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ယမ်း

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Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jáɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: yam: • ALA-LC: yamʻʺ • BGN/PCGN: yan: • Okell: yàñ

Etymology 1

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (yâm "strike right and left, flourish"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981 (or Hill 2019).”

Verb

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ယမ်း (yam:)

  1. to wave (a hand, flag, etc.)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Not given etymology by STEDT (jɑm³ "gunpowder"), and not mentioned by Luce 1981 or Hill 2019. Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-rjum (salt, salty) (whence also Old Chinese (OC *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams, “salt”)), with semantic shift "salt" > "powder" > "gunpowder".”

Noun

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ယမ်း (yam:)

  1. gunpowder
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Shan: ယၢမ်း (yáam)

Further reading

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Shan

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ahom 𑜊𑜪 (jʸaṃ).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ယမ်း (yám) (abstract noun လွင်ႈယမ်း)

  1. to be wet.

Adjective

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ယမ်း (yám) (abstract noun တၢင်းယမ်း)

  1. wet.

Synonyms

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