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Etymology
Cognate with Hu ʔɔ̀m, Lamet ʔóom, Muak Sa-aak ʔoːm³ and possibly Khasi um. Compare Car Nicobarese mak.
Noun
ʔóm
- water
References
- Jan-Olof Svantesson, U, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 11(1) (1988), page 80
- Supakit Buakaw, The Phonetic Realization of Denasalized Final Nasal Consonants in No Lae Palaung, and ASJP, both citing Svantesson (1988)