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