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)

1. 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)

1. to carry (with a tumpline)

Noun

ဝံ • (wee)

1. prophet