ကမ်

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Mon

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔm/
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Etymology 1

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Noun

ကမ် (kam)

  1. missile,[1] bolt,[1] bullet,[2][3] shell,[2] cartridge[2]
  2. (quantifier, ammunition) round[2]

Etymology 2

Noun

ကမ် (kam)

  1. karma[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 R. Halliday (1922) “ကံ”, in A Mon-English Dictionary, Bangkok: Siam Society, page 57
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ကံ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
  3. ^ Rev. Edward O. Stevens (1896) A Vocabulary, English and Peguan, to which are added a few pages of geographical names (overall work in English), Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, page 15