အခွံ

Burmese

Etymology

အ- (a.-) +‎ ခွံ (hkwam)

Pronunciation

• Phonetic respelling: အ'ခွံ
• IPA^(key): /ʔəkʰʊ̀ɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: a.hkwam • ALA-LC: ʼakhvaṃ • BGN/PCGN: ăhkun • Okell: ăhkuñ

Noun

အခွံ • (a.hkwam)

1. peel; skin; bark; rind; pod; hell; husk; crust; hull
2. empty; packaging

References

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