ပုံ

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pòʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: pum • ALA-LC: puṃ • BGN/PCGN: pon • Okell: pouñ

Noun

ပုံ • (pum)

1. shape; form; figure.
2. picture (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc.)
3. story (account of events)

Derived terms

• ဓာတ်ပုံ (dhatpum, “photograph”)
• မြေပုံ (mrepum, “map”)

Descendants

• → Shan: ပုင်ႇ (pùng) / ပုမ်ႇ (pùm)
• → Lü: ᦔᦳᧂᧈ (ṗung¹)

References

• “ပုံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.