သင်ပုန်း

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Burmese

Etymology

According to MED, from သင် (sang, to teach, learn) +‎ ပုန်း (pun:, to hide), though this analysis seems semantically dubious. For the first component, STEDT suggests that it itself signifies "slate" rather than "teach" (saŋ- "oblong blackboard used as slate"), though no further etymology is given. For the second component, Luce suggests a relation to Old Chinese (OC *praːnʔ, “board, tablet”) instead, though the phonetics are problematic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Phonetic respelling: သင်ဗုန်း
  • IPA(key): /θɪ̀ɴbóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sangpun: • ALA-LC: saṅʻpunʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: thinbon: • Okell: thiñpoùñ

Noun

သင်ပုန်း (sangpun:)

  1. blackboard, slate

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UN Finals (10. Blackboard)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 57

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