Etymology 1

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Noun

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သွံ (transliteration needed)

  1. paddy

Etymology 2

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Verb

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သွံ (transliteration needed)

  1. to sell

Etymology 3

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Adverb

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သွံ (transliteration needed)

  1. indeed, certainly

Pa'o Karen

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Pa'o Karen cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : သွံ

Etymology

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From Proto-Karen *səmᴬ (three) (Luangthongkum, 2019) or *səm⁴ (idem) (Burling, 1969), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum (three). Cognate with S'gaw Karen သၢ (thuh), Western Pwo ၥၧၫ့, Western Kayah ꤞꤛꤣ꤭ (thūeoe), Burmese သုံး (sum:).

Pronunciation

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  • (Northern & Southern Pa'o) IPA(key): /sə̤m³¹/

Numeral

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သွံ (transliteration needed)

  1. three

S'gaw Karen

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Etymology

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Cognate with Eastern Pwo သုဲ့ (θwî).

Noun

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သွံ (thwee)

  1. nest