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ဆုံး

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Burmese

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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “STEDT doesn't give an etymology (chûṁ "come to an end, die"), while Luce adduces Old Chinese (OC *tjuŋ) and Tibetan རྫོགས (rdzogs, to be at an end) as cognates.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʰóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hcum: • ALA-LC: chuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: hson: • Okell: hsoùñ

Verb

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ဆုံး (hcum:)

  1. to come to an end
  2. to lose
  3. to end; to stop
  4. (honorific) to die (stop living), pass away

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Particle

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ဆုံး (hcum:)

  1. particle usually suffixed to a verbal noun or sometimes a noun to indicate superlative degree: the most
    အစိမ်းဆုံးa.cim:hcum:the greenest

References

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  1. ^ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-UM Finals (14. End; Superlative Suffix)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 45

Further reading

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