ရုံး

See also: ရိုး

Burmese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Doesn't seem to be mentioned by STEDT or Luce 1981. Almost seems like it could be borrowed from English room, but this is probably implausible, assuming that the Burmese word is attested before the 19th century.”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jóʊɴ/
Romanization: MLCTS: rum: • ALA-LC: ruṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: yon: • Okell: yoùñ

Noun

ရုံး • (rum:)

office (building or room)

Derived terms

သံရုံး (sam-rum:, “embassy”)

Descendants

→ Shan: လုမ်း (lúm)

References

“ရုံး” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.