သူမ်ႈ
Shan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *sɤmᶜ (“sour”). Cognate with Thai ส้ม (sôm), Lao ສົ້ມ (som), Lü ᦉᦳᧄᧉ (ṡum²), Tai Dam ꪶꪎ꫁ꪣ, Ahom 𑜏𑜤𑜪 (suṃ), Zhuang soemj. Compare Middle Chinese 酸 (MC swan, “sour”) and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm (whence Malay asam and Toba Batak asom).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
သူမ်ႈ • (sūum) (abstract noun တၢင်းသူမ်ႈ)
Derived terms edit
- ၵူၺ်ႈသူမ်ႈ (kōi sūum)
References edit
- Moeng, Sao Tern (1995) Shan-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.