ဝံ

See also: ဝမ်း, ၀, ဝ, ဝႆ, and 𑄤

Burmese

ဝံ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam (“bear”). Cognate with Cantonese 熊 (hung4) and Tibetan དོམ (dom).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wʊ̀ɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: wam • ALA-LC: vaṃ • BGN/PCGN: wun • Okell: wuñ

Noun

ဝံ • (wam)

bear

Derived terms

ကြောင်ဝံပိုင့် (kraung-wampuing.)
မျောက်ဝံ (myauk-wam)
လူဝံ (luwam)
ဝံပိုင့် (wampuing.)
ဝံပုလွေ (wampu.lwe)
ဝံရွှေ (wamhrwe)
ဝက်ဝံ (wak-wam)

References

“ဝံ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

S'gaw Karen

Pronunciation

(Kayin State) IPA^(key): /wi³³/
(Mae Hong Son) IPA^(key): /vi⁵⁵/

Verb

ဝံ • (wee)

to carry (with a tumpline)

Noun

ဝံ • (wee)

prophet

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