လုံး
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Burmese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lu(ŋ/m) (“heart; round”). Cognate with Drung tvleum (“round”), Jingpho lum (“round”) and Tibetan ཟླུམ (zlum, “round; spherical”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /lóʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: lum: • ALA-LC: luṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: lon: • Okell: loùñ
Adjective
[edit]လုံး • (lum:)
Synonyms
[edit]- ဝိုင်း (wuing:)
Classifier
[edit]လုံး • (lum:)
- A numerical classifier used in counting round, globular things
Further reading
[edit]- “လုံး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Pa'o Karen
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Karen *loŋᴮ (“stone, rock”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *loŋ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လၢၢ် (luẖ), Western Kayah ꤜꤟꤢꤪ (lo̤a).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]လုံး (transliteration needed)
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- Burmese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
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- Pa'o Karen terms inherited from Proto-Karen
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- Pa'o Karen terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pa'o Karen lemmas
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