ဖၠုံး

Eastern Pwo

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *phloŋᴮ. Cognate with S'gaw Karen ဖျၢၣ် (hpluh̀).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰlõʊ̯̃˥˥]

Verb

ဖၠုံး (phlóʊɴ)

1. (stative) to be round

Classifier

ဖၠုံး (phlóʊɴ)

1. Classifier for round things.

References

• A. Kato (2019) “Pwo Karen”, in A. Vittrant & J. Watkins, editors, The Mainland Southeast Asia Linguistic Area, page 147
• Saw Mervin Myat Kyaw et. al. “ဖၠုံး”, in Karen (Pwo) - Burmese - English dictionary, Phrakhanong: Karen (Pwo) Dictionary Compiling Committee, page 119