Etymology

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Cognate with Hu ʔɔ̀m, Lamet ʔóom, Muak Sa-aak ʔoːm³ and possibly Khasi um. Compare Car Nicobarese mak.

Noun

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ʔóm

  1. water

References

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  • Jan-Olof Svantesson, U, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 11(1) (1988), page 80
  • Supakit Buakaw, The Phonetic Realization of Denasalized Final Nasal Consonants in No Lae Palaung, and ASJP, both citing Svantesson (1988)