သုံး

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See also: သိုး

Burmese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sum: • ALA-LC: suṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: thon: • Okell: thoùñ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *zum² (“to use”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(y)um ~ *zuŋ (“idem”). Cognate with Akha (zm̀, “idem”), Old Chinese 用 (OC *loŋs, “idem”); see the Chinese for more (STEDT).

Verb

သုံး • (sum:)

  1. to use, spend, expend
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Shan: သုင်း (súng)

Etymology 2

Burmese numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 ၃
3 		4  → 
    Cardinal: သုံး (sum:)
    Ordinal: တတိယ (ta.ti.ya.)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum (“three”). Cognate with Tibetan གསུམ (gsum).

Numeral

သုံး • (sum:) (digit ၃)

  1. three
    Synonym: တြိ (tri.)
Derived terms

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