ဆုံး

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See also: ဆို, ဆု, ဆူ, ဆိုး, and ဆူး

Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “STEDT doesn't give an etymology (chûṁ "come to an end, die"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese 終 (OC *tjuŋ) and Tibetan རྫོགས (rdzogs, “to be at an end”) as cognates.[1]”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʰóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcum: • ALA-LC: chuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hson: • Okell: hsoùñ

Verb

ဆုံး • (hcum:)

  1. to come to an end
  2. to lose
  3. to end; to stop
  4. (honorific) to die (stop living), pass away

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Particle

ဆုံး • (hcum:)

  1. particle usually suffixed to a verbal noun or sometimes a noun to indicate superlative degree: the most
    အစိမ်းဆုံး ― a.cim:hcum: ― the greenest

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UM Finals (14. End; Superlative Suffix)”, 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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