mbwn

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ɓɯnᴬ (“sky; heaven”). Cognate with Thai บน (bon), Northern Thai ᨷᩫ᩠ᨶ, Lao ບົນ (bon), Lü ᦥᦳᧃ (bun) or ᦢᦳᧃ (ḃun), Shan ဝူၼ် (wǔun) or မူၼ် (mǔun), Bouyei mbenl, Saek บึ๋น.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɓɯn˨˦/

Tone numbers: mbwn¹

Hyphenation: mbwn

Noun

mbwn (Sawndip forms 𭑆 or 𭑙 or 𭑇 or 𮦗 or 𮦅, 1957–1982 spelling ƃɯn)

sky
Synonym: fax
weather
Synonym: dienheiq
(religion) God (impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force)
(religion) heaven

Derived terms

dahmbwn

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