်ႇ (pùng) / ပုမ်ႇ (pùm), ဢပုမ်ႇ (ʼǎ pùm)
- → Lü: ᦔᦳᧂᧈ (ṗung¹)
- → Tai Nüa: ᥙᥧᥛᥱ (pǔm)
- → Mon: ပုံ
References[edit]
- “ပုံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Mon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Burmese ပုံ (pum).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ပုံ (pɔm)
References[edit]
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon[1], London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.