ဖုံး

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Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷum (“egg; to sit on eggs, hatch; testicle”), of unclear relation, if even related, to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *pʷu (“egg, bird, round object”) and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pu (“egg”) (the latter whence Old Chinese 孵 (OC *pʰuw, “to hatch”)).[1] Cognate with Lahu (phɛ⁵³, “to hatch”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpum: • ALA-LC: phuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hpon: • Okell: hpoùñ

Verb

ဖုံး • (hpum:)

  1. to cover, put a cover on something
  2. to conceal, to hide

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ https://stedt.berkeley.edu/~stedt-cgi/rootcanal.pl/etymon/304

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