ကမ်

Mon

Alternative forms

ကံ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔm/
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Etymology 1

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Noun

ကမ် (kam)

missile,[1] bolt,[1] bullet,[2][3] shell,[2] cartridge[2]
(quantifier, ammunition) round[2]

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Pali kamma[2]

Noun

ကမ် (kam)

karma[1][2]

References

R. Halliday (1922) “ကံ”, in A Mon-English Dictionary‎, Bangkok: Siam Society, page 57
Shorto, H.L. (1962) “ကံ”, in A Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon‎, London: Oxford University Press. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.
Rev. Edward O. Stevens (1896) A Vocabulary, English and Peguan, to which are added a few pages of geographical names‎ (overall work in English), Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, page 15

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