ယုန်

Burmese

ယုန်

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-jəw-n ~ bwəj; cognate with Tibetan ཡོས (yos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jòʊɴ/

Romanization: MLCTS: yun • ALA-LC: yunʻ • BGN/PCGN: yon • Okell: youñ
Homophones: ယုံ (yum), ရုံ (rum)

Noun

ယုန် • (yun) (classifier ကောင် or တုတ်)

rabbit, hare

See also

(Chinese zodiac signs) တရုတ်ဆယ့်နှစ်ရာသီခွင် (ta.ruthcai.hnacrasihkwang); ကြွက် (krwak, “Mouse”), နွား (nwa:, “Cow”), ကျား (kya:, “Tiger”), ယုန် (yun, “Rabbit”), နဂါး (na.ga:, “Dragon”), မြွေ (mrwe, “Snake”), မြင်း (mrang:, “Horse”), ဆိတ် (hcit, “Sheep”), မျောက် (myauk, “Monkey”), ကြက် (krak, “Rooster”), ခွေး (hkwe:, “Dog”), ဝက် (wak, “Pig”) ^{(Category: my:Chinese zodiac signs)}

Further reading

“ယုန်” in The Judson Burmese–English Dictionary (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press 1921), page 819.
“ယုန်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

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