ရုံ

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See also: ရုံး

Burmese

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT, and not mentioned by Luce 1981. MED groups the "wear a cloak", "clump, shelter", and "just, only" senses together. Perhaps a semantic extension of the "bush, shelter" sense in Etymology 2, via "shelter" > "shelter oneself" > "cloak oneself"?”

Verb

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. to wear or put on (a cloak or robe)
    Synonym: ဝတ် (wat)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Perhaps borrowed from Malay ruang (“tranquil part of a house; room”), and cognate with Mon ရိုၚ်, Thai โรง (roong), Khmer រោង (roong).[1]

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. clump, bush
  2. generic term for shelter, shed, building
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Etymology 3

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (ə-ruṁ "just so much and no more"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. MED groups this sense with the "cloak" and "clump, shelter" senses in Etymologies 1 and 2, though the semantic connection is not obvious, if it exists.”

Particle

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. just, only (particle suffixed to a verb to convey the sense of being limited in degree or extent)
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Pali ārāma (“pleasure, park, monastery”). Contraction of အာရာမ (arama.).

Noun

ရုံ • (rum)

  1. (Buddhism) used in the names of Buddhist monasteries
    မဟာဂန္ဓာရုံကျောင်းတိုက်
    ma.hagandharumkyaung:tuik
    Mahagandhayon Monastery

References

  1. ^ Mathias Jenny (2021 August 9) Paul Sidwell, Mathias Jenny, editors, 25 The national languages of MSEA: Burmese, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Vietnamese‎ (in Burmese), De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 599–622

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