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Burmese
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lu(ŋ/m) (“heart; round”). Cognate with Drung tvleum (“round”), Jingpho lum (“round”) and Tibetan ཟླུམ (zlum, “round; spherical”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
လုံး • (lum:)
- round, spherical
Synonyms
Classifier
လုံး • (lum:)
- A numerical classifier used in counting round, globular things
Further reading
Pa'o Karen
Etymology
From Proto-Karen *loŋᴮ (“stone, rock”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *loŋ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လၢၢ် (luẖ), Western Kayah ꤜꤟꤢꤪ (lo̤a).
Pronunciation
- (Northern Pa'o) IPA(key): /loŋ⁵³/
- (Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /loŋ⁵⁵/
Noun
လုံး (transliteration needed)
- stone; rock