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Burmese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (kun "merchandise, goods"). Though STEDT and MED consider the "goods" sense separate from the "all" sense in Etymology 2, a connection seems reasonable, based on a semantic shift "all" > "all kinds of wares" > "goods".”
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Noun
ကုန် • (kun)
- goods; commodity; merchandise
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(m-)kul (“all”). The "come to an end, be used up" sense is considered separate from the "all" sense by STEDT, but equivalent by MED, perhaps via semantic extension from "all" > "all used".
Verb
ကုန် • (kun)
- to be finished
- to run out (come to an end)
- to be used up
Particle
ကုန် • (kun)
- particle following a verb to denote plurality or totality:
- all
စာမေးပွဲ ကျကုန်တာပဲ- came:pwai: kya.kuntapai:
- They all failed the exam.
- wholly, completely
ရှတ်အင်္ကျီ ပေကုန်ပီ- hrat-angkyi pekunpi
- Your shirt is completely dirty.
Derived terms
Further reading
Mon
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ကုန်း (kun:).
Pronunciation
Noun
ကုန် (kun)
- hillock mound small hill.
- dwarf.
Verb
ကုန် (kun)
- to be humpbacked
References
- Shorto, H.L. (1962) A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.