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Burmese
Etymology
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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ŋûṁ "bustard quail"), while Luce gives Old Chinese 鵪 (OC *qoːm, “non-variegated quail”) as a cognate.[1]”
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Pronunciation
Noun
ငုံး • (ngum:)
- quail
Derived terms
References
- ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UM Finals (10. Quail (Coturnix))”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 45
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