See also: သိုး

Burmese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θóʊɴ/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: sum: • ALA-LC: suṃʺ • BGN/PCGN: thon: • Okell: thoùñ

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Lolo-Burmese *zum² (to use), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(y)um ~ *zuŋ (idem). Cognate with Akha [script needed] (zm̀, idem), Old Chinese (OC *loŋs, “idem”); see the Chinese for more (STEDT).

Verb

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သုံး (sum:)

  1. to use, spend, expend
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Burmese numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2
3
4  → 
    Cardinal: သုံး (sum:)
    Ordinal: တတိယ (ta.ti.ya.)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum (three). Cognate with Tibetan གསུམ (gsum).

Numeral

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သုံး (sum:) (digit )

  1. three
    Synonym: တြိ (tri.)
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Further reading

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