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Burmese
Etymology
စွယ် (cwai, “fang”) + စုံ (cum, “pair”). The "versatile" sense appears to be a semantic extension of the "well-developed elephant" sense, as such elephants could perform a variety of tasks.
Pronunciation
- Phonetic respelling: စွယ်ဇုံ
- IPA(key): /swɛ̀zòʊɴ/
- Romanization: MLCTS: cwaicum • ALA-LC: cvayʻcuṃ • BGN/PCGN: swèzon • Okell: swesouñ
Noun
စွယ်စုံ • (cwaicum)
- full-grown elephant with a pair of fully developed symmetrical tusks
Adjective
စွယ်စုံ • (cwaicum)
- (figuratively) versatile
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