သံလွင်

Burmese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θàɴlwɪ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: samlwang • ALA-LC: saṃlvaṅʻ • BGN/PCGN: thanlwin • Okell: thañlwiñ

Etymology 1

Cognate with Lhao Vo zhan: lun:. Analyzed by the MED as သံ (sam, “iron”) +‎ လွင် (lwang, “vivid”), but this may be folk etymology.

Noun

သံလွင် • (samlwang)

1. olive (Olea europaea)
2. Elaeocarpus sp.

Proper noun

သံလွင် • (samlwang)

1. (~မြစ်) Salween (a river in Burma and Thailand)

Etymology 2

Analyzed by the MED as သံ (sam, “voice”) +‎ လွင် (lwang, “vivid”), but this may be folk etymology. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantic extension of Etymology 1?”)

Noun

သံလွင် • (samlwang)

1. small brass cymbals

Descendants

• → Jingpho: tsan lun
• → Shan: မၢၵ်ႇသၢၼ်ႇလုၼ်ႇ (màak sàan lùn)
• → Thai: สาละวิน

Further reading

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