Burmese edit

Etymology edit

Compound from *ပ (*pa.) (from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ba (to carry (on back); shoulder) or *p(r)ak ~ r-pak (shoulder), likely ပိုး (pui:, to carry on back)) and ခုံး (hkum:, arched, convex).

Pronunciation edit

  • Phonetic respelling: ပ'ခုံး
  • IPA(key): /pəkʰóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: pa.hkum: • ALA-LC: pakhuṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: păhkon: • Okell: păhkoùñ

Noun edit

ပခုံး (pa.hkum:)

  1. shoulder