လျှံ

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Burmese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (hlyaṁ "run over, overflow"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981. Note similarities to Old Chinese 湛 (OC *ʔl'uːm, *r'uːmʔ, *l'um, “profound, clear”); though not listed on Wiktionary, Kanji Jitenon does list "fill to the brim (to the point of overflowing)" as a classically attested meaning of the Chinese term in Sino-Xenic .

It is also unclear whether the "overflowing, dissolute" senses are related to the "brilliant, flame" senses. STEDT implicitly separates the two; see အလျှံ (a.hlyam) for more (though it also seems possible that the "overflow" senses are semantic extensions of the "flame" sense, via "spreading flame" > "overflow").”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃàɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hlyam • ALA-LC: lyhaṃ • BGN/PCGN: shan • Okell: hyañ

Verb

လျှံ • (hlyam)

  1. to overflow, run over
    1. (of rivers) to be in spate
  2. (figuratively) to get an earful

Noun

လျှံ • (hlyam)

  1. (same as အလျှံ (a.hlyam)) flame, iridescence

Adjective

လျှံ • (hlyam)

  1. bright, brilliant, glowing
  2. dissolute

Derived terms

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