လုံး

Burmese

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-lu(ŋ/m) (“heart; round”). Cognate with Drung tvleum (“round”), Jingpho lum (“round”) and Tibetan ཟླུམ (zlum, “round; spherical”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lóʊɴ/
• Romanization: MLCTS: lum: • ALA-LC: luṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: lon: • Okell: loùñ

Adjective

လုံး • (lum:)

1. round, spherical

Synonyms

• ဝိုင်း (wuing:)

Classifier

လုံး • (lum:)

1. A numerical classifier used in counting round, globular things

Further reading

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

Pa'o Karen

Etymology

From Proto-Karen *loŋᴮ (“stone, rock”) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *loŋ¹ (“idem”) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”). Cognate with S'gaw Karen လၢၢ် (luẖ), Western Kayah ꤜꤟꤢꤪ (lo̤a).

Pronunciation

• (Northern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /loŋ⁵³/
• (Southern Pa'o) IPA^(key): /loŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

လုံး (transliteration needed)

1. stone; rock