Burmese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Burmese ဖူးရုံ, which is derived from ဖူး (hpu:, plump, swollen) +‎ ရှုံ့ (hrum., contracted, shrunk, concave) due to its shape.

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic respelling: ဖ'ရုံ
  • IPA(key): /pʰəjòʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: hpa.rum • ALA-LC: pharuṃ • BGN/PCGN: hpăyon • Okell: hpăyouñ

Noun

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ဖရုံ (hpa.rum)

  1. melon
  2. pumpkin

Derived terms

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